5 Minutes With...Tony Yoo, CRN reporter
By Briana Healey in Media News on Monday, 27th October 2014 at 10:51amWhere do you work and what do you do?
I’m a reporter at CRN under the Nextmedia portfolio.
How long have you been officially on deck at CRN?
I’ve been here now for close to eight months, before that I was doing bits of freelancing and internships after completing a Masters degree in journalism.
Why did you decide to become a journalist?
Journalism was a thing I’ve always wanted to do since I was a teenager but I first ended up in an 11 year career in IT and have now switched over to my original ambitions.
How has your career evolved, and how did you get to where you are today?
After I quit IT, Google gave me a scholarship to study data journalism. The scholarship was for people with a background in IT who wanted to do journalism. ...
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By Pragadish Kirubakaran in Media News on Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at 2:23pm
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By Staff Writers in Media News on Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at 1:09pm
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