Experience

Various online and print publications

• Writing and Editing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • 2015 - Present

  • Marriott Bonvoy Traveler: Write travel, food and shopping guides for cities including Taipei, Singapore, Seoul • Marriott Hotels: Write the Singapore content for Marriott's website such as city overview, neighborhood guides, weekend itinerary • Ebookers.com (Expedia): Contribute travel content, including roundups of design hotels, railway adventures, historical pubs • DestinAsian: File lifestyle stories from Asia Pacific, such as new hotel bars in Singapore and seaside dining in Melbourne • Travel in Taiwan (Taiwan Tourism Bureau): Cover fun, offbeat things to see and do in Taiwan, such as revival of traditional pastries, eco villages and DIY glass art; Write F&B advertorials • SilverKris (Singapore Airlines:) Contribute longform features to the ‘Journals’ section, including Taipei city guide and content for SilverKris website • EnVoyage (EVA Air): Cover the art scene in various cities across the network as art columnist; Regular contributor for the ‘Taiwan Travels’ column • Les Iles (UNI Air): File travel stories from less-traveled parts of Taiwan for in-flight magazine of EVA’s domestic carrier • Mabuhay (Philippine Airlines): Write features such as fusion dining in Seoul, alternative art in Singapore, coral reef preservation in Guam • Silkwinds (SilkAir): Contribute stories, including a look at Phnom Penh’s underground art scene, and day trip itineraries in Penang • Aspire (Hong Kong Airlines): Write stories, including a feature on new Taiwanese cuisine and hotel openings in Seoul • Scoot (Scoot Airlines): Pen the ‘Discover Taiwan’ column on interesting happenings in Taipei and Kaohsiung; Write features such as surfing’s counter-cultural roots in southern Taiwan and a cover story about green living in Taipei • Roads & Kingdoms: Write features for the award-winning site such as eating hawker food in Penang, which was co-published on Slate; File foodie/booze tales for R&K’s ‘Breakfast’ and ‘5’O’Clock Somewhere’ verticals from Busan, Yangon, Siem Reap Show less



Louis Vuitton City Guides

• Taipei City, Taiwan

• Taipei Correspondent

  • 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Taipei correspondent for Louis Vuitton City Guides, print and digital, published by BETC Paris • Authored the second edition 2022 Taipei City print guidebook (https://us.louisvuitton.com/eng-us/products/taipei-city-guide-english-version-nvprod3220036v) sold in Louis Vuitton stores worldwide in English and French (translated) • This included new chapters on historical figures, contemporary celebrities, iconic houses and influential novels, films and songs about Taipei • Conducted in-depth interviews with media executive and LGBTQ activist Jay Lin for the guidebook's "guest feature" section • Also interviewed other Taipei personalities - chefs, bartenders, artists, designers, etc. for other chapters • Since 2018, wrote the digital guide on iPhone app which covers walking tours, 24-hour itinerary, neighborhoods, hotels, restaurants, bars, cafes, tearooms, nightlife, fashion, interior design and art; Interviewed the individuals behind these establishments • Fact-checked and edited current entries across the entire guide, including correcting information in existing entries, deactivating addresses that closed or moved location, to make sure everything was up to date, 2-3 times per year Show less



Taiwan Tourism Bureau

• Taipei City, Taiwan

• Guidebook Writer

  • 2020 - 2021

  • Wrote a guidebook for Taiwan Tourism Bureau in partnership with CNBC Singapore to welcome foreign tourists back to Taiwan, in English, and translated into French and German • Covered food and dining, festivals, cultural and nature attractions, including iconic sites and offbeat activities throughout Taiwan • Also wrote the welcome note and back-off-book section about transportation, climate and getting around Taiwan • Wrote a guidebook for Taiwan Tourism Bureau in partnership with CNBC Singapore to welcome foreign tourists back to Taiwan, in English, and translated into French and German • Covered food and dining, festivals, cultural and nature attractions, including iconic sites and offbeat activities throughout Taiwan • Also wrote the welcome note and back-off-book section about transportation, climate and getting around Taiwan



Taipei Times

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features Reporter/ Editor

  • 2014 - 2017

  • Reported and wrote feature stories as a staff reporter at the Taipei Times, Taiwan’s leading daily English-language newspaper; Covered art, culture, lifestyle, food and social issues including human rights and animal abuse • Met tight deadlines, built and maintained contacts and regularly conducted interviews in Mandarin • Revamped the Saturday Food & Drink page; Launched the highly popular monthly column, ‘Drinking Taipei,’ which tracked Taipei’s craft brewing industry from its infancy to widespread success and interviewed craft brewers driving this change • Wrote the art exhibition listings, a weekly column highlighting interesting art happenings around town; Interviewed artists, curators and gallery directors for exhibitions and fairs such as Art Taipei and Art Basel Hong Kong • Edited stories, worked with contributing reporters from initial pitch to final published story, worked with page designers on layouts, edited pages in Adobe InDesign • Second in command/acting desk editor with approval authority when Chief Features Editor was on leave Show less



Contently

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer (Freelance)

  • May 2014 - Oct 2014

  • Pitched, conducted interviews and wrote op-ed style, creative narrative pieces on the freelance writing world • Wrote the viral article, ‘I’m a Traveler and a Writer, But I Have a Serious Problem With Travel Writing’ • Pitched, conducted interviews and wrote op-ed style, creative narrative pieces on the freelance writing world • Wrote the viral article, ‘I’m a Traveler and a Writer, But I Have a Serious Problem With Travel Writing’



Mic

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Arts & Entertainment Columnist (Freelance)

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Wrote op-ed style articles about pop culture, art, music, film and literature for the Culture vertical targeting smart, socially-aware millennials in the US and around the world • Penned ‘Why Young Asian-Americans Are Fleeing Hollywood,’ which generated tens of thousands of clicks • Turned around fast copy on trending and breaking entertainment news where topics ranged from Miley Cyrus’ latest antics to Eleanor Catton winning the Man Booker Prize • Wrote op-ed style articles about pop culture, art, music, film and literature for the Culture vertical targeting smart, socially-aware millennials in the US and around the world • Penned ‘Why Young Asian-Americans Are Fleeing Hollywood,’ which generated tens of thousands of clicks • Turned around fast copy on trending and breaking entertainment news where topics ranged from Miley Cyrus’ latest antics to Eleanor Catton winning the Man Booker Prize