1. Weijia Jiang is a Chinese-American television journalist and reporter.
16 Facts About Weijia Jiang
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Weijia Jiang is based in Washington, DC, and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS News since July 2018.
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Weijia Jiang was raised in Buckhannon, West Virginia where her parents, who are now retired, owned and operated Chinatown Restaurant.
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At age 13, Weijia Jiang became interested in journalism after encouragement from her eighth-grade teacher, Dianne Williams.
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Weijia Jiang worked on the student-run television station WMTV, and credits the university for developing her curiosity.
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Weijia Jiang earned a Master's in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, graduating in 2006.
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Weijia Jiang was recognized for her contributions in the field of communications as an inductee of Newhouse School of Public Communication's Professional Gallery in 2012.
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From 2012 to 2015, Weijia Jiang worked at WCBS-TV in New York City as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor where she covered major stories such as the Boston Marathon bombings, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, and Hurricane Sandy.
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In 2014 Weijia Jiang was the Gala Dinner MC for the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Gala Dinner which featured letters of support from then-president Barack Obama, Andrew Cuomo, and Bill de Blasio.
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In 2015, Weijia Jiang moved to Washington, DC, to become a correspondent for Newspath, the 24-hour news gathering service for CBS News.
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In 2018, Weijia Jiang became CBS News correspondent for the White House, following her coverage of President Donald Trump's G-7 Summit and the Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' policy.
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Weijia Jiang traveled with President Trump on many occasions, including on-board Air Force One, and has covered stories including Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's historic summit in Helsinki, the Mueller Probe, the 2020 United States presidential elections, and president Trump's first and second impeachments.
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Weijia Jiang is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.
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Weijia Jiang continues to cover the White House as a senior White House Correspondent for CBS News during the Biden administration.
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Weijia Jiang will explore her personal trajectory from her childhood in West Virginia, to being part of newsrooms lacking representation, and her role as the only Chinese-American reporter to regularly correspond with the White House.
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On March 17,2018, Weijia Jiang married Travis Luther Lowe, an executive at Yelp and a donor to Democratic Party candidates and causes, in Palm Springs, California.