Jessie Lau is a writer and award-winning journalist in London.
Hi there—I’m a writer, editor and journalist telling global stories with an intersectional feminist approach. Born and raised in Hong Kong, I’ve spent a decade covering human rights, politics and culture from Asia, Europe and the United States. My essays and reportage have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, The Economist, Times Literary Supplement, WIRED, and many more publications. I was shortlisted for the inaugural Philip Hoare Prize for global creative non-fiction writing, and my reporting has been recognised by the World Associate of News Publishers, among others.
I’m the founder of New Tide, the UK’s only East and Southeast Asian journalism network, head of magazine editorial at NüVoices, a non-profit supporting women working on China topics, and contributing editor at Translator, a publication of translated journalism. I’m open to commissions and pitches; you can learn more about me and the non-journalistic projects I take on—including teaching, consulting and copywriting for think tanks, charities or corporate clients—here.
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