Melody Cao - Health Journalism Fellow

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Melody Cao

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SinoVision

About Myself:

I am a reporter from SinoVision, a Chinese American TV station based in New York. I work on daily news covering health issues, social services, immigration, politics, and metropolitan events. Before I joined SinoVision, I worked Shanghai Media Group in Shanghai, China, as an international news editor. I had my Master Degree in International Relation and Communication from Boston University and Bachlor Degree in Journalism from Fudan University in China.

Awards and Updates

2013 Ippies Award - awarded by http://ccem.journalism.cuny.edu/2013/04/cuny-graduate-school-of-journalism-announces-the-winners-of-the-11th-annual-ippies-awards/

New York's Chinatown has had over 100 years of history. In the past century, it weathered ups and downs along with the city. After 9/11, Chinatown gradually came out of the shadows. But the hurricane on October 29 threw Chinatown back into darkness and fear.

Melody Cao's Blog
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In Asian communities, raising a child with autism can be a lonely, difficult road

In Asian families, raising a child with autism spectrum disorder means not only piles of bills,... more »
posted 07/12/15

Melody Cao's Work
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Lesson: Chat app offers key to unlocking stories on autism in Chinese families

Most families didn't want to talk to SinoVision reporter Melody Cao about autism in their families. Then she turned to the messaging app WeChat, and found parents suddenly were willing to talk about their challenges.

Project: Breaking the Silence: Power from everyone (Episode 3)

Melody Cao's reporting was undertaken as a California Health Journalism Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center for Health Journalism.

Project: Breaking the Silence: Searching for the answer (Episode 2)

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