Paul Kang

About Paul Kang

Paul is a visionary leader driving the intersection of global ideas, local impact, and…

Experience

1. Publisher

   Bcd-W Magazine

   Jan 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   bcd-W Magazine is a New York–based newsletter magazine telling the stories of City, People, Work, Death, and Future. Published by IWBFD Storytelling Studios and founded by urban storyteller and connector Paul Joseph J. Kang, we are a bridge between ideas and everyday life — carrying urban discourse into readers\' inboxes and giving abstract questions tangible form in the world.We believe a city is never just a place. It is a living archive of the people who work in it, the relationships that bloom and end within it, the spaces that rise and fade, and the futures it dares to imagine. bcd-W Magazine is where those layers meet the reader.WHAT WE COVER City — neighborhoods, urban transitions, the quiet shifts that reshape how we live People — the storytellers, builders, and connectors moving between worlds Work — new models of doing, making, and earning a living Death — endings of every kind, and the thresholds they open Future — the cities, rituals, and ways of being still waiting to be bornOUR SIGNATURE DAILY — bcd-W CURRENT TODAYAt the heart of the magazine is bcd-W Current Today, our daily newsletter built on a simple but powerful rhythm: One City, One Story, Many Views.Every day, we choose one city and tell one story from it. Then, through Many Views, we open that single story to the perspectives of six cities — drawn from a curated network of 18 cities around the world. One story, read through six urban lenses, in one sitting.This is more than journalism. It is a daily act of connection — surfacing an opportunity in one city and placing it within reach of another. A founder in Seoul learns from a neighborhood shift in Bogotá. A civic project in Amman finds an echo in New York. A creative model in Medellín opens a door in Tokyo.bcd-W Current Today exists to turn cities into companions, and distance into possibility.