A Nomination and a spot on NewsHour

November 20, 2009 | Category: China, Multimedia, Video

In keeping with a recent tradition of only coming back to this blog when I have something to brag about, I’m pleased (and, honestly, pretty damn shocked) to announce two developments. First, a video story I did with the Wall Street Journal’s Gordon Fairclough earlier this year has been nominated for a Business and Financial Reporting Emmy. The story follows the story of a Mongolian herder, caught up in his country’s version of the subprime lending crisis, who was forced by crushing debt to sell his animals–proof, once again, that a good story trumps technical skill 99% of the time:

Second, a vox pop video I did for GlobalPost on Obama’s visit to China managed to get picked up by the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer–the first flowering of what GlobalPost hopes is a long partnership with NewsHour. While I never imagined I’d win an Emmy, I admit I have fantasized amount making it onto the NewsHour, so this is even cooler in a way.

Proof this actually ran on PBS is here.

Tags: Emmy, financial crisis, obama

One Comments

Timothy Lesle on November 21st, 2009
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Hey Josh,

Congrats on the nomination, and nice work with the NewsHour. Glad to see this. Hope all’s well, and I hear you on the low blog-posting activity.

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Josh Chin is a freelance journalist based in Beijing. He also once worked as a sous chef in a French restaurant in San Francisco. Neither job has been good for his health.