Wendy Wei
Award-winning journalist tying global stories to the Midwest | IWMF Fellow | Champion of Chicago-grown media
- Role
- Training Coordinator at Investigative Project On Race And Equity
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Wendy Wei
I am an independent print/audio journalist and editor based in Chicago, where I explore how migrants are pitted against other marginalized groups to compete over scarce resources and how interracial solidarity can be built. I also lead the data journalism training program for emerging journalists at the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, and write arts criticism for the Chicago Reader.My work has been supported by FIJ, ICFJ, and IWMF, where I am a 2024 Gwen Ifill and Lauren Brown Fellow. My print and audio reporting has been nominated for four Peter Lisagor Awards and a Chicago Journalism Associations\' Award. In my first career, I worked on refugee response projects in the Middle East and East Africa, and completed a short stint as a comparative politics PhD student. I always welcome collaboration with others inspired by the power of global interactions and human-focused storytelling. For examples, check out my personal website at http://wendyweiwrites.com
Experience
Training Coordinator
Investigative Project On Race And Equity
Jun 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
The Investigative Project works with emerging journalists of color to produce investigative projects that expose systemic bias through a lens on race and equity. I am developing the training program that teaches the fundamentals of investigative reporting, including obtaining public records, information gathering, working with data, reporting, fact-checking and interviewing sources.
Education
The Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing
Painting
2013 — 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Completed PhD coursework in the Political Science department
2020 — 2021
Sciences Po
Master of Arts (M.A.), International Development
2016 — 2018
University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science
2011 — 2015
Skills
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research
- Editing
- Data Analysis
- Social Media
- International Development
- Graphic Design
- French
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Economics
- Blogging
- Spanish
- Microsoft Word
- Community Outreach
- Public Speaking
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