Selina Y. Wang (born May 8, 1993) is an American television journalist and reporter, who has served as senior White House Correspondent for ABC News since August 2023.[3][5][6] She was previously CNN's international correspondent based in Beijing and Tokyo.[7] She has also worked for Bloomberg News as an anchor, correspondent, reporter and magazine writer.[8] In 2023, she won an Emmy at the 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards, and was featured the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List.[9][7]
Selina Wang | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Wang reporting in 2021 from Tokyo | |
| Born | May 8, 1993 |
| Other names | 王思琳[1] |
| Education | Harvard College (BA)[2] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employers |
|
| Title | Senior White House correspondent, ABC News[3] |
| Spouse | Evan Ramsay[4] |
| Relatives | Lai-Sheng Wang (father) |
Early life
editWang was born in Richland, Washington,[2][10] before attending Barrington High School in Barrington, Rhode Island where she was an accomplished flautist[11][12] and named Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen.[13] She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics and a secondary degree in government[2] where she was a member of the Harvard Crimson.[14] Her parents Lai-Sheng Wang[15] and Li-Qiong Wang[16] are both faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Brown University.
Career
editWang began her career as a journalist at Bloomberg News in New York City.[8] She then moved to San Francisco, covering the global technology industry, venture capital and social media industry for Bloomberg News and Television and Bloomberg Businessweek magazine.[17] Later, she moved to Beijing, China to anchor and correspondent for Bloomberg Television.
Wang joined CNN as an international correspondent based in Asia.[2] She moved to Japan and in 2021 covered the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games held under the coronavirus pandemic.[18] Six months later, she was CNN's only news correspondent reporting from inside the Beijing Winter Olympics "covid bubble." Wang was a host of CNN's business feature show "Marketplace Asia." In the spring of 2022, Wang moved back to Beijing for CNN as the network's sole correspondent in mainland China,[2] and is notable for being the only American broadcaster reporting on the ground in China during the historic anti-zero-COVID protests.[5] She reported on a wide range of stories from China, including rising US-China tensions, Xi Jinping’s unprecedented third-term as the country's supreme leader, China's relationship with Taiwan, and the impact of the country's coronavirus pandemic restrictions.[2][19][20]
In 2023, Wang won the Emmy Award's Outstanding Emerging Journalist.[9] Wang was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List in 2023.[7]
References
edit- ^ "推特上的中国：卢沙野促成了习近平与泽连斯基的通话？". VOA Chinese. April 27, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "CNN About Selina Wang". CNN. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "Selina Wang Jumps to ABC News From CNN for Senior White House Reporting Role". Variety. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Journalist Selina Wang Leads A Happily Married Life With Husband Ramsay". Celebs Perk. April 7, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Selina Wang's biography". ABC News. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Selina Wang Named Senior White House Correspondent, ABC News". NextTV. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Forbes About Selina Wang". Forbes. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "Selina Wang Biography". SXSW. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "The 44th News & Documentary Nominations:Outstanding Emerging Journalist". Emmy. July 27, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Result from State 2009 Washington State Math Council High School Contest" (PDF). wsmc.net. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Achievements: Musicfest selects top recitals". spokesman.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Recent Grad Earns Cox Scholarship". Patch.com. June 23, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Full of Surprises". Pageantry Magazine. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Selina Y. Wang Latest Content". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Lai-Sheng Wang Biography". Brown.edu. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Li-Qiong Wang Biography". Brown.edu. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Selina Wang Journalist, Bloomberg News". techonomy. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: CNN correspondent gives her view from Japan a month before the Games". iNews. June 23, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Watching My Family Confront Coronavirus on Two Continents". Bloomberg News. April 8, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "CNN International Correspondent Selina Wang relocates to Beijing". Editor and Publisher. September 29, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2023.