Zing Tsjeng

{{Short description|Singaporean journalist, author, and podcaster (born 1988)}}

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|name = Zing Tsjeng

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Singapore

|occupation = Editor, journalist, author, podcaster

|employer = Vice UK

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Zing Tsjeng (born 25 September 1988) is a Singaporean journalist, non-fiction author, and podcaster based in London. She was previously the editor in chief of Vice UK and Vice.com.{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=2023-01-17 |title=New Vice editor Zing Tsjeng on reaching Gen Z and weathering downturn |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/vice-editor-zing-tsjeng/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |work=Press Gazette |language=en-US}} She launched Broadly for the network in 2014.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/2019/nov/21/the-new-rules-of-womens-media-an-evening-class-with-vice-uks-executive-editor-zing-tsjeng-journalism-media-course|title=The new rules of writing for women: An evening class with VICE UK's executive editor|journal=The Guardian|date=21 March 2019|accessdate=11 October 2021}}

Tsjeng published her four-installment book series Forgotten Women, profiling underrated historical women in various fields, in 2018 under Octopus Publishing.{{Cite journal|url=https://i-d.co/article/zing-tseng-is-telling-us-about-the-women-that-history-forgot/|title=zing tsjeng is telling us about the women that history forgot|journal=I-D|first=Georgie|last=Wright|date=9 March 2018|access-date=11 October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://yourdaye.com/vitals/cultural-musings/in-conversation-with-zing-tsjeng|title=In Conversation With... Zing Tsjeng|website=Daye|first=Sonder|last=Tell|date=23 October 2019|accessdate=11 October 2021}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.foldmagazine.com/zing-tsjengs-forgotten-women|title=Zing Tsjeng's Forgotten Women|journal=Fold Magazine|accessdate=11 October 2021|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011090009/https://www.foldmagazine.com/zing-tsjengs-forgotten-women|url-status=dead}}

In addition to Vice, Tsjeng has contributed to publications such as British Vogue, The Guardian, Dazed, Refinery29, AnOther, Harper's Bazaar UK, and Time Out London.{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/zing-tsjeng/articles|title=Articles by Zing Tsjeng|website=Muckrack|accessdate=11 October 2021}} She is a founder of the anti-harassment Unfollow Me campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://pampamlondon.com/blogs/news/feature-in-conversation-with-editor-and-author-zing-tsjeng|title=feature: In conversation with editor and author, Zing Tsjeng|website=Pam Pam|date=20 March 2019|accessdate=11 October 2021}}

Early life and education

Tsjeng was born in Singapore. She moved to London at 16.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.whowhatwear.com/zing-tsjeng-style/slide2|title=I Moved to London Over a Decade Ago—This Is How It Changed My Style|journal=Who What Wear|first=Zing|last=Tsjeng|date=28 February 2021|accessdate=11 October 2021}} Initially enrolled at Cheltenham Ladies' College, she later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Social and Political Sciences from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 2010. She developed an interest in journalism through the Cambridge student newspaper and interned at The Guardian and Diva, later becoming an editor at the latter. She went on to graduate with a Master of Arts in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aceandtate.com/us/journal/portraits/zing-tsjeng-journalist|title=Zing Tsjeng: Journalist, author and role model|website=Ace & Tate|first=Isabel|last=van Zeller|date=21 November 2019|accessdate=11 October 2021|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011085957/https://www.aceandtate.com/us/journal/portraits/zing-tsjeng-journalist|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.readinginheels.com/meet-zing-tsjeng|title=Meet Zing Tsjeng|website=Reading in Heels|date=26 January 2019|accessdate=11 October 2021}}

Broadcasting

= Presenting work =

Empires of Dirt video series for VICE World News{{Cite web |title=Empires of Dirt |url=https://www.vice.com/en/tag/empires-of-dirt/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Vice.com |date=4 September 2020 |language=en}}
My First Time sex and dating podcast for VICE{{Cite web |title=Orgies, Fetishes, and Porn: 9 of the Best First-Time Sex Stories |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/my-first-time-sex-podcast-best-of/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Vice.com |date=26 December 2018 |language=en}}
United Zingdom for BBC Sounds{{Cite web |title=BBC Sounds - United Zingdom - Downloads |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0863v08/episodes/downloads |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
Obsessed with Killing Eve for BBC Sounds and BBC Three{{Cite web |title=BBC Sounds - Obsessed With..., Killing Eve |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07bwr1g |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Citation |title=Obsessed with… Killing Eve |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0015910/obsessed-with-killing-eve |language=en-GB |access-date=1 November 2022}}
Good Bad Billionaire for BBC Sounds{{Cite web|title=BBC Sounds - Good Bad Billionaire|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0g7xj36}}

Personal life

Tsjeng is technically eligible to apply for British citizenship. Singapore, her country of birth, does not currently permit or recognise dual nationality, a topic Tsjeng covers in her BBC Sounds podcast United Zingdom.{{Cite journal |last=Shadijanova |first=Diyora |date=19 March 2020 |title=United Zingdom is the podcast that asks if British identity is worth severing ties with your home country |url=https://gal-dem.com/united-zingdom-is-the-podcast-that-asks-if-british-identity-is-worth-severing-ties-with-your-home-country/ |journal=Gal-dem |accessdate=11 October 2021}}{{Cite journal |last=Tsjeng |first=Zing |date=27 May 2020 |title=United Zingdom: the podcast deciphering what it means to be British |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/united-zingdom-zing-tsjeng-podcast-a4452296.html |journal=Evening Standard |accessdate=11 October 2021}} She is bisexual,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p086z1qf United Zingdom episode 3] playback 15:09 “So, I'm a bisexual” and was married to long term partner Daniel Johnson for over 10 years. In 2024, they separated. Tsjeng is the joint owner, with her husband, of a kokoni spaniel cross named Judy who appeared on the cover of Time Out London magazine alongside UK Drag Race star Bimini Bom-Boulash in 2021.{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/ |title=Audible.com {{!}} Try Audible Free Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Leaver |first=Kate |date=26 October 2021 |title=What I found out interviewing celebrities about their dogs |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/what-i-learned-making-a-podcast-about-famous-people-s-dogs-20211026-p5935w.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

In March 2023, Tsjeng appeared as one of the guests on BBC Question Time and in June and November of the same year, she appeared on Have I Got News For You.{{Cite web |title=BBC Question Time |url=https://twitter.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1638638472218177536?s=20 |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{cite web| url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/got-jokes-recording-friday-johnson-203455703.html| title=Have I Got News For You jokes about recording on Friday after Johnson quits| date=9 June 2023| first=Mike| last=Bedigan| archive-date=12 June 2023| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612125459/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/got-jokes-recording-friday-johnson-203455703.html| access-date=12 June 2023}}

Awards and recognition

Named one of London's most influential people in the Evening Standard Progress List 1000{{Cite web |title=Curtis Brown |url=https://curtisbrown.co.uk/client/zing-tsjeng |access-date=5 November 2022 |website=curtisbrown.co.uk}}
An LGBTQ trailblazer in Attitude magazine's Attitude 101 list{{Cite web |title=Curtis Brown |url=https://curtisbrown.co.uk/client/zing-tsjeng |access-date=5 November 2022 |website=curtisbrown.co.uk}}
Highly commended in the British Journalism Awards 2020 {{Cite web |title=RSVP to Big Ideas: Zing Tsjeng, Editor-in-Chief of Vice UK, organised by Whitechapel Gallery. |url=https://the-dots.com/events/big-ideas-zing-tsjeng-editor-in-chief-of-vice-uk-9672 |access-date=5 November 2022 |website=The Dots |language=en-GB}}

Bibliography

=''Forgotten Women'' (2018)=

Forgotten Women: The Scientists
Forgotten Women: The Leaders
Forgotten Women: The Writers
Forgotten Women: The Artists

=Essays=

In the Garden: Essays on Nature and Growing (2021){{Cite journal |date=23 March 2021 |title=Read an Essay on Nature and Growing by Zing Tsjeng |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/13196/read-an-essay-on-nature-and-growing-by-zing-tsjeng-in-the-garden-book |journal=AnOther |accessdate=11 October 2021}}