Jeff Yang
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Jeff Yang at LaGuardia Community College, May 2011
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| Born | March 14, 1968 [1] United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A., Psychology, 1989) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Ying (2002-) [1] |
| Children | Hudson Yang |
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Jeff Yang is an American writer, journalist, businessman, and business/media consultant who writes the "Tao Jones" column for the Wall Street Journal.[2] Previously, he was the "Asian Pop" columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Yang lives in New York City. Yang is also known for his books, including Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to the Cinemas of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action (with Jackie Chan), Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence in American Culture, from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism, and Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. He recently co-wrote the second graphic novel in the Secret Identities series, Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. In addition, he has written for the Village Voice, VIBE, Spin, and Condé Nast Portfolio.[citation needed]
Yang is also a business/media consultant on marketing to Asian American consumers for Iconoculture, Inc.[citation needed] Before joining Iconoculture, Yang was CEO of Factor, Inc., another marketing consultancy targeting Asian Americans. From 1989 until 2002, when it went out of business, Yang was publisher of A Magazine, then the largest circulating English-language Asian American magazine in the United States. The magazine grew out of an undergraduate publication that he had edited while a student at Harvard University. Yang produced the first Asian American television show, "Stir".[citation needed]
Yang graduated from Harvard University in 1989 with a B.A. in psychology.[3] He is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and has served on the advisory boards of the Asian American Justice Center and the China Institute in America .[citation needed]
Yang is married to Heather Ying, a physician's assistant in cardiothoracic surgery.[1] Their son, Hudson Yang, is a star of the 2015 ABC television series Fresh Off the Boat, based on Eddie Huang's memoir, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brady, Lois Smith, "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Heather Ying and Jeff Yang", The New York Times, August 25, 2002
- ↑ Wall Street Journal blogs: Speakeasy: Tao Jones
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External links
- Asian American Justice Center bio
- Asian Pop column archive, San Francisco Chronicle
- INSTANT YANG, Jeff Yang's mailing list
- Random House co-author bio for I am Jackie Chan
- Wedding vows: Heather Ying & Jeff Yang, New York Times, Aug. 25, 2002
- Secret Identities Official Web site
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- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2012
- Living people
- American consultants
- American consulting businesspeople
- American journalists of Chinese descent
- American marketing businesspeople
- American people of Taiwanese descent
- American television producers
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Businesspeople from New York City
- Harvard University alumni
- The Wall Street Journal people
- Writers from New York City
- American journalists of Asian descent
- Asian-American businesspeople
- American chief executives
