Connie Wang
Chinese American journalist and writer
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Connie Wang is a Chinese American journalist and writer. She was the former executive director of Refinery29[1][2] and has been awarded several Front Page Awards for digital video and fashion.[3][4] Her multimedia essay published in The New York Times won the Online Commentary, Personal Narrative Online Journalism Award in 2023.[5]
- Glam
- Netflix (2021–)
- Refinery29 (–2021)
Connie Wang | |
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| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer, editor, editor-in-chief |
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| Website | www |
Early life and education
Wang was born in Jinnan, Tianjin, China, but was raised in Minnesota.[6][7] She attended the University of California, Berkeley for college.[8]
Work and publications
Wang interned with Glam Media (now known as "Mode Media") after graduating.[8] She would later go onto work for Refinery29, where she wrote numerous articles and hosted and co-produced "Style Out There," a Refinery29 documentary series.[2] In 2018, Wong was awarded two Front Page Awards for her work, one in digital video category for her Style Out There and one in the fashion category.[3] In 2019, she was awarded another Front Page Award in fashion.[4][9] While at Refinery29, she became the executive director.[1][8]
In 2021, she left Refinery29 and started working at Netflix.[10]
In 2023, she wrote a multimedia essay titled "I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They" for The New York Times, which was about how Connie Chung inspired a generation to name their daughters after her.[5][6] That multimedia essay would go on to win a 2023 Online Journalism Award in the Online Commentary, Personal Narrative category.[6] Also in 2023, she published her first book Oh My Mother!, a collection of short stories about her relationship with her mother.[2]