Angie Lau
Angie Lau | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Angie Lau moderating OECD's Global Blockchain Policy Forum 2019 | |
| Born | February 24, 1973 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Journalist News Anchor Businesswoman Public Speaker |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University |
| Years active | 1996 - current |
| Website | |
| forkast | |
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Angie Lau is a journalist, speaker, founder, and editor-in-chief of Forkast.News, an Asia-based digital media platform covering blockchain.[1] Before founding Forkast.News, Lau spent four years anchoring Bloomberg TV’s flagship morning show First Up with Angie Lau, broadcast globally from Hong Kong.[2]
Career
Lau was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada when she was 2 years old.[3] She is a graduate of Ryerson University’s School of Journalism.[4]
As of 2007, Lau was a special investigative consumer reporter and anchor with the ABC affiliate WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio.[5]
Lau joined Bloomberg TV in 2008 in its Chicago bureau,[6] where she covered markets and business stories from the Chicago Board of Trade.
In 2011, Lau moved to Bloomberg's Hong Kong bureau as a market reporter, and in January 2014, she was named the lead anchor of Bloomberg TV's morning show First Up with Angie Lau.[7]
In 2018, Lau founded Forkast.News, an Asia-based digital media platform which covers blockchain and cryptocurrency.
She is an officer on the Executive Committee Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong[8] and is a former two-term President and now senior board member of Asian American Journalists Association Asia Chapter.[9] She is a former Correspondent Board Governor at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong.[10]
Lau is a frequent speaker at technology and blockchain media events.[11]
In 2019, Lau was included in Vogue Hong Kong’s May issue "Power of Next" for her role in media coverage of blockchain.[12]
Awards and honors
As a reporter at WEWS-TV, Lau was nominated for a local Emmy for her investigative consumer reporting on carbon monoxide meat.[13] She also won an award in the "Best Consumer Reporting" category from the Society of Professional Journalists.[14][15] She was a fellow of the Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists in 2006.[16]
References
- ↑ Simpson, Colin. "Blockchain explained – and why it's going to change our lives". The Correspondent. Foreign Correspondents Club Hong Kong. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ↑ "Angie Lau Named Lead Anchor For Bloomberg Television Asia". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ↑ "I Am Not Supposed to Be Here (Angie Lau) - TEDxWanChai". YouTube. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Grads at Work". Ryerson University School of Journalism. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Newschannel 5 Expands Investigative Team". Scripps.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ Washington, Julie (1 April 2008). "WEWS Channel 5 consumer reporter Lau moves to Chicago". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Interview with Angie Lau". Asians Without Borders. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Executive Committee". The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ↑ "FCC backs Asian-American journalists' association get-together". Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ↑ "Current Board Members". Asian American Journalists Association. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ↑ Examples of public speaking appearances include:
- Le, Giang. "Innovation is the Driving Force for Success". Forbes Vietnam. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- "MWC Shanghai Speakers". Mobile World Congress Shanghai. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Hong Kong, guest city at Catalonia's main Investment Forum". Government of Catalonia. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- "OECD Blockchain Policy Forum". OECD. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- Koshae (14 March 2019). "6 Key Takeaways from Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019". Lattice80. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Government Summit: State of Blockchain Regulation in Asia". Asia Blockchain Summit 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- "20 key trends in Digital Journalism will be presented at the 4th Edition of Digital Journalism 2019 Summit". Caixin Global. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ Tse, Betsy. "The Power of Next" (PDF). Vogue HK. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "2007 Emmy Nominees". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "WEWS Adds Emmys to Impressive Awards List". Scripps. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ↑ "Summer 2014" (PDF). Ryerson University Alumni Magazine, pg 41. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Past Recipients". Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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