Author Archives: Jenny Ung

Jenny Ung is a senior at Arizona State University studying journalism, political science and Asia studies. She is currently an intern at The Arizona Republic'z AZ Fact Check section, where she writes fact check analyses on public officials and politicians. She has previously interned at Politico as a Journalism Institute Fellow, at USA Today Washington and at USA Today College. Follow her on Twitter @jenny__ung.

Letters for Black Lives works to link Asian Americans to police shootings

August 12, 2016 Comments Off on Letters for Black Lives works to link Asian Americans to police shootings

In an open letter addressed to their families, Asian Americans have developed a way to convey their support for the Black Lives Matter movement to their immigrant relatives. Letters for Black Lives is an online crowdsourced communication that voices the ...

Transracial adoptees examine their roots through AAJA

August 11, 2016 Comments Off on Transracial adoptees examine their roots through AAJA

Mei-Ling Hopgood was born in Taiwan and came to America after being adopted by a white family. She is a transracial adoptee – someone whose race differs from her adopted family. “Each adoptee has a unique relationship with their family ...

AAJA Asia chapter links local and international journalists together

August 10, 2016 Comments Off on AAJA Asia chapter links local and international journalists together

The first overseas chapter of the AAJA garnered skepticism when it was first introduced twenty years ago, with only a handful of members. Since then, the AAJA Asia chapter has flourished.