Connie Wang
{{Short description|Chinese American journalist and writer}}
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Connie Wang is a Chinese American journalist and writer. She was the former executive director of Refinery29{{Cite web |title=Connie Wang {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?128156/ConnieWang |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.c-span.org}}{{Cite web |last=Gerson |first=Jennifer |date=2023-05-09 |title=Connie Wang reflects on her own self, her mom and what ‘Asian American’ even means in ‘Oh My Mother!’ |url=https://19thnews.org/2023/05/oh-my-mother-connie-wang-fashion-asian-american-culture/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=The 19th |language=en-us}} and has been awarded several Front Page Awards for digital video and fashion.{{Cite web |title=2018 Front Page Award Recipients |url=https://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2018-award-recipients |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Front Page Awards |url=https://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/fps-index |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK |language=en-US}} Her multimedia essay published in The New York Times won the Online Commentary, Personal Narrative Online Journalism Award in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-07 |title=Times Wins 3 Online Journalism Awards |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/times-wins-3-online-journalism-awards/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=The New York Times Company |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Wang was born in Jinnan, Tianjin, China, but was raised in Minnesota.{{Cite web |last=Burling |first=Alexis |date=5 May 2023 |title=Review: Memoirs from Chinese American daughters reflect on mothers, family and immigration’s toll |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-chinese-american-daughters-reflect-family-17909701 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US}} She attended the University of California, Berkeley for college.{{Cite web |date=2016-01-06 |title=An interview with UC Berkeley alumna, Refinery29 Fashion Features Director Connie Wang |url=https://dailycal.org/2016/01/06/interview-uc-berkeley-alumna-refinery29-fashion-features-director-connie-wang/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=The Daily Californian |language=en}}
Work and publications
Wang interned with Glam Media (now known as "Mode Media") after graduating. She would later go onto work for Refinery29, where she wrote numerous articles and hosted and co-produced "Style Out There," a Refinery29 documentary series. In 2018, Wong was awarded two Front Page Awards for her work, one in digital video category for her Style Out There and one in the fashion category. In 2019, she was awarded another Front Page Award in fashion.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Connie |title=The Real Story Behind H&M's Racist Monkey Sweatshirt |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237347/h-m-racist-hoodie-controversy-diversity-problem |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en}} While at Refinery29, she became the executive director.
In 2021, she left Refinery29 and started working at Netflix.{{Cite web |last=Perlberg |first=Elaine Low, Steven |title=Netflix is hiring Condé Nast and Time Inc. journalists, building a 'fandom engine' to market its shows |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-hiring-journalists-conde-nast-time-tudum-marketing-fandom-2022-2 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
In 2023, she wrote a multimedia essay titled "I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They" for The New York Times, which was about how Connie Chung inspired a generation to name their daughters after her. That multimedia essay would go on to win a 2023 Online Journalism Award in the Online Commentary, Personal Narrative category.{{Cite web |title=Yuen: Why are there so many Asian Connies? A Minnesota-raised author set out to find the answer |url=https://www.startribune.com/connie-wang-why-are-there-so-many-asian-connies-connie-chung-oh-my-mother-laura-yuen-memoir/600281043/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Star Tribune}} Also in 2023, she published her first book Oh My Mother!, a collection of short stories about her relationship with her mother.
References
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External links
- 2018 Front Page Digital Video Award winning video series – Style Out There – "[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/herero-dress-namibia-african-women-fashion The Trauma & Triumph Of Herero Dresses]" – "[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/yami-kawaii-fashion-harajuku-style-dark The Dark Side Of Harajuku You Haven't Seen Yet]" – "[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/calabasas-california-style-kardashians How This Boring L.A. Suburb Became The Epitome Of Cool]"
- 2018 Front Page Award winning essay – "[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/05/198267/fake-news-russian-it-girls-miroslava-duma Inside The Fake News Campaign To Smear Russia's Biggest Fashion Influencers]"
- 2019 Front Page Fashion Award winning essay – "[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237347/h-m-racist-hoodie-controversy-diversity-problem The Real Story Behind H&M's Racist Monkey Sweatshirt]"
- 2023 The New York Times Multimedia Essay – "[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/11/opinion/connie-chung-named-after.html I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They"]
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Category:American people of Chinese descent
Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:21st-century American women journalists
Category:21st-century American journalists