Jimmy Wang (journalist)
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| Jimmy Wang | |
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| Born | James Wang January 21, 1980 Jersey City |
| Occupation | Video Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, |
| [www.thejimmywang.com Official website] | |
Jimmy Wang (born January 21, 1980 in Jersey City) is an award-winning news documentary producer and video journalist working in the Beijing bureau of The New York Times.
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[edit] Awards
Mr. Wang's documentaries have won awards, including, in 2009, the global media award for outstanding informational long form story[1][2] at the International CES, organized by The National Academy of Television Arts and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to promote new media models. Wang joined an group of producers hailed for “pioneering the frontiers of a new age in communications,” by David Wertheimer, Vice-Chairman of the Global Media Awards. Wang received the award for producing “Choking on Growth,” a 9-part documentary series about the environmental challenges facing China in the wake of its unprecedented economic growth.
In 2008, Wang received the Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment[3] for “Choking on Growth.” His documentaries were a crucial element of a larger multimedia collaboration between reporters, editors, and producers at The New York Times. [4] For the series, Wang collaborated closely with journalists Joseph Kahn, Jim Yardley, Howard French,[5] Keith Bradsher,[4][6] and David Barboza.[4][7][8]
Along with the entire New York Times team, Wang received the Whitman Bassow Award for Best Reporting in a Medium from the Overseas Press Club of America[9] and the Award for Online Excellence from The Society of American Business Editors.[10] Wang and the “Choking on Growth” team were also finalists for the National Journalism Award for Environmental Reporting from the Scripps Howard Foundation.[11] Wang received a special citation from The Times for coverage of the New York Philharmonic's visit to Pyongyang.
[edit] Biography
Jimmy Wang graduated from Northwestern University before studying in the graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He chiefly produces video stories for The New York Times website, with his work focusing mainly on China.
Wang regularly collaborates with Nicholas D. Kristof, producing videos jointly published with Kristof's op-ed columns in The New York Times. He traveled with Kristof following the 2008 Tibetan unrest, and reported on conditions inside Labrang Monastery when there were almost no independent media reports coming from Tibetan areas due to restrictions on movement put in place by Chinese authorities.[12]
The Wang and Kristof collaboration also resulted in several videos centered around the Olympics. [13][14]
[edit] Work History
He has produced close to 50 documentary news videos for The Times on events that also included the Sichuan earthquake. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
