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==History==
==History==
Hu was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], to Chinese-American immigrants, and grew up in suburban Missouri and Texas.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hu|first1=Elise|title=Mom Says, Learn Chinese|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/09/174655354/mom-says-learn-chinese|accessdate=5 February 2015|publisher=NPR|date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> She graduated from [[Plano Senior High School]] in Plano, Texas. During high school, she and friends were paid $100 each to appear in national [[7 Up|7-Up]] advertisements, after which agents scouted Hu to work as a model for a few years into college.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wildcattales.com/top-stories/2019/02/21/elise-hu-going-live/|title=Elise Hu going live|last=Nguyen|first=Ethan|website=Wildcat Tales|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> She interned at [[WFAA-TV]] in Dallas<ref>{{cite news|title=Far from her Plano roots, NPR reporter Elise Hu chases the news in South Korea and across Asia|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/life/life/2018/02/01/far-plano-roots-npr-reporter-elise-hu-chases-news-south-korea-across-asia|publisher=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> before earning a bachelors in broadcast journalism from the [[University of Missouri]] School of Journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Missouri Alumni Profiles|url=http://journalism.missouri.edu/alum/elise-hu/|publisher=University of Missouri School of Journalism|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref> She speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Hu was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], to Chinese-American immigrants, and grew up in suburban Missouri and Texas.<ref name="Chinese">{{cite news|last1=Hu|first1=Elise|title=Mom Says, Learn Chinese|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/09/174655354/mom-says-learn-chinese|accessdate=5 February 2015|publisher=NPR|date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> She graduated from [[Plano Senior High School]] in [[Plano, Texas]]. During high school, she and friends were paid $100 each to appear in national [[7 Up|7-Up]] advertisements, after which agents scouted Hu to work as a model for a few years into college.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wildcattales.com/top-stories/2019/02/21/elise-hu-going-live/|title=Elise Hu going live|last=Nguyen|first=Ethan|website=Wildcat Tales|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> She interned at [[WFAA-TV]] in Dallas<ref>{{cite news|title=Far from her Plano roots, NPR reporter Elise Hu chases the news in South Korea and across Asia|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/life/life/2018/02/01/far-plano-roots-npr-reporter-elise-hu-chases-news-south-korea-across-asia|publisher=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> before earning a bachelors in broadcast journalism from the [[University of Missouri]] School of Journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Missouri Alumni Profiles|url=http://journalism.missouri.edu/alum/elise-hu/|publisher=University of Missouri School of Journalism|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref> She speaks Mandarin Chinese.<ref name="Chinese" />


==Career==
==Career==
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Her reporting has been honored with a National [[Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)|Edward R. Murrow Award]] for Video,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Evan|title=Texas Tribune Wins Edward R. Murrow Awards|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2010/06/16/good-night-and-good-on-us/|accessdate=7 March 2015|publisher=The Texas Tribune|date=16 June 2010}}</ref> a [[Gannett]] Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism,<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Globe Team Wins 2012 AAJA-Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism|url=http://www.aaja.org/boston-globe-wins-2012-aaja-gannett-award-for-innovation-in-watchdog-journalism/|website=AAJA.org|access-date=2015-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129071336/http://www.aaja.org/boston-globe-wins-2012-aaja-gannett-award-for-innovation-in-watchdog-journalism/|archive-date=2015-01-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> beat reporting awards<ref>{{cite web|title=KVUE-TV Tops Again in Texas AP Awards|url=http://www.ahbelo.info/pressRelease.x2?release=20090504-1820.html|website=www.ahbelo.info|publisher=A.H. Belo Corporation}}</ref> from the Texas [[Associated Press]] and the [[Austin Chronicle]] twice named her "Best of Austin" for reporting and social media work.<ref>{{cite news|title=Best TV Reporter Who Can Write: Elise Hu, KVUE|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/best-of-austin/year:2008/poll:critics/category:media/elise-hu-kvue-best-tv-reporter-who-can-write/|accessdate=7 March 2015|issue=Best of Austin 2008|publisher=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref>
Her reporting has been honored with a National [[Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)|Edward R. Murrow Award]] for Video,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Evan|title=Texas Tribune Wins Edward R. Murrow Awards|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2010/06/16/good-night-and-good-on-us/|accessdate=7 March 2015|publisher=The Texas Tribune|date=16 June 2010}}</ref> a [[Gannett]] Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism,<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Globe Team Wins 2012 AAJA-Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism|url=http://www.aaja.org/boston-globe-wins-2012-aaja-gannett-award-for-innovation-in-watchdog-journalism/|website=AAJA.org|access-date=2015-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129071336/http://www.aaja.org/boston-globe-wins-2012-aaja-gannett-award-for-innovation-in-watchdog-journalism/|archive-date=2015-01-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> beat reporting awards<ref>{{cite web|title=KVUE-TV Tops Again in Texas AP Awards|url=http://www.ahbelo.info/pressRelease.x2?release=20090504-1820.html|website=www.ahbelo.info|publisher=A.H. Belo Corporation}}</ref> from the Texas [[Associated Press]] and the [[Austin Chronicle]] twice named her "Best of Austin" for reporting and social media work.<ref>{{cite news|title=Best TV Reporter Who Can Write: Elise Hu, KVUE|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/best-of-austin/year:2008/poll:critics/category:media/elise-hu-kvue-best-tv-reporter-who-can-write/|accessdate=7 March 2015|issue=Best of Austin 2008|publisher=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref>


Hu is also a guest co-anchor on [[Tech News Today]] on [[TWIT]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Elise Hu |url=http://twit.tv/people/elise-hu|website=TWIT.TV}}</ref> an adjunct instructor for [[Georgetown University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgetown University School of Professional Studies |url=http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/11/master-of-professional-studies-in-journalism/faculty-bio/799323/elise-hu-stiles |website=www.georgetown.edu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135522/http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/11/master-of-professional-studies-in-journalism/faculty-bio/799323/elise-hu-stiles |archivedate=2015-04-02 }}</ref> and an adviser and blogger for the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]].
Hu is a senior fellow at the [[USC_Annenberg_School_for_Communication_and_Journalism|USC Annenberg Innovation Lab]] <ref>https://www.annenberglab.com/employees/elise-hu/</ref>, a director on the [[Grist_(magazine)|Grist.org]] board<ref>https://grist.org/team/</ref>, and a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster</ref>. She previously served as a guest co-anchor on [[Tech News Today]] on [[TWIT]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Elise Hu |url=http://twit.tv/people/elise-hu|website=TWIT.TV}}</ref> an adjunct instructor for [[Georgetown University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgetown University School of Professional Studies |url=http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/11/master-of-professional-studies-in-journalism/faculty-bio/799323/elise-hu-stiles |website=www.georgetown.edu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135522/http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/11/master-of-professional-studies-in-journalism/faculty-bio/799323/elise-hu-stiles |archivedate=2015-04-02 }}</ref> and an adviser and blogger for the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:53, 15 August 2020

Elise Hu
Born
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
StatusMarried
EducationUniversity of Missouri
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
EmployerNational Public Radio
ChildrenEva (born September 2012)
Isabel (born July 2015)[1]
Luna (born April 2017)

Elise Hu is an American broadcast journalist who hosts the TED Talks Daily podcast [2] and serves as host-at-large for NPR.[3] From 2015 to 2018, she served as the network's first Seoul, South Korea, bureau chief.[4]

History

Hu was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Chinese-American immigrants, and grew up in suburban Missouri and Texas.[5] She graduated from Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas. During high school, she and friends were paid $100 each to appear in national 7-Up advertisements, after which agents scouted Hu to work as a model for a few years into college.[6] She interned at WFAA-TV in Dallas[7] before earning a bachelors in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.[8] She speaks Mandarin Chinese.[5]

Career

Hu joined NPR in 2011 and opened the South Korea/Japan bureau in early 2015.[9] She hosts a video series on NPR called "Elise Tries."[10] Previously, she was a founding journalist at the digital news startup, the Texas Tribune[11] and television reporter for KVUE-TV and WYFF-TV, among other stations.

Her reporting has been honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Video,[12] a Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism,[13] beat reporting awards[14] from the Texas Associated Press and the Austin Chronicle twice named her "Best of Austin" for reporting and social media work.[15]

Hu is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab [16], a director on the Grist.org board[17], and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[18]. She previously served as a guest co-anchor on Tech News Today on TWIT,[19] an adjunct instructor for Georgetown University[20] and an adviser and blogger for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

References

  1. ^ https://cupofjo.com/2015/07/parenting-in-south-korea/
  2. ^ "TED Talks Daily welcomes inaugural host, Elise Hu". TED Blog. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  3. ^ "Elise Hu". NPR.
  4. ^ "Newsroom Moves For NPR's Elise Hu and Anthony Kuhn".
  5. ^ a b Hu, Elise (April 9, 2013). "Mom Says, Learn Chinese". NPR. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ^ Nguyen, Ethan. "Elise Hu going live". Wildcat Tales. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  7. ^ "Far from her Plano roots, NPR reporter Elise Hu chases the news in South Korea and across Asia". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  8. ^ "Missouri Alumni Profiles". University of Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ Horgan, Richard. "NPR is Opening a South Korea Bureau". Mediabistro.
  10. ^ "Video: Elise Tries". NPR. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  11. ^ Carr, David (November 8, 2009). "News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Smith, Evan (16 June 2010). "Texas Tribune Wins Edward R. Murrow Awards". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Boston Globe Team Wins 2012 AAJA-Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism". AAJA.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  14. ^ "KVUE-TV Tops Again in Texas AP Awards". www.ahbelo.info. A.H. Belo Corporation.
  15. ^ "Best TV Reporter Who Can Write: Elise Hu, KVUE". No. Best of Austin 2008. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  16. ^ https://www.annenberglab.com/employees/elise-hu/
  17. ^ https://grist.org/team/
  18. ^ https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster
  19. ^ "Elise Hu". TWIT.TV.
  20. ^ "Georgetown University School of Professional Studies". www.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
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