AWARDS
• JAMES BEARD AWARD Dining and Travel - part of team at SF Chronicle to receive award for multimedia project, “Many Chinas, Many Tables” (2019).
• WEBBY HONOR Part of digital team at CAAM, PBS, POV, and Pacific Islanders in Communications to receive award for digital activation during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (2017).
• ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION Two national awards in Asian American and Pacific Islanders Issues (online) and Asian American and Pacific Islander Issues (radio) stories (2012).
• SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, NORTHERN CA Excellence in Journalism Award
for radio segment on nail salons (2011).
FELLOWSHIPS
• 2023-2024 MAYNARD 200 FELLOWSHIP Frontline Editors and Managers track for the Maynard 200 Fellowship, which provides advanced training and mentorship to mid-career journalists of color for promoting their career growth and expanded leadership roles.
PUBLIC SPEAKING & PRESS
• OAKLANDSIDE CULTURE MAKERS “Local Journalists Panel” (2023)
• CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM “Cronkite School announces 2022 Shaufler Prize in Journalism contest winners” (2023)
• LA SEGUNDA STORIES PODCAST “Journalist, Editor, and Co-Director of Oakland Voices” (2022)
• POYNTER INSTITUTE “‘Covering Asian American Communities’ Video for Immigration Course” (2022)
• ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION PANELIST “Habits of Successful Freelancers” (2022)
• CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PANELIST “Nightlife Event: Of Land and Sea” (2022)
• OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY “Chew on This: Oakland Writers Dish on Oakland Dining” (2019)
• SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Live Stream of "Many Chinas, Many Tables” writers and editor (2018)
• KTSF Interview with Jiayu Jeng on talk show (in Mandarin) (2017)
• IRE Panelist at Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference (2014)
• ANGRY ASIAN MAN Angry Reader of the Week (2011)