Kat Chow is an Asian-American author and journalist who was a founding member of the National Public Radio show and podcast Code Switch.[1][2][3] She has also been a regular panelist on the NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour.[4] In 2021, her book Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir was released,[5] which discussed her family's immigration to the United States via Hong Kong and Cuba,[1] life at age 13, and losing her mother to cancer in 2004.[6][7][8]

Chow earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of Washington, with a minor in diversity from the Department of American Ethnic Studies in 2012. In 2019, she was presented with the University of Washington Honors Alumna award.[9] She was the recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association 2015 National Journalism Award for reporting Asian American Pacific Islander Issues on Radio/Audio in her piece on "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia."[10][11]

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  1. ^ a b Hallman, Charles (2015-11-12). "Code Switch deepens race conversation on the airwaves". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ Jao, Charline (2016-06-15). "Interview: Kat Chow and Shereen Marisol Meraji". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  3. ^ "Introducing 'Code Switch,' The Podcast". NPR. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  4. ^ "Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Fruitvale Station' And Yelling At Clouds". Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. August 2, 2013.
  5. ^ SEEING GHOSTS - A powerful remembrance of a family unmoored by the loss of its matriarch. Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ^ Martin, Kristen (August 25, 2021). "'Seeing Ghosts' Navigates The Melancholia Of Loss — Of People, Places And Identities". NPR.
  7. ^ Bahadur, Gaiutra (2021-08-24). "Kat Chow on How Mourning Is Like Taxidermy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  8. ^ Quinn, Kevin (2021-09-03). "If you've ever lost a loved one, you'll empathise with Kat Chow". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  9. ^ "Kat Chow wins UW Honors Alumna award - University of Washington Honors Program %". University of Washington Honors Program. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  10. ^ Chow, Kat (August 28, 2014). "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia". NPR Code Switch.
  11. ^ "Asian American Journalists Association – AAJA Announces 2015 Award Winners". Retrieved 2023-05-03.
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