Kat Chow
Kat Chow is an Asian-American author and journalist who was a founding member of the National Public Radio show and podcast Code Switch. She has also been a regular panelist on the NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour. In 2021, her book Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir was released, which discussed her family's immigration to the United States via Hong Kong and Cuba, life at age 13, and losing her mother to cancer in 2004. Chow earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of Washington, with a minor in diversity from the Department of American Ethnic Studies in 2012. In 2019, she was presented with the University of Washington Honors Alumna award. She was the recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association 2015 National Journalism Award for reporting Asian American Pacific Islander Issues on Radio/Audio in her piece on "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia."
Kat Chow | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katherine Wei-Sen Chow United States |
| Education | University of Washington |
| Occupations | Journalist, author |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Employer | NPR (former) |
| Known for | Cultural reporting; memoir Seeing Ghosts |
| Notable work | Seeing Ghosts |
Kat Chow is an Asian-American author and journalist who was a founding member of the National Public Radio show and podcast Code Switch.[1][2][3] She has also been a regular panelist on the NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour.[4] In 2021, her book Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir was released,[5] which discussed her family's immigration to the United States via Hong Kong and Cuba,[1] life at age 13, and losing her mother to cancer in 2004.[6][7][8]
Chow earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of Washington, with a minor in diversity from the Department of American Ethnic Studies in 2012. In 2019, she was presented with the University of Washington Honors Alumna award.[9] She was the recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association 2015 National Journalism Award for reporting Asian American Pacific Islander Issues on Radio/Audio in her piece on "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia."[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hallman, Charles (2015-11-12). "Code Switch deepens race conversation on the airwaves". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ Jao, Charline (2016-06-15). "Interview: Kat Chow and Shereen Marisol Meraji". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Introducing 'Code Switch,' The Podcast". NPR. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ "Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Fruitvale Station' And Yelling At Clouds". Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. August 2, 2013.
- ^ SEEING GHOSTS - A powerful remembrance of a family unmoored by the loss of its matriarch. Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Martin, Kristen (August 25, 2021). "'Seeing Ghosts' Navigates The Melancholia Of Loss — Of People, Places And Identities". NPR.
- ^ Bahadur, Gaiutra (2021-08-24). "Kat Chow on How Mourning Is Like Taxidermy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ Quinn, Kevin (2021-09-03). "If you've ever lost a loved one, you'll empathise with Kat Chow". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "Kat Chow wins UW Honors Alumna award - University of Washington Honors Program %". University of Washington Honors Program. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ Chow, Kat (August 28, 2014). "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia". NPR Code Switch.
- ^ "Asian American Journalists Association – AAJA Announces 2015 Award Winners". Retrieved 2023-05-03.
External links
[edit]- Publishers Weekly review of Seeing Ghosts, 2021
- Ten Questions with Kat Chow, Poets & Writers, August 24, 2021
- A Narrative Form of Preservation: An Interview with Kat Chow, Asian American Writers Workshop, August 25, 2021
- Chinese American authors dig up buried family stories on Thanksgiving, WBUR, November 25, 2021
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