Elise Hu (born February 17, 1982) is an American broadcast journalist. She hosts the TED Talks Daily podcast[1] and serves as host-at-large for NPR.[2] From 2015 to 2018, she was NPR’s first bureau chief in Seoul, South Korea.[3]
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| Born | February 17, 1982 |
| Education | University of Missouri (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Employer(s) | TED, National Public Radio, Vice News |
| Spouse | Matt Stiles (div. 2021) |
| Children | 3 |
Early life and education
editHu was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in suburban Missouri and Texas.[4] Her father defected from China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, and her mother is from Taiwan.[5] She has a younger brother, Roger.[6]
Hu graduated from Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas.[7] During high school, she and friends were paid $100 each to appear in national 7-Up advertisements, after which agents scouted Hu to work as a model for a few years into college.[8]
Hu earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2003.[9] During college, she interned at WFAA-TV in Dallas.[10]
Career
editHu began her career as a television reporter for stations including KWTX-TV,[11] KVUE-TV and WYFF-TV, and then was among the founding journalists at the Texas Tribune, a digital news startup.[12]
She joined NPR in 2011 and opened the Seoul bureau in early 2015, where she oversaw coverage of South Korea, North Korea and Japan.[13] She hosted the NPR video series Elise Tries,[14] which received a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation,[15] and Future You with Elise Hu.[16]
In 2020, Hu co-founded the podcast production company Reasonable Volume.[17] She continued working at NPR as a host-at-large, filling in on programs such as It's Been a Minute.[18] She also started contributing to Vice News as a correspondent.[19]
Hu is on the board of directors for Grist.org[20] and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[21]
Her book, Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital was published by E.P. Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in May 2023.[22] It explores South Korea's global influence in beauty and how a digital society narrows global appearance ideals.[23]
Awards and recognition
editHu’s reporting has been honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Video,[24] a Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism,[25] and beat reporting awards[26] from the Texas Associated Press. The Austin Chronicle twice named her "Best of Austin" for reporting and social media work.[27]
Personal life
editHu lives in Los Angeles, California. She has three daughters with Matt Stiles, a journalist; they divorced in 2021.[28][29][30] She speaks Mandarin Chinese.[4]
References
edit- ^ "TED Talks Daily welcomes inaugural host, Elise Hu". TED Blog. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ "Elise Hu". NPR.
- ^ "Newsroom Moves For NPR's Elise Hu and Anthony Kuhn".
- ^ a b Hu, Elise (April 9, 2013). "Mom Says, Learn Chinese". NPR. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Ep. 309 Chasing Artificial Standards with Elise Hu". The Stacks | Traci Thomas. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ Elise (May 30, 2017). "Poking Fun At My Brother Never Gets Old". Hey Elise. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Far from her Plano roots, NPR reporter Elise Hu chases the news in South Korea and across Asia". Dallas News. February 1, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Nguyen, Ethan. "Elise Hu going live". Wildcat Tales. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Missouri Alumni Profiles". University of Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Far from her Plano roots, NPR reporter Elise Hu chases the news in South Korea and across Asia". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ McGuff, Mike. "Elise Hu: From KVUE to VICE News". MikeMcGuff.com.
- ^ Carr, David (November 8, 2009). "News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut". The New York Times.
- ^ Horgan, Richard. "NPR is Opening a South Korea Bureau". Mediabistro.
- ^ "Video: Elise Tries". NPR. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ "NPR Women Win Six Gracie Awards". NPR.
- ^ "VIDEOS: Future You, with Elise Hu". NPR. May 6, 2019.
- ^ "The Team".
- ^ "Elise Hu".
- ^ "LA's Empty Hotels are Housing Thousands of Homeless. But for How Long?". Vice News.
- ^ "Grist Team".
- ^ "Council on Foreign Relations".
- ^ "Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-beauty Capital". Penguin Random House.
- ^ "Elise Hu Unpacks the K-Beauty Industry in Her New Book, Flawless". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ Smith, Evan (June 16, 2010). "Texas Tribune Wins Edward R. Murrow Awards". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "Boston Globe Team Wins 2012 AAJA-Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism". AAJA.org. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "KVUE-TV Tops Again in Texas AP Awards". www.ahbelo.info. A.H. Belo Corporation. July 24, 2021.
- ^ "Best TV Reporter Who Can Write: Elise Hu, KVUE". No. Best of Austin 2008. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Mainl, Lexi (July 20, 2015). "16 Surprising Things About Parenting in South Korea". A Cup of Jo. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "From Plano To Seoul, NPR's Elise Hu Threads The Needle Between Missiles And Motherhood". KERA News. February 5, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Elise (December 20, 2021). "2021 In Review: Learn To Lose". Hey Elise. Retrieved September 25, 2024.