Weijia Jiang Explained

Weijia Jiang
Birth Name:Weijia Jiang
Birth Date:6 June 1983
Birth Place:Xiamen, Fujian, China
Alma Mater:College of William & Mary (BA)
Syracuse University (MS)
White House Correspondent
Occupation:News reporter, television journalist
Years Active:2006–present
Credits:WCBS-TV New York correspondent (2012–2015)
CBS News White House Correspondent (2018–present)
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Weijia Jiang (; born June 6, 1983) is a Chinese-American television journalist and reporter.[1] She is based in Washington, D.C., and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS News since July 2018.[2] Jiang's question to President Donald Trump about the COVID-19 testing program in the United States[3] during a White House press briefing[4] received global attention and coverage.[5] [6]

Early life

Born in Xiamen, Mainland China to parents Liya Wei and Huade "John" Jiang, Jiang was two when the family immigrated to the United States.[7] She was raised in Buckhannon, West Virginia where her parents, who are now retired, owned and operated Chinatown Restaurant.[8] At age 13, Jiang became interested in journalism after encouragement from her eighth-grade teacher, Dianne Williams. Together, they prepared a home-made TV show to submit to a competition run by the national student broadcast Channel One, leading to an opportunity for Jiang to intern as a student anchor and reporter in Los Angeles for two weeks. During high school, Jiang worked on the high school video news staff under the mentorship of her teacher Julia Conley.[9]

In 2005, Jiang graduated from the College of William & Mary with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a minor in Chemistry. She worked on the student-run television station WMTV, and credits the university for developing her curiosity.[10] She earned a Master's in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, graduating in 2006.[11] She was also recognized for her contributions in the field of communications as an inductee of Newhouse School of Public Communication's Professional Gallery in 2012.[12] [13]

Career

After completing her degree in broadcast journalism and from 2006 to 2008, Jiang was a reporter for WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland. From 2008 until 2012, she worked at WJZ-TV, Baltimore. From 2012 to 2015, Jiang worked on WCBS-TV, New York City as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor where she covered major stories such as the Boston Marathon bombings,[14] the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings,[15] and the Hurricane Sandy.[16]

In 2013, WBZ-TV, Boston, won a regional Emmy award in the 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards for the spot news coverage of the Newtown Tragedy[17] which Jiang was involved in reporting.[18] In 2014 Jiang was the Gala Dinner MC for the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Gala Dinner which also featured letters of support from then-president Barack Obama, Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio.[19]

In 2015, Jiang moved to Washington, D.C., to become a correspondent for Newspath, the 24-hour news gathering service for CBS News. As part of her role she has covered major political stories such as the 2016 United States presidential elections,[20] the funeral of the First Lady of the United States Barbara Bush,[21] [22] and the congressional baseball shooting,[23] also extensively reporting on both the Obama and Trump administrations. In 2018, Jiang became CBS News correspondent for the White House,[24] following her coverage of President Donald Trump's G-7 Summit[25] and the Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' policy.[26] Jiang traveled with President Trump on many occasions, including on-board Air Force One, and has covered stories including Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's historic summit in Helsinki,[27] [28] the Mueller Probe, the 2020 United States presidential elections,[29] and president Trump's first and second impeachments.

Jiang is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.[30] In June 2023, Jiang was elected to an at-large board seat of the White House Correspondents' Association for 2023-2026 and will serve as the organization's president in 2026.[31]

She continues to cover the White House as a senior White House Correspondent for CBS News during the Biden administration.[32]

Confrontations with President Trump

As a White House Correspondent during the Trump administration, Jiang had several high-profile clashes with then-President Trump. Trump often reacted insensitively to her line of questioning, in one instance abruptly ending a press conference when she pushed back on his refusal to answer a question.[33] [34] [35] Trump's interactions with her were widely criticized as racist and emblematic of his hostility to the press.

Memoir

Jiang is authoring her memoir titled "Other", set to be published by One Signal Publishers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.[36] She will explore her personal trajectory from her childhood in West Virginia, to being part of newsrooms lacking representation, and her role as the only Chinese-American reporter to regularly correspond with the White House. Through her narrative, she hopes to capture her lived experiences of difference and diversity in growing up as an Asian-American woman and a Chinese-American reporter living and working in the United States. Explaining the title, Jiang contextualises "Other" as the violence of discrimination and hate from a lack of knowledge and intolerance towards difference, also expressing her deep concerns about AAPI hate and its negative impact on AAPI communities.[37]

Awards

Personal life

On March 17, 2018, Jiang married Travis Luther Lowe, an executive at Yelp and a donor to Democratic Party candidates and causes,[41] in Palm Springs, California. Civil rights activist Jim Obergefell led the ceremony, which also featured a Chinese tea ceremony. Jiang and Lowe had met in college, where they co-hosted a weekly campus television show.[42] In January 2019, she gave birth to their daughter.[43]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asian American journalists on what it's like reporting on the pain in their community. 2021-07-29. CBS News. March 26, 2021 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Weijia Jiang. CBS News. en-US. April 4, 2020.
  3. News: PTI. 2020-07-14. U.S. has world's biggest COVID-19 testing programme, says Donald Trump. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-07-29. 0971-751X.
  4. News: Trump gets in spat with Asian American reporter. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-07-29.
  5. News: AP. 2020-05-12. Trump abruptly ends press conference after spat with reporters. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-07-29. 0971-751X.
  6. Web site: Sandford. Alasdair. 2020-05-12. 'Don't ask me, ask China': Trump clashes with reporter on US tests. 2021-07-29. euronews. en.
  7. Web site: 2020-04-30. Weijia Jiang. 2021-07-29. Washington Week. en. May 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524155954/https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/weijia-jiang. dead.
  8. News: March 1, 2018. Weijia Jiang, Luther Lowe. en-US. The New York Times. April 4, 2020. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: CBS News reporter to serve as parade marshal. The Record Delta. May 12, 2020. December 11, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201211040132/https://therecorddelta.com/article/cbs-news-reporter-to-serve-as-parade-marshal. dead.
  10. Web site: Covering COVID-19: W&M alumni reporting from front lines of pandemic. William & Mary. en. May 12, 2020.
  11. Web site: Conversation with White House correspondent Weijia Jiang G'06. 2021-07-29. cusecommunity.syr.edu. en.
  12. Web site: 40 Newhouse alumni inducted into the school's Professional Gallery Nov. 10. Newhouse School Syracuse University. en. May 12, 2020. March 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307221051/http://newhouse.syr.edu/news-events/news/40-newhouse-alumni-inducted-schools-professional-gallery-nov-10. dead.
  13. Web site: Newhouse School Professional Gallery induction ceremony will be held Nov. 10. 2021-07-29. SU News. October 23, 2012 . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2013-04-20. Surviving Boston Bombing Suspect Hospitalized As Questions Persist. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  15. Web site: 2012-12-18. Visitors Continue Streaming In To Memorial In Front Of Sandy Hook Elementary School. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  16. Web site: 2013-01-21. Rapid Repairs Work Completed On More Than 10K NYC Storm-Damaged Homes. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2013-10-01. WBZ-TV Wins Emmy Award For Outstanding Regional Spot News. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2012-12-21. Bells Toll In Newtown 26 Times For Victims Of Sandy Hook Shooting. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  19. Web site: Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business 2014 Gala Dinner . May 17, 2020 . June 19, 2014 . September 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210914091405/https://outstanding50award.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2014_Out50_Booklet_Program_Final.pdf . dead .
  20. Web site: Inside 4 battleground states that could determine the 2016 election. 2021-07-29. CBS News. October 10, 2016 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Barbara Bush Eulogized As 'First Lady Of The Greatest Generation'. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  22. Web site: Boedeker. Hal. Barbara Bush: TV carries her funeral. 2021-07-29. orlandosentinel.com. April 21, 2018 .
  23. Web site: Scalise's Condition Improves, But More Surgery May Be Needed. 2021-07-29. en-US.
  24. Web site: de Moraes. Lisa. 2018-07-09. CBS News Ups Weijia Jiang To White House Correspondent. 2021-07-29. Deadline. en-US.
  25. Web site: Group photo masks underlying tension at G-7 summit. 2021-07-29. CBS News. June 8, 2018 . en-US.
  26. Web site: What happens now to 2,000 kids already separated from families? It's unclear. 2021-07-29. CBS News. June 21, 2018 . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2018-07-17. Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki: 'Journalist' Sam Husseini kicked out of press conference for raising protest sign. 2021-07-29. Firstpost.
  28. Web site: Reporter kicked out of Trump-Putin press conference in Helsinki. 2021-07-29. CBS News. July 16, 2018 . en-US.
  29. Web site: Weijia Jiang's schedule for AAJA19. 2021-07-29. aaja19.sched.com.
  30. Web site: AAJA Stands with Journalists Pressing for Accountability in Coronavirus Response, Asian American Journalists Association. 2021-07-29. Asian American Journalists Association. May 13, 2020 . en-US.
  31. Web site: Tamanaha . Akemi . 2023-07-01 . Weijia Jiang elected White House correspondents president . 2024-05-30 . AsAmNews . en-US.
  32. Web site: Johnson. Ted. January 15, 2021. CBS News Sets D.C. Lineup: Nancy Cordes Tapped As Chief White House Correspondent; Ed O'Keefe And Weijia Jiang Also On POTUS Beat. January 16, 2021. Deadline. en-US.
  33. News: Washington. Adam Gabbatt David Smith in. May 1, 2020. Trump accused of racism after clash with Asian American reporter. en-GB. The Guardian. May 12, 2020. 0261-3077.
  34. Web site: Trump's new fixation on using a racist name for the coronavirus is dangerous. Scott. Dylan. March 1, 2020. Vox. en. May 13, 2020.
  35. Web site: Weijia Jiang asked a question that left Trump unable to respond. So let's talk about what the answer actually is. May 1, 2020. The Independent. en. May 13, 2020.
  36. Web site: CBS White House reporter Weijia Jiang is writing a memoir. 2021-07-29. ABC News. en.
  37. Web site: 2021-03-02. CBS News Correspondent Weijia Jiang Reflects On Growing Up In West Virginia, Being An 'Other'. 2021-07-29. WVPB. en.
  38. Web site: PBS Washington Week Profiles: Weijia Jiang. May 12, 2020. Washington Week. en-US. May 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524155954/https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/weijia-jiang. dead.
  39. Web site: 2008 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winners. 2021-07-29. www.rtdna.org. en. April 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401145918/https://rtdna.org/content/2008_regional_edward_r_murrow_award_winners. dead.
  40. Web site: WBOC Wins 11 Awards in AP Contest; WBOC.com Named Outstanding Web Site. 2021-07-29. www.wboc.com. en. July 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210716032620/https://www.wboc.com/story/8436614/wboc-wins-11-awards-in-ap-contest-wboccom-named-outstanding-web-site. dead.
  41. Web site: Travis Lowe – $48,636 in Political Contributions for 2016. www.campaignmoney.com.
  42. News: March 1, 2018. Weijia Jiang, Luther Lowe. en-US. The New York Times. May 12, 2020. 0362-4331.
  43. News: April 2, 2020. Weijia Jiang: 5 Things About The Female CBS Reporter Who Donald Trump Ordered To 'Keep Your Voice Down'. en-US. Hollywood Life. May 19, 2020.

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