Jan Wong [email protected] www.janwong.ca 416-485-9271 – (cell) 416-919-9271 Citizenship: Canadian Languages: English, Chinese, French

Education:  Graduate School of Journalism, M.Sc. 1981  Beijing University, Chinese History, B.A. 1977  McGill University Honours History, B.A. 1974  Beijing University Certificate of Chinese language, 1973

Employment:  St. Thomas University, assistant professor of journalism, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 2011 to present  Life magazine, monthly columnist, 2010 to present  Halifax Chronicle Herald, weekly columnist, 2012 to present  St. Thomas University, Visiting Irving Chair in Journalism, Fredericton, New Brunswick, fall 2010  Ryerson University, Lecturer, Masters course Reporting and Writing 2009; undergraduate course Critical Issues in Journalism 2010  Globe and Mail, business writer, foreign correspondent, opinion columnist, Lunch With columnist, feature writer, 1987-2008  Wall Street Journal, Boston bureau, mutual-funds/banking reporter, 1985-1987  Boston Globe, banking reporter, 1983-1985  Gazette, business reporter, 1981-1983  New York Times, News assistant, feature writer, Beijing Bureau, 1979-1980  Radio Beijing, Editor/Translator, 1978  Monsoon magazine, Editor/Writer, Hong Kong, 1977

Professional awards: 1. Silver medal, column writing, 2011 Canadian magazine awards, for Toronto Life column on mixed marriages 2. RTDA Canada, Association of Electronic Journalists, Network Radio, Adrienne Clarkson Award - diversity, The Current, CBC Radio One, for hosting, “Cultural Competence.” (2010) 3. National Newspaper Award Citation of Merit for Long Features, undercover series working as a maid (Canada 2006) 4. Daily Bread Food Bank Public Education Award (Canada 2006) 5. The Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Silver Medal (U.S. 2005) 6. Stanley MacDowell Prize for Writing (Globe and Mail 1994) 7. National Newspaper Award for International Reporting (Canada 1992) 8. New England Press Association Newswoman of the Year (US 1985) 9. George Polk Award for Business Writing (US 1985)

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Books: 1. Out of the Blue, a Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness, Self-published, 2012 (263 pages) 2. Beijing Confidential, A Tale of Comrades Lost and Found, Doubleday Canada, 2007 (320 pages) - published in UK as Chinese Shadows, Atlantic Books, 2009 - published in the US as A Comrade Lost and Found, Harcourt Brace, 2009 - also published in France, Italy, Romania, Poland and Australia 3. Jan Wong’s China, Reports from a Not-So-Foreign Correspondent, Doubleday Canada, 1999, (331 pages) 4. Lunch With Jan Wong, Sweet and Sour Celebrity Interviews, Doubleday Canada, 2000 (280 pages) 5. Red China Blues, My Long March from Mao to Now, Doubleday, 1996 (405 pages) - also published in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden

Documentary: Jan Wong’s Forbidden China, 1999 for CBC’s The Passionate Eye Documentary: The Pureness of Jade, 2010-present, Sneak Preview/Archer Street Films, (UK) Based on Beijing Confidential Documentary: The Tank Man, Antony Thomas, Frontline/BBC, 2006 Guest host: CBC Radio The Current Freelance writer: Chatelaine, The Guardian (U.K.), The New York Times, and other publications

Commentator on politics, current events and China in English and Mandarin:  CBC radio and television  CTV  National Public Radio (US)  BBC World Service  Voice of America (television)  Fairchild Television

Speaker  North York Central Library, Toronto, Workplace depression and the writing of Out of the Blue, author talk (200 people), May 7, 2012  Ben McNally Books, Toronto, Workplace depression and the writing of Out of the Blue, author talk (100 people), May 8, 2012  UNB Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, “Tiananmen: Reflections from a Not-so-Foreign Correspondent,” on the impact of the protests on the Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, March 28, 2012 (120 people)  2010 Canadian University Press, Annual Conference, Edmonton, Keynote, “How to Get the Story” (300 people)

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 2010 CSSE/CASWE, Concordia University, Montreal. Keynote, “The Journalist as Public Educator” (200 people)

Upcoming speeches 2011-2012 (selected)  Association of Crown Attorneys of Ontario, workplace depression  Literary Review of Canada, luncheon  STU launch of Out of the Blue  Probus of Fredericton, The Current Situation in China  Ryerson University, School of Disability, mental illness in the workplace  Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), Edmonton  Vanier College, Montreal, Writing for the 21st Century  Ryerson University, Anti-Asian Racism conference  Canadian Club, Kingston

Guest lectures  Canadian University Press Atlantic Region Conference, Fredericton, UNB;Asking the Tough Question, March 31, 2012  Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, contemporary Chinese society, including migrant workers and changes since the , Feb. 6, 2012  Highland School, Warrenton, Virginia; entire school grades 9-12, Skyped talk on Beijing Confidential, Jan 2012.  Book Club, Munisha Bhatia, Chicago, Skyped talk on Beijing Confidential, Nov. 2011  STU Aquinas class, on the history of foreign involvement in Afghanistan, Nov. 2011  STU Aquinas class, on Tiananmen Square massacre, Nov. 2011  STU JOUR 1013 (Don Dickson), on Tiananmen Square massacre, Nov. 2011

Media appearances and interviews (selected) 2012: CBC’s The Current, Commenting on Prime Minister Harper’s trip to China, Feb. 7, 2012 CBC’s The Sunday Edition, with Michael Enright, Out of the Blue author interview, May 6, 2012 CBC radio , with , Out of the Blue author interview, May 8, 2012 TVO with Alan Gregg Chatelaine Quill and Quire Maclean’s CBC Strombo

Community activities Member, Fredericton Marching and Concert Band, 2011 to present Member, UNB Concert Band, 2011 to present

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Fundraiser, Goddess of Democracy statue, York University, Toronto Member, North Toronto Community Band, 2003 to present Member, Columbus Centre Community Band (Toronto), 2011 to present

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