"Asian & American"

We are nearly halfway through the year. Can you believe it?
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! I’m usually busy this time of year, finishing up and chasing down stories related to Asian Americans, and attending and emceeing events related to the Asian American diaspora in the Washington DC area.

This year, however, all is cancelled. I’m especially bummed about my speaking engagement with a local high school getting cancelled! It would have been my first time speaking in front of students as a professional, and it would have officially made me feel old!

Since there aren’t many things to look forward to this month, I started to look back to my month of May last year. I was in post-production of my inaugural feature series on CGTN America called “Asian & American.” Working on the series from pitch to broadcast was one of the most grueling, but exciting work projects I’ve produced. I never wrote about my series so here it is.

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Being positive

I’m a usually positive person. Or I at least strive to be!
But that one phone call I got, to tell me I’m ‘positive’ was not very pleasant.

I got tested for COVID-19 on the last Wednesday of April— a few days after I learned I was in close contact with at least three others in my newsroom who had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

I was finishing up a work assignment at home (since my newsroom shutdown), when I got the call from the healthcare clinic.

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The first week of a pandemic

It’s been a week (March 11) since the World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, as a global pandemic. In less than four months since the first COVID-19 case was reported in China, more than a hundred countries across the globe have now reported cases. As of now, nearly 8,000 people have died from the new coronavirus. The U.S. reports its 100th death, with all 50 states now having confirmed cases.

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