Jessie Lau is a writer and award-winning journalist in London

Hi there—I’m an independent writer, artist and multi-platform journalist from Hong Kong. I’ve spent the past decade covering the intersections of human rights, politics and culture from Asia, Europe and the United States. My essays and reportage have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, Times Literary Supplement, WIRED, The Economist and many more publications. I was shortlisted for the inaugural Philip Hoare Prize for international creative non-fiction, and my journalism has been recognised by the World Association of News Publishers, among others.

I’m the founder of New Tide, the UK’s only East and Southeast Asian journalism network, and a contributing editor at Translator, a publication of translated journalism. An advocate for intersectional feminism, I’m also head of the magazine team at NüVoices, a non-profit supporting women and minorities working on China topics. Read a selection of my stories below + commission/pitch me here!