Our next course—Research for Writers w/ Julia Cooke, @enriguealvaro, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, May Jeong, & Jerry Saltz—offers the chance to ask the pros and rethink not just how and where to dig for information, but how to synthesize it. Learn more and register: offassignment.com/shop/research-…

An essay by May Jeong that captures the combination of impunity, randomness, and racial terror unique to police violence in the U.S.

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It was a thrill to edit this piece by May Jeong , on the story-behind-the-story of covering the disconcerting Fort Hood army base deaths--and a reflection on violence & the state in America. For Off Assignment, and guest-edited by Ted Conover with support from Nat'l Endow f/t Arts :

Thrilled to be welcoming this group to #NYU -- they will engage with special collections, complete manuscripts, conduct oral history interviews, among many worthy research endeavors, all grounded in A/P/A Studies: apa.nyu.edu/about/scholars/

Renting out my one bedroom apt in Bedstuy 4 July. Private balcony, rooftop access, in unit washer dryer, Cocomat queen bed, oak floors, close 2 AC/J/L trains…. Message 4 more pics and info. Herewith pic from said private balcone….!

This goddess among woman is now doctor!!! She writes she draws she dances… is there anything Carina del Valle Schorske cannot do…???

Visited today and can confirm it is heaven. (Also was VW a poly nepo baby in 2023 parlance???)

Merve Emre by Rachel Comey by Leanne Shapton Merve Emre Rachel Comey The New York Review of Books

Does anyone have a divorce lawyer they can recommend in nyc? (Actually asking 4 friend….) 🫠🫠🫠

May Jeong of VANITY FAIR won the Ida B. Wells award for Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color for her stirring and deeply reported account of the Asian Spa Shootings. Well done! #FPA2022 #nynewswomen

Thrilled that my New York Magazine piece is part of this anthology along with true crime reckonings by Wesley Justine van der Leun May Jeong Amanda Knox Keri Blakinger Michael Hobbes Mallika Padma Rao Diana Moskovitz Amelia Schonbek & rabia O'chaudry's intro.
Thank you, Sarah Weinman (sarahweinman.bsky.social)! nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Applications are open now for International Women's Media Foundation's Kim Wall Memorial Fund! This fund carries on Kim's adventurous spirit, helping more women journos be out in the world, brushing up against life and telling underreported stories. Apply by December 15 at bit.ly/KimWall23!

The Asian American Writers' Workshop publishing conf is happening this Saturday! Will be sharing a panel w May Jeong, Anne Branigin 🔆 & Sru­ti Surya­narayanan to talk about how we can care for each other and ourselves while covering some pretty gruesome stuff.

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Some 🔥 additions for #PubCon22 : we're thrilled to welcome Kimberley Lim from Gaudy Boy to our translation panel, May Jeong from VANITY FAIR to our self care for journalists panel, and poet/drag performer @wochanofficial to our poetry manuscript panel! aaww.org/pubcon22

.The Cut asked Alexander Chee Esmé Weijun Wang • 汪蔚君 R.O. Kwon 권오경 Karen Chee Jean Chen Ho Jessamine Chan Chloe Gong (Updates) et al plus me what 2 read 4 #AAPIHeritageMonth month and we were like... thecut.com/2022/05/book-r…

We were delighted to work with Columbia Journalism on the 2022 #LukasPrizes . Congratulations to winners and finalists. Watch the award ceremony video to find out how these authors do what they do so well!

And read Roxanna Asgarian, Andrea Elliott, May Jeong and Jane Rogoyska.

Congratulations to New York Magazine and The Verge contributors @jessicabakeman, Cecilia Nowell, Sanket Jain, and May Jeong for being named Wallace House Center for Journalists 2022 Livingston Awards finalists in local, national, and international reporting!
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Super honoured — and flattered! — to be a finalist for the Livingston alongside Louisa Loveluck Lizzie Presser Thomas Gibbons-Neff etc all reporters I admire and have learned from…!

Magazine Feature Reporting finalists: Nick Casey & @NYtimes' 'Finding My Father,' Rita Omokha & @Ellemagazine's 'America Redefined,' & May Jeong & VANITY FAIR's 'Inside the Rash of Unexplained Deaths at Fort Hood.' #deadlineawards