Jessie Lau is a writer & journalist from Hong Kong, now in London.

Hi thereI’m a freelance writer and journalist telling global stories with an intersectional feminist approach. I’ve spent the past decade covering identity, politics, human rights and culture from Asia, Europe and the United States. My writing, reportage and films have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, The Economist, WIRED and many others.

A persistent generalist with expertise on China and Asia, I’m most interested in transnational stories grappling with gender, race, and empire. I serve as magazine editor-in-chief and board member at the global feminist non-profit NüVoices, as well as contributing editor at Translator, a publication of translated journalism. I’m also the founder of New Tide Media Network, a UK-based ESEA journalism community. Read a selection of my stories below + commission/pitch me here!

Incarceration to convocation
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Incarceration to convocation

An ex-con turned UC Berkeley researcher, Murillo is one of thousands of formerly incarcerated persons struggling to re-enter society.

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