Eva Woo’s Testimonial
Here’s a testimonial from Eva Woo, the first recipient of the award and the first from mainland China. For the last ten months I have been following (literally) the financial crisis as it spread from West to East; from New York to Beijing—after spending two years in New York, I moved back to Beijing a [...]
How About If I Work for the Opposition?
Some of you have asked whether your applications will be rejected if you work for a rival to Dow Jones. The answer: definitely not.
Shefali Anand’s Testimonial
Shefali Anand tells of her experiences since applying for the WSJ Fellowship: It seemed like a long shot to apply for the WSJ Asia fellowship back in 2003. After all, editors at the most important business publication in the world were going to select only one journalist from Asia for this fellowship; what was the [...]
Do I Need a GRE Before Applying?
Some of you have asked whether you need a GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) before applying for the fellowship. While we’re looking for candidates with good English, it’s not necessary to have a GRE before applying. But you will need one to apply for NYU if you win a fellowship. There’s usually time to do that. [...]
Jason Leow’s Testimonial
Here’s a testimonial from Jason Leow, another alumni: I have been reporting from China for nearly six years now. Before I joined the Wall Street Journal, in March 2007, I was a China correspondent for a regional English-language paper, The Straits Times, where I covered social and political issues from Beijing and Shanghai. The highlight [...]
Serena Ng’s Testimonial
Here’s a testimonial from another alumni, Serena Ng. You can catch a video of her here. Before moving to New York in the fall of 2004, I was a reporter for a business newspaper in Singapore, writing two or three news stories a day about local companies plus the occasional feature or commentary. I enjoyed [...]
Writings of a Chinese Fellow
Here’s an example of some of the writing from Eva Woo, another WSJ NYU fellow, when she worked at The Wall Street Journal: “Giving Lamp a “Green” Light” June 23, 2007 “Top podcasters: Poe, Austen and Hardy” June 30, 2007 “That’s Quite a Rock: ‘Rough’ diamonds — some looking more like gravel than gems — [...]
Video Profiles of BER Alumni
If you’re looking for an idea of what successful applicants might be in for, check out some great videos of previous alumni of the Business and Economic Reporting course. In particular watch the video of Singaporean Serena Ng (above), who was one of two winners of the first fellowship. She now works on the WSJ’s [...]
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Sui-Lee’s Testimonial
Here’s a testimonial from Sui-Lee Wee about her experience on the course. More testimonials to come: Despite having one and a half years of experience reporting for the Associated Press and Reuters in Singapore, I still felt that I had so much more to learn, if I wanted to be among the best in business [...]