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).
PUBLIC SPEAKING & PRESS
• 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 (July 29, 2011)