Isobel Yeung

Isobel Yeung (born 2 November 1986) is a British long-form documentary correspondent. She has covered a variety of stories concerning major global issues such as world conflicts, terrorism, mass detention and genocide. She has also reported on social issues in developing countries such as gender roles, women's rights (e.g. in Afghanistan), and mental health.[1][2] Her work has earned her two Emmy Awards and a Gracie Award.

Isobel Yeung
Born (1986-11-02) 2 November 1986
Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
OccupationJournalist
Years active2014–present
Partner(s)Benjamin Zand

Biography

Born on 2 November 1986 in Salisbury, England to an English mother and Chinese father from Hong Kong,[3][4] Yeung was raised and spent much of her early life in Salisbury.

After graduating from the University of Nottingham in 2009, she moved to China and freelanced for a number of print publications. In 2014, Yeung was hired by Vice News and relocated to the United States, settling down in New York City.[5] With Vice, she has predominantly been an on-air correspondent and producer for their flagship shows airing on HBO, specializing in long-form content and interviews. She is well-known for covering stories on gender discrimination and sexual consent in the U.S. and abroad.[6]

In 2019, Yeung went undercover to cover the alleged genocide of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, reporting on their mass detention, familial separation and surveillance at the hands of Chinese authorities. She has also reported extensively on current conflicts in the Muslim world, most notably the Syrian Civil War and the Yemeni Civil War.

Awards and recognition

In 2019, Yeung won two Emmy Awards for her coverage of the Yemeni Civil War.[7] That same year, she was presented with the Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence.[8] In 2017, Yeung won a Gracie Award for TV National Reporter/Correspondent for her work on Afghan Women’s Rights for Vice on HBO,[9] and in 2016 she had been featured in a list of America's 50 Most Influential Women compiled by women's magazine Marie Claire.[6]

References
  1. "Isobel Yeung". www.vice.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. "On the Front Lines with Isobel Yeung of VICE". Unearth Women. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. "VICE's Isobel Yeung is Breaking The Dress Code". The Window. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019. Originally from the U.K., Yeung has always had a global perspective, due in part to the fact that her father immigrated to England from Hong Kong in search of a better life
  4. "Vice goes inside Syria to show what media censorship really looks like - Poynter". Poynter. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2019. The effort by Yeung — the child of an English mother and Hong Kong Chinese dad
  5. Orin, Andy. "We're Gianna Toboni and Isobel Yeung, Correspondents for VICE on HBO, and This Is How We Work". Lifehacker. Retrieved 7 July 2019. In 2014, I pitched a piece for Vice News on the Hong Kong protests. We created a 30-minute documentary, allowing us to dig into some of the issues that weren’t being covered in the news headlines.
  6. Goldman, Lea; Sklar, Rachel (13 October 2016). "The New Guard: America's 50 Most Influential Women". Marie Claire. Marie Claire. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  7. Awards for Vice News Tonight at IMDb
  8. "2019 Front Page Awards". NewswomensClubNewYork.com. Newswomen's Club of New York. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  9. "2017 Gracies Gala Winners". All Women in Media. Alliance for Women in Media. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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