Journalism work by alumni

Global Business journalism graduates have a track record of international excellence

Global Business Journalism program alumni have worked for many of the top global media brands, including Bloomberg News, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the South China Morning Post and CNBC. In addition, our network of grads has had worked published by The Washington Post, CNN, Al Jazeera, Forbes, Buzzfeed and Time magazine, among many other news outlets around the world. Here is a selection of stories created by Global Business Journalism graduates. Enjoy!

Our Stories

Global Business Journalism alumni regularly produce world-class journalism on multiple media platforms. From wire services to top daily newspapers, digital publications to podcasts, television to documentary filmmaking, our graduates are helping to invent the future of journalism.

Click on each headline for the embedded link to the story. More recent alumni bylines are in red font.

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Betsy Joles

Freelance

Betsy Joles, Nikkei Asia

Farming out: China's overseas food security quest – As the Ukraine war sparks shortages, China looks to invest abroad to secure food supplies

Betsy Joles, The World/Public Radio International

Taliban takeover could mean more security challenges for Chinese projects in Pakistan

Betsy Joles, Nikkei Asia

Too big to fail: China eyes Afghanistan investment amid fears of state collapse

Betsy Joles, Al Jazeera

Afghan journalists begin uncertain chapter under Taliban rule

Betsy Joles, The New York Times

Saving a Vibrant History, One Frame at a Time – Shahid Zaidi is working to preserve the photos his father shot of Pakistan’s first leaders and of its people in the era of the country’s founding.

Betsy Joles, The Washington Post

Years after Pakistan’s terrorism crackdown, many with no terrorist ties face risk of execution

Betsy Joles, Foreign Policy

Pakistan’s Climate Migrants Face Tough Odds – People displaced by climate disasters remain vulnerable, as this year’s floods show.

Betsy Joles, Foreign Policy

Pakistan’s Farmers Are Already Bracing for the Next Disaster – In Sindh province, the food insecurity that followed extreme flooding may be a harbinger for the climate future

Betsy Joles, Vice World News

Why deadly abortions keep killing women in Pakistan

Betsy Joles/Bloomberg News

Land Grab or River Revival? Inside Pakistan’s $7 Billion ‘Green’ City

Betsy Joles, Al Jazeera

Hong Kong protesters hunker down as police cordon off campus

Betsy Joles, Politico Europe

Hong Kong asylum seekers test EU-China relations: European countries seek to protect dissidents while not angering Beijing.

Betsy Joles, Foreign Affairs

What Fast Track for Asylum Seekers From Hong Kong? Dissidents Seeking Refuge Will Need More Than Words

Betsy Joles, Al Jazeera

Voices from Hubei, two weeks into coronavirus lockdown – A group of former high school classmates from Hubei spoke about the conditions for their families under lockdown.

Betsy Joles, NBC News

As coronavirus spreads around the world, in Wuhan international students feel trapped

Betsy Joles, Wired

In war-torn Syria, contact tracers are fighting against the odds

Eric Fish

Freelance

Eric Fish, Foreign Policy

Were they lost students or inept spies for China? Two roommates traveling in Florida found themselves caught in espionage fears.

Eric Fish, South China Morning Post

How strained US-China relations are playing out in American universities

Eric Fish and Siqi Tu, Sinica Podcast

The Chinese student experience in America

Eric Fish, Time magazine

Tiananmen Shaped Chinaʼs History. But Chinese Millennials Have Mixed Views About Its Legacy

Eric Fish, SupChina

1919 to 2019: A century of youth protest and ideological conflict around May 4

Jamille Tran

Bloomberg News/e27

How corporate innovation is contributing to Vietnam’s push to leverage its well-known software outsourcing industry into a fledging B2B startup ecosystem

Jamille Tran, e27

Why global investors are eyeing China’s EV landscape (Part 1)

Jamille Tran, e27

How Chinese EV startups are zipping into international markets (Part 2)

Zen Soo

The Associated Press (previously South China Morning Post)

Zen Soo, Associated Press

Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok

Zen Soo, Associated Press

Company says missing Chinese banker Bao Fan aiding probe

Zen Soo, Associated Press

Chinese users play cat-and-mouse with censors amid protests

Zen Soo, Associated Press

Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China

Zen Soo, Associated Press

9 arrested after vicious assault on women in north China

Zen Soo, Associated Press

Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law

Zen Soo, South China Morning Post

As demand for genetic testing grows in China, start-up 23Mofang can now tell if you have royal blood

Zen Soo, South China Morning Post

Lagging in semiconductors, China sees a chance to overtake the US with AI chips as 5G ushers in new era

Jordyn Dahl

LinkedIn News (formerly Forbes, Beijing Review)

Jordyn Dahl, LinkedIn News

Retired EV batteries could solve the energy storage problem

Jordyn Dahl, LinkedIn News

More people are moving to natural disaster-prone areas. Insurance experts have this advice

Jordyn Dahl, LinkedIn News

Growing your business in a pandemic: Advice from this year’s Top Startups founders

Jordyn Dahl, LinkedIn News

LinkedIn Top Voices 2020: Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Jordyn Dahl, LinkedIn News

Business Unsual: Jordyn Dahl spoke with Barbara Corcoran about how small businesses can successfully navigate the uncertainty and turmoil created by the pandemic, what the future will hold for the commercial and residential real estate markets and how to find your identity again after a major change

Jordyn Dahl, Forbes

How China Is On Course To Unseat U.S. As The Next Leader In Global Health

Jordyn Dahl, SupChina

‘Go Into A Field With Human-To-Human Interaction’: Kai-Fu Lee On AI, Big Data, And The Future

Yasutaka Tamura

Bloomberg News

Yasutaka Tamura, Bloomberg News

A top-ranked fund that keeps a fifth of assets in shares of Japanese lenders is ready to increase that position on the possibility the central bank is preparing to end its ultra-easy monetary policy.

Yasutaka Tamura, Bloomberg News

Elite U.S. Colleges Lose Favor With Lucrative Asian Students: Airi Mishima, 20, Tokyo, cancelled one year’s study abroad at UC Davis

Yasutaka Tamura, Bloomberg News

Nippon Paint Joins Singapore-Based Wuthelam for $12 Billion

Yasutaka Tamura, GlobalBusinessJournalism.com

Their friendship built a bridge to bring Japan and China closer during the coronavirus pandemic

Grace Shao

FGS Global (formerly CNBC, CGTN)

Grace Shao, CNBC

Why are Japan and Korea in a trade war? CNBC explains.

Grace Shao, CNBC

Deepfake technology will make you question what's real

Grace Shao, CNBC

Fake videos could be the next big problem in the 2020 elections

Grace Shao, CNBC

Hong Kong just entered a recession. Experts say economy will ‘remain weak’ amid protests, trade war

Grace Shao, CNBC

Canada could take a harder stance on China — no matter who wins the next election

Grace Shao, CGTN

China responds to $100 million in tariffs imposed by Trump

Simone Martin

Freelance (formerly KR-Asia, CCTV, Il Sole 24 Ore)

Simone Martin, KR-Asia

Xiaomi is now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, here’s how it got there

Simone Martin, KR-Asia

Scaling up in the used car industry amid COVID-19

Simone Martin, KR-Asia

Asia is fertile ground for central bank digital currencies

Simone Martin, KR-Asia (with AJ Cortese)

As the short-video wave crests, ByteDance accelerates monetization through new verticals

Lucille Liu

Bloomberg News

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg News (with Krystal Chia, Jing Li, and Isabella Steger)

Eileen Gu’s Message of Equality Clashes With Reality in China

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg Quicktake video

China’s Tech Tycoons Hail Xi’s Vision

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg Green (with Karoline Kan)

China Is Carrying Out the World’s Largest Climate Migration Program: Few other governments are able to enforce such mass relocations as climate change is stressing communities with drought, extreme weather, higher temperatures, and desertification.

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg News

From Texas to Tokyo, climate change is affecting the world's power supply and causing blackouts. Lucille Liu reports from a hydroelectric reservoir in Guizhou, China.

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg News

China to Sanction U.S. Senators Rubio, Cruz Over Xinjiang

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg News

China's $45 Trillion Market Is Opening Up. Here's What to Watch in 2020

Lucille Liu, Bloomberg News

China Regulators Highlight Stability in Bid to Stem Stock Market Rout

Jiao Jie

China Daily

Jao Jie, China Daily

Lost and found: A Chinese father finds his missing son after 24 years

Jao Jie, China Daily

Cosmetology course to fulfill booming appeal

Jao Jie, China Daily

New field food to satisfy soldiers' stomachs

Jao Jie, China Daily

Top wingsuit flyer sails carefully into success

Jao Jie, China Daily

Graduate steers change from grassroots up

Bhoj Raj Poudel

Economic columnist (Kathmandu Post, The Diplomat)

Bhoj Raj Poudel, The Diplomat

Nepal's digruntled federalism

Bhoj Raj Poudel, Kathmandu Post

Cleaning the drainage: Nepal’s development bottleneck is largely due to the behavioral problems plaguing our leaders, bureaucrats and general citizens

Bhoj Raj Poudel, The Annapurna Express

Nepal: Figuratively richer

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Hong Yan

Xinhua News Service

Hong Yan, Xinhua News

What are the "two sessions"? How important are them? What's new this year? Xinhua's Hong Yan explains China's "two sessions" 2021 in 12 questions! (Vlog)

Hong Yan, Xinhua News

Time in Canada disruptive, but an "invaluable experience": Huawei's Weng Mengzhou

Xinhua correspondent Hong Yan gives you a glimpse of a mini "#Manila Chinatown" (video)

Linda Lew

Bloomberg News (previously South China Morning Post, TechNode)

Linda Lew, Bloomberg News

China President Xi Jinping Doubles Down on Covid Zero

Linda Lew, Bloomberg News,

Linda Lew on Hong Kong Quarantine (audio report)