Jia H. Jung

Jia H. Jung

Reporter

Jia H. Jung is a staff reporter for AsAmNews, where she has worked since September 2023. She is also a California Local Journalism Fellow. She reports on stories about and relevant to the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Indigenous communities across the United States. In 2022, she earned a master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. She went on to freelance in Korea and the Philippines, producing work for the Korea Times, Atlas/Gastro Obscura, SAVEUR and Eastern Standard Times Media with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She also previously was a Li Center for Global Journalism Fellow at Honolulu Civil Beat. 

Articles

Woman at a vegetable stand
Health Equity & Social Justice

Food Insecure Korean Seniors Discover Market Match

Food-insecure Korean seniors who have recently begun to access the benefits of Market Match — a program that has given low-income Californians access to fruits and vegetables at farmer's markets across California — could lose this crucial safety net as the governor works to close a multibillion-dollar deficit.

Two women sitting
Mental Health & Trauma

Revealing Cambodian and Khmer American Trauma Through Disaggregated Data

Cambodian and Khmer people remain largely excluded from studies, policy making processes, public messaging, and journalism because of the lack of disaggregated data highlighting their experiences. Erika Mey, born to parents who fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge genocide, is working to disaggregate data to understand the realities of Cambodian and Khmer people and to acknowledge their trauma.