Media | Gillian Wong named AP’s news director for greater China

Gillian Wong, a veteran journalist who has spent more than a decade reporting on China and elsewhere in Asia, is returning to The Associated Press to lead its coverage of the world’s most populous nation and second-­largest economy.
Wong, who currently covers technology at The Wall Street Journal, will be based in Beijing as the AP’s greater China news director. In that role, she will oversee coverage in video, text and photos, across a territory that includes the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Wong’s appointment was announced yesterday by Ted Anthony, the cooperative’s Bangkok-based director of Asia-Pacific news.
“I know few journalists in Asia or anywhere else who are as intrepid and creative as Gillian,” Anthony said. “Her comprehensive understanding of the China story, after years of covering it inside and outside the country, will help the AP deliver what its customers expect about one of the biggest stories in the world — and more.”
Wong, 33, has been reporting from China since 2008, including six years as a correspondent with the AP’s Beijing bureau, where she covered a wide range of stories. AP