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S03E12: Wing Kuang on Starting a Career in Journalism

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“What makes you different from your peers who also want to get a job in journalism?

ABC audio producer and digital reporter Wing Kuang is an expert at turning a disadvantage into an asset. Having first come to Australia as an international student, she encountered a lot of barriers to finding a job as a journalist.

She says that community radio provided important opportunities to develop her skills and build a portfolio, and that it was ultimately her social media presence that led to her first job.

“Tweeting had become my only way to make myself known.”

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https://allthebestradio.com/featured/500-retrospective-vanishing-voices/

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/days-like-these/wing-vs-the-machine/101916326

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