Kelu Chao
Kelu Chao | |
|---|---|
趙克露 | |
 | |
| CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Michael Pack |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taiwan |
| Education | National Chengchi University (BA) Kent State University (MA) |
Kelu Chao (Chinese: 趙克露) is a Taiwanese American journalist. She is acting interim CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), appointed on January 20, 2021.[1]
Early life and education
Kelu Chao was born in Taiwan and studied in Zhongshan Girls' High School (Chinese: 中山女高) there.[2][3] Her father, Chao Ting-chun, was vice president of one of Taiwan's oldest newspapers, the Central Daily News.[1]
She moved to the U.S. after graduating from the Journalism Department of National Chengchi University in 1975.[2]
She has a master's degree from Kent State University in the United States.[1][3]
Journalism career
Chao has worked for more than 40 years for the Voice of America (VoA).[4]
She was the VOA's first Language Programming Director from 2001 to 2007. She also worked as a VOA editor, VOA's Mandarin Service Chief, VOA's East Asia Division Director, VOA's Hong Kong Bureau Chief, a field reporter and radio announcer.[3]
As a field reporter she reported for VOA on the period leading to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing.[5]
Chao has received more than 30 awards as a VOA programmer, including from the New York Radio Festival and the Asian Broadcasting Union.[5]
She was appointed on January 20, 2021 by President Joe Biden to lead the USAGM as interim CEO, replacing the Trump appointee Michael Pack.[6][4] She is the first woman to hold the top position at USAGM.[4] Taiwanese people call her "the light of Taiwan", but Zhao Kelu has been in the United States for nearly half a century and has long been an American.[7]
Zhao Kelu's personnel management after taking office was questioned by seven Republican members of Congress. The seven members of Congress also demanded that the correspondence from several directors of the United States World Media Organization and VOA be provided on specific dates to investigate the details of the recruitment of Setareh Derakhshesh.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Wang, Flor; Chiang, Chin-yeh (January 22, 2020). "Taiwanese American Kelu Chao named acting head of U.S. federal agency". Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "又1台裔高官 趙克露掌國際媒體署" [Another Taiwanese, Chao Kelu, revealed to be senior official at the International Media Agency]. tw.appledaily.com (in Chinese). January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Kelu Chao, Program Director". Voice of America. June 5, 2015. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ a b c Jerreat, Jessica (January 21, 2021). "New Acting USAGM Chief Begins Undoing Predecessor's Policies". Voice of America. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Lifting the Veil: Getting the Refugees Out, Getting Our Message in : an Update on the Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, October 27, 2005, Volume 4. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2005. pp. 9–15. ISBN 9780160755255. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "President Joe Biden Announces Acting Federal Agency Leadership". White House. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ "炒了绿友友另类台湾之光". 中国日报.
- ^ "The scandal of Setareh Derakhshesh, Voice of America Persian section once again in the US Congress". Iranian Congress.