Lia Chang: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| image = Lia Chang in NY 2014.jpg

| caption = Lia Chang in New York in 2014.

| birth_date =September{{birth 29,date and age|1963|09|29}}

| birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.

| occupation = ActorActress, Photographerphotographer, Journalist, Filmmakerjournalist

| years active = 1981–present

| website = {{URL|www.liachang.com}}

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;Selected filmography

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| 1985 || ''[[The Last Dragon]] ''|| ''Girl Student''

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Chang studied film and communications at [[Hunter College]].<ref name=ChangAbout/> She is an [[Asian American Journalists Association]] Executive Leadership Graduate (2000), a Western Knight Fellow at USC's Annenberg College of Communications for Specialized Journalism on Entertainment Journalism in the Digital Age (2000), a [[National Press Photographers Association]] Visual Edge/Visual Journalism Fellow at the [[Poynter Institute]] for New Media (2001), a [[Scripps Howard]] New Media Fellow at the [[Columbia Graduate School of Journalism]] (2002),<ref name=Lens>[http://v1.asianconnections.com/community/events/2002/05/22/lia.chang.exhibit/ "Through the Lens of Lia Chang"], AsianConnections.com, May 2002, accessed August 3, 2015</ref> and a [[National Tropical Botanical Garden]] Environmental Journalism Fellow (2003).<ref name=ChangAbout/>

She was a syndicated columnist for KYODO News, writing about arts and entertainment in her "What’sWhat's Hot in New York" column from 1995-20041995–2004.<ref name=ChangAbout/> In 1997 ''Avenue Asia'' magazine named Chang as one of the "One Hundred Most Influential Asian Americans".<ref name=Yellowbridge/> In 2000, she received an [[Organization of Chinese Americans]] Chinese American Journalist Award for an article entitled, "An Active Vision"," which detailed the life of her mother, Beverly Umehara, a secretary and mother of four, who became a labor activist and president of the national executive board of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.<ref name=JDANG/> In 2001, she received the [[Asian American Journalists Association]] 2001 National Award for New Media for an article she wrote about her grandmother’s harrowing journey through the Angel Island Immigration Station.<ref name=Lens/>

Chang is an editor and writer for AsianConnections.com,<ref>Joe Kai, Suzanne. [http://www.asianconnections.com/about-us "About us"], AsianConnections.com, accessed August 5, 2015; [http://v1.asianconnections.com/life/features/2002/08/30/recovering.chinatown/ "Documenting a Community on the Brink, New York Chinatown Post-September 11"], AsianConnections.com, 2002, accessed July 31, 2015</ref> Arts and Entertainment reporter for AsAmNews.com<ref>[http://www.asamnews.com/tag/lia-chang/ "Posts by Tag: Lia Chang"], AsAmNews.com, accessed August 8, 2015</ref> and an arts reviewer for ''All Digitocracy''.<ref>Chang, Lia. [http://alldigitocracy.org/inside-china-through-the-looking-glass-at-the-met-part-2/ "Inside ''China: Through the Looking Glass'' at The Met, Part 2"], ''All Digitocracy'', May 26, 2015</ref> She maintains a blog about the arts, culture, style and Asian American issues, ''Backstage Pass with Lia Chang''.<ref>Chang, Lia. [https://liachang.wordpress.com/lia-chang-articles-archive/ "Articles by Lia Chang Archive"], ''Backstage Pass with Lia Chang'', accessed August 5, 2015</ref>

==Awards and honors==

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==Sources==

{{cite book |title= Chinese Americans: The Immigrant Experience by [[Peter Kwong (academic)|Peter Kwong]] and Dusanka Miscevic |year=2000 |isbn= 978-0-88363-128-7|last1=Mišṙevir̈ |first1=Duanka Duana |last2=Miscevic |first2=Dusanka |last3=Kwong |first3=Peter }}

*{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Joann Faung Jean|title=Asian American Actors: Oral Histories from Stage, Screen, and Television|publisher=McFarland|year=2000|isbn=0786407301|chapter=Aspiring Actors|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/asianamericanact00leej}}

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[[Category:American women photographers]]

[[Category:Photographers from San Francisco]]

[[Category:21st-century American women]]