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William Wong

William Wong, author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America, grew up in Oakland's Chinatown during the 1940s and 1950s, then went on to a distinguished career as a journalist and writer.

Most recently a freelance writer, Wong is working on a second book about five community organizations cited by President Clinton's race initiative for their exemplary work in building healthier interracial, multicultural communities. Wong has written for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, The Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Examiner, Asian Week, salon.com, and other news outlets. He is also a communications and writing consultant for nonprofit organizations and foundations.

A graduate of both the University of California at Berkeley (B.A.) and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University (M.S.), Wong served in the Peace Corps in the Philippines. He has also been a Jefferson Fellow (East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii). He has traveled extensively through Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Wong has taught journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and Dominican College, San Rafael, and Asian American Studies at San Francisco State. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and teenage son.

You can read more about him on his website.
 

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