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==Career==
==Career==
Hu joined NPR in 2011 and opened the South Korea/Japan bureau in early 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Horgan|first1=Richard|title=NPR is Opening a South Korea Bureau|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/npr-seoul-south-korea-elise-hu_b230929|publisher=Mediabistro}}</ref> She hosts a video series on NPR called "Elise Tries."<ref>{{cite news|title=Video: Elise Tries|url=https://www.npr.org/series/530208279/video-elise-tries|publisher=NPR|accessdate=August 10, 2017}}</ref> Previously, she was a founding journalist at the digital news startup, the [[Texas Tribune]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=David|title=News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/media/09carr.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 2009}}</ref> and television reporter for [[KVUE-TV]] and [[WYFF-TV]], among other stations.
Hu joined NPR in 2011 and opened the South Korea/Japan bureau in early 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Horgan|first1=Richard|title=NPR is Opening a South Korea Bureau|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/npr-seoul-south-korea-elise-hu_b230929|publisher=Mediabistro}}</ref> She hosted video series on NPR named "Elise Tries,"<ref>{{cite news|title=Video: Elise Tries|url=https://www.npr.org/series/530208279/video-elise-tries|publisher=NPR|accessdate=August 10, 2017}}</ref> which
received a [[Gracie Awards|Gracie Award]] from the [[Alliance for Women in Media]] Foundation,<ref>{{cite news|title=NPR Women Win Six Gracie Awards|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2018/04/19/603908826/npr-women-win-six-gracie-awards}}</ref>, and "Future You, With Elise Hu."<ref>https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/716414780/videos-future-you</ref> Previously, she was a founding journalist at the digital news startup, the [[Texas Tribune]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=David|title=News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/media/09carr.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 2009}}</ref> and television reporter for [[KVUE-TV]] and [[WYFF-TV]], among other stations.


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]]. 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 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]].
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]].

Revision as of 22:06, 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 hosted video series on NPR named "Elise Tries,"[10] which received a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation,[11], and "Future You, With Elise Hu."[12] Previously, she was a founding journalist at the digital news startup, the Texas Tribune[13] 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,[14] a Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism,[15] beat reporting awards[16] from the Texas Associated Press. The Austin Chronicle twice named her "Best of Austin" for reporting and social media work.[17]

Hu is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab [18], a director on the Grist.org board[19], and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[20]. She previously served as a guest co-anchor on Tech News Today on TWIT,[21] an adjunct instructor for Georgetown University[22] 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. ^ "NPR Women Win Six Gracie Awards". NPR.
  12. ^ https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/716414780/videos-future-you
  13. ^ Carr, David (November 8, 2009). "News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut". The New York Times.
  14. ^ Smith, Evan (16 June 2010). "Texas Tribune Wins Edward R. Murrow Awards". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "KVUE-TV Tops Again in Texas AP Awards". www.ahbelo.info. A.H. Belo Corporation.
  17. ^ "Best TV Reporter Who Can Write: Elise Hu, KVUE". No. Best of Austin 2008. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  18. ^ https://www.annenberglab.com/employees/elise-hu/
  19. ^ https://grist.org/team/
  20. ^ https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster
  21. ^ "Elise Hu". TWIT.TV.
  22. ^ "Georgetown University School of Professional Studies". www.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
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