Jackie Wong is a journalist working at the intersection of new and traditional media, inhabiting the worlds online and off in equal measure. She has worked on several investigative reporting projects about affordable housing for The Tyee, an online news magazine; she was a senior writer for the Museum of Vancouver to develop its first virtual museum exhibition and mobile app; and she’s worked on staff and as a freelancer for urban weeklies and magazines published across B.C. and Canada.

She currently edits Megaphone, a Vancouver street newspaper whose aim is to provide a voice and economic opportunity for homeless and low-income citizens while building grassroots support to end poverty.

In addition to teaching at UBC, Jackie teaches journalism through the SFU New Media Journalism certificate program and through the SFU Woodward’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement.

Introduction to Writing for the New Media CRWR 213

Media Studies