MISSION & ORIGIN​

I have an ongoing fascination with material supply chains, including the labor behind logistics and the transformative process from mining to assembly.   

Prior to journalism, I worked at the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, the host of China’s largest environmental database. There, I came to understand the vast impact of industrial production on the land, air and water. I saw how differences in cultural, political and economic context ensure that most impacts remain invisible to consumers. 

I became a journalist to shed light on the communities behind supply chains. As a Stabile Investigative Fellow at Columbia Journalism School, I chose to report stories on port drivers, electric railways and the shipping industry. 

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I'm interested in: ​

• Visualizing product supply chains (e.g.)

• Creative supply chain storytelling (e.g.)

• Using data to track cross-border investigations (e.g.)

• Culturally sensitive longform narrative reporting (e.g.)

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I owe much of my worldview to the brilliant teams at:

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• Bloomberg Green

• Rest of World

• The Beijing Energy Network

• Environment China podcast

• NRDC China