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Momo Chang is a freelance journalist based in the East Bay on unceded Lisjan Ohlone indigenous land of the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work focuses on healthcare, immigration, education, Asian American communities, food, and culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Her stories range from uncovering working conditions in nail salons to stories about “invisible minorities” like Tongan youth. She is the Oakland Voices Co-director at the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and has extensive experience in writing, editing, producing, and teaching.

Momo has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting and the Asian American Journalists Association, among others. Her reporting has appeared in the San Francisco ChronicleWired, and The New York Times, among other outlets. Momo is primarily a print journalist who also produces audio and visual stories for documentary film and radio. She is a Senior Contributing Editor for Hyphen and formerly the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).

 

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