Mei Fong is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of reporting in Asia, most recently as China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

Her stories on China’s transformative process in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics formed part of the package that won the Journal the 2007 Pulitzer Prize international reporting.

She is also the recipient of the 2007 Amnesty International Human Rights Press Award.

In 2009, she was a finalist in the Deadline Awards, given by the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, for her coverage of the Sichuan earthquake.

Her stories on China’s new economic struggle also formed part of a package that received an award of excellence in the 2009 Society of Publishers in Asia prizes.

A Malaysian, Ms. Fong started off her journalism career in Singapore as a crime reporter at tabloid The New Paper. A series she wrote on gambling and criminal underworld in Macau was awarded a Singapore Press Holdings award for excellence in journalism.

She joined The Wall Street Journal in 2001, writing about New York’s post 9-11 recovery.

In 2003 she moved to Hong Kong and became the city's correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, covering among other issues SARS, Hong Kong's democracy marches of 2003 and bird flu.

Ms. Fong received a master's degree in international relations from Columbia University and is a graduate of the National University of Singapore, with a joint degree in psychology and English literature with a scholarship from the Singapore Press Holdings Corp.

At Annenberg, she teaches global journalism. She is also the coordinator for Asia programs in the Office of the Dean.