Emily Chang (journalist)
Emily Chang | |
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| Born | Emily Hsiu-Ching Chang August 11, 1980 Kailua, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter, executive producer, writer |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Known for | Anchor and executive producer of Bloomberg Technology; author of Brotopia |
| Notable work | Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley |
Emily Hsiu-Ching Chang (born August 11, 1980) is a distinguished American journalist, television presenter, executive producer, and writer. For more than ten years, she served as the anchor and executive producer of Bloomberg Technology, a daily program dedicated to global technology trends, as well as Studio 1.0, where she conducted in-depth interviews with leading executives, investors, and entrepreneurs.
In 2023, Chang introduced The Circuit in partnership with Bloomberg Originals, a series that features interviews with prominent figures across technology, business, entertainment, and culture. She is also the author of Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, a book tackling issues of gender disparity in the tech industry.
Early life and education
Chang was born in Kailua, Hawaii, to Taiwanese American parents. She completed her secondary education at Punahou School in 1998. Subsequently, she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies.
Career
Prior to her tenure at CNN beginning in 2007, Chang worked as a reporter for KNSD, NBC’s San Diego affiliate, where she contributed stories to MSNBC and received five Emmy Awards. Her career commenced as a news producer at NBC’s New York bureau.
Between 2007 and 2010, Chang operated as an international correspondent for CNN, stationed first in Beijing and later in London. While reporting from Beijing, she covered significant events such as the 2008 Summer Olympics, China’s economic evolution, the 2008 South China floods, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and developments related to North Korea’s nuclear program. During President Obama’s 2010 visit to Shanghai, she was briefly detained for reporting on a prohibited "Oba-Mao" T-shirt that portrayed Obama in Red Army attire.
While based in London, Chang contributed to CNN's American Morning, reporting on European and global news including the case of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. She also secured one of the few interviews with former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto shortly before her assassination.
Bloomberg Technology
Chang joined Bloomberg Television in 2010 and assumed the role of anchor for Bloomberg West starting February 28, 2011—a daily technology news program featuring interviews with venture capitalists, CEOs, startup founders, and industry analysts. The show was rebranded as Bloomberg Technology in October 2016. Throughout her tenure, she interviewed influential figures such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Disney CEO Bob Iger, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Alibaba founder Jack Ma. Importantly, she was the first journalist to interview Amazon founder Jeff Bezos following his Blue Origin spaceflight.
After dedicating 12 years to Bloomberg Technology, Chang departed on November 10, 2022, to pursue her own project with the launch of The Circuit.
Studio 1.0
Chang also hosted Studio 1.0, an interview series on Bloomberg Television featuring discussions with notable personalities such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, co-founder Bill Gates, Melinda Gates from the Gates Foundation, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, and during his house arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom.
Brotopia: Dismantling Silicon Valley's Male-Dominated Culture
Emily Chang is the author of Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, released in February 2018 by Portfolio Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The work delves into issues of sexism and gender disparity within Silicon Valley.
Achieving national bestseller status, the book attracted significant media coverage and critical praise. Vanity Fair published an excerpt titled "Oh My God, This Is So F---ed Up": Inside Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Dark Side". Additionally, Bloomberg Businessweek featured a passage named "Women Once Ruled the Computer World; When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?"
In April 2019, the PBS "NewsHour"-New York Times book club selected Brotopia as their featured read.
HBO's Silicon Valley
Chang made appearances as herself in six episodes spanning three seasons of HBO's Silicon Valley, conducting interviews with various characters.
The Circuit
In 2023, Chang introduced The Circuit, a premium series from Bloomberg Originals that presents conversations with prominent leaders across technology, business, entertainment, and culture. Ahead of its launch, Variety suggested she "might accomplish for technology what Anthony Bourdain achieved for cuisine."
Awards and recognition
- Recipient of 5 Emmy Awards
- Ranked #91 on Business Insider’s 2014 list of 100 Most Influential Tech People on Twitter
- Positioned #6 in the 2018 Rational360 Influencer Index identifying top journalists followed by CEOs on Twitter
- Finalist for Best Journalist at the 11th Shorty Awards in 2019
- Ranked #3 in the 2022 Rational360 Influencer Index for journalists followed by CEOs on Twitter
- Awarded 1st Place by The Society of Professional Journalists in 2024 for TV/Video Interview for The Circuit featuring Emily Chang
- Honored with 1st Place for Videography by the San Francisco Press Club in 2024 for work on The Circuit with Emily Chang
Television series
- Silicon Valley – appeared as herself
- PBS Newshour (2018) – guest
- CBS This Morning (2018) – guest
- Good Morning America (2018) – guest
- Morning Joe (2018) – guest
Personal life
In 2010, Chang wed Jonathan DeWees Stull, who serves as president of the career services startup Handshake, in Haleʻiwa, Hawaii. The couple has four children.