How to build a career in culture journalism

​Ever wondered what it takes to become a culture journalist? Do you want to learn how to come up with ideas and write stories about art, film and lifestyle? Or perhaps you’re already pitching culture editors, but aren’t getting commissioned and want tips on how to better sell your stories? Then this panel is for you!

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​Come join our expert panel on “How to build a career in culture journalism” featuring Financial Times Associate Art Editor En Liang Khong, “Takeaway” Author Angela Hui and Freelance Culture Writer Venus Wong. Moderated by New Tide founder Jessie Lau, the event will break down the tools you need to succeed as a culture journalist, and include an extensive Q&A with our experts. There will be soft drinks provided, and an opportunity to network. RSVP now!

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​PANELISTS

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​En Liang Khong is Associate Arts Editor of the Financial Times. He was previously Deputy Saturday Arts Editor at The Telegraph, and Senior Editor at Frieze. He is the recipient of the Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism and a former BBC Young Composer of the Year.

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​Angela Hui is a freelance food, drink and travel journalist, editor and author of TAKEAWAY: A Childhood Behind the Counter. She has written for the BBC, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Lonely Planet, National Geographic Traveller, Stylist, Vice, Vittles, Vogue and more. She was the former food and drink editor at Time Out London and lifestyle reporter at HuffPost. follow her on LinkedIn and Instagram @angelahuiii

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​Venus Wong is a beauty, food and travel writer from Macau, China and has previously held editorial positions at Refinery29, The Telegraph and Tatler Asia. Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and having studied Japanese, she's passionate about spotlighting consumer trends and travel destinations from East Asia. Her work has been published in Glamour, The Cut, AFAR, SCMP, Women's Wear Daily, Travel + Leisure and more. She is always on the lookout for new boba places to review for her TikTok, and can spot inauthentic Asian restaurants from a mile away. Follow her on TikTok and Instagram @venus.onthego

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​Jessie Lau is a writer and freelance journalist from Hong Kong, now in London. A specialist on China and Asia, she covers identity, politics, culture and human rights, with an intersectional feminist approach. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, BBC, The Economist, CNN, Los Angeles Review of Books, WIRED and many more publications. She’s founding director at New Tide Media Network, head of the magazine editorial team at NüVoices, and contributing editor at Translator. Follow her on Instagram @_laujessie

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​Mission statement

​East and Southeast Asia is a vast and complex region of huge importance on the global stage, yet journalists from ESEA and experts who specialise in the area are highly underrepresented in anglophone newsrooms and organisations, particularly in the United Kingdom. Unlike in other parts of the world, the British media ecosystem has few infrastructures specifically supporting ESEA journalists. We hope to change that.

​New Tide Media is a network that aims to strengthen ESEA voices and perspectives in journalism and bring them into mainstream media. We aim to create spaces that connect journalists and editors from the West with those from the global majority—with a focus on ESEA journalists and topics—and programming that address the gaps we see in the current media landscape. Our mission is to bring nuance and context into anglophone reporting on ESEA and push back on western-centric storytelling that flattens this rich and diverse region.

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​Subscribers

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​*All proceeds will go towards the venue hire from Camden Chinese Community Centre, which services community members, and to support future New Tide workshops and events

​*New Tide will approve requests and send out tickets the weekend before the event. We appreciate your patience!