Lotus Xuelian Chen's resume
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Lotus Xuelian Chen's resume

Xuelian Lotus Chen
Cell:------------ |Monterey, CA| ------------ | ------------ | LinkedIn
KEY SKILLS

� Journalist, 10 years� experience
� International Correspondent: India, US, Vietnam
� Nearly native English, Native Chinese speaker
� Qualitative and Quantitative Data Research Analysis & Program Evaluation & Proposal Writing
� Computer Skills: Microsoft Office; Google G Suite; NVivo / Dedoose; R Commander; Camtasia/ iMovie
� Writer/Author & Content Strategy
� Management and Leadership experience
� Social Media Engagement
� Website Design &Audio/ Video Editing
� Marketing & Communications & Outreach

EDUCATION

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) California, US
MA in International Policy & Development, Candidate August 2018-May.2020
Relevant Coursework: Intro to Policy and Data Analysis(A), Proposal Writing(A), Program Evaluation(A)
Wuhan University Wuhan, China
Master of Arts in Comparative Journalism September 2007-June2009
Relevant Coursework?Intercultural communication(A), Study of Contemporary Western Media(A)
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism September 2003-June2007
Relevant Coursework?Internship?90/100,top 1) ?Mass communication?94/100?
Bachelor of Management in Marketing September 2003-June2007
Relevant Coursework?Statistics(97/100)?International Marketing?91/100), Electronic Commerce (92/100)

WORK EXPERIENCES

UNESCO Viet Nam Office, UN Hanoi, Vietnam
Intern May-July 2019
� Drafted and edited daily postings, designed and made posters and flyers, short videos for official social media account (Facebook) and website by collaborating with cross-cultural and cross-functional team members. Communications support for projects such as WE ARE ABLE---improve access to and retention in the education of ethnic minority children and Dissemination workshop on Digital Kids Asia-Pacific (DKAP) Vietnam Country Report and etc.
� Effectively drafted and implemented the integrated strategies for communications plan for UNESCO 2019 Forum on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, which is held by UNESCO Head Quarter in Hanoi. Promoted click rate, comments, and likes on social media related to this event by 200% within two months. Efficiently completed tasks under pressure to meet deadlines
� Initiated and completed the situation analysis for a project on empowering Vietnamese women in the film creative industry. I wrote two articles based on my person to person interviews with Vietnamese independent female filmmakers Nguyen Hoang Diep and Ha Kin which are published by e-magazine Chao Hanoi based in Vietnam
� Wrote and edited human-interest stories like Tho�s story �Let LGBTQI�s voices be heard, their ideas implemented�. Tho is the founder of the Youth-Led Initiative in Vietnam which collects data on the Vietnamese LGBTQI community

The Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry, MIIS Monterey, California, US
Intern/Peer Mentor September-December 2019
Provide needed feedback, guidance, and mentoring capabilities, including lab management, consultations & supervision:
� Digital Pedagogy & Instructional Tools: Course site design, flipped instruction, digital tools for teaching
� Digital Web Presence & Identity: Creating professional/academic websites, digital portfolios
� Presentation & Graphic Design: Design presentations, reports, CVs, flyers, banners, posters
� Multimedia Production: Audio recording, podcasting, video editing, screen casting, digital storytelling
� Emerging Technology Exploration: Virtual reality tools, new media
� Provide a �first line� of management and leadership over the DLINQ Intern program

Healing and Reconciliation Institute, Law Office of Maija West Monterey, California, US
Social Media Intern, Graduate Proposal Writer January 2019-December 2019
� Designed the Institute�s official website, making it more attractive and informative
� Created and managed content on the Institute�s official account on social media including YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook
� Collaboratively wrote a grant proposal on the Taos Healing and Reconciliation Project and sent it to Kellogg Foundation on behalf of the Healing and Reconciliation Institute, an NGO is helping heal racial divides in the community of Taos, New Mexico by providing culturally appropriate healing services as a first step toward reconciliation

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY May 2009 � August 2018

Digital Department of Reference News Agency Beijing, China
Founder and Chief Editor, Culture Channel Desk at ReferenceN------------ November 2017-August 2018
� Designed and developed multi-channel strategies for the Culture Channel for ReferenceN------------ from scratch
� Employed and trained three reporters and several interns by providing useful feedback and guidance to them to help them be productive and meet position expectations
� Updated latest news, created daily newsworthy and weekly profound original content to maximize the numbers of users from hundreds to hundreds of thousands
� Initiated online events to promote click rate, comments, and likes by 300% within one year by partnering with the social media team and publishing houses home and aboard

Xinhua News Agency New Delhi Bureau New Delhi, India
Oversea Correspondent June 2012-May 2014
� Comprehensively covered political, social and cultural issues all over India
� Multi-tasked in print, photo, video and audio reporting, both in English and Chinese
� Worked diligently as the accountant and support crew for chief correspondent
� Maintained relationships between Xinhua and Indian diplomats & politicians

International Herald Leader (Weekly Newspaper) Beijing, China
Editor/Journalist, Special Report and Culture Report May 2009-May 2012, June 2014-October2016

� Reported on a wide range of topics including global culture and arts, social issues and politics, with strong news sensitivity, advanced communication skills and preeminent capabilities of collecting data, analyzing, writing and editing
� Successfully covered heated cultural phenomenon and conducted exclusive interviews especially with creative professional, including distinguished filmmakers John Woo, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), British director and Oscar winner Mat Kirkby, Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yimou�s ex-producer Zhang Weiping; Renowned Chinese writers Gelin Yan, Yiyun Li, Ling Zhang, Xiaolu Guo, and Peter Hessler, American writer & Genius Award winner of MacArthur Foundation and Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winner and novelist; Japanese archaeologist Miyamoto Kazuo, Turkish writer O.Z. Livaneli and etc
� Reviewed latest films and books weekly (both home and abroad)
� Photographed interviewees for articles in print


PROJECTS

Monterey, California, US
October 2018-December 2019
� Independently completed a paper China�s Cultural Diplomacy in India: An Empirical Analysis. It examines both scholarly and practice-derived history of China�s culture diplomacy to India. It also analyzes the reasons why China�s cultural diplomacy fails in India from an empirical perspective. The practice-derived part is based on the author�s �participant-observation� while she was working as a correspondent in India from 2012 to 2014.
� Independently completed a paper on Gender Pay Gap in Seattle, U.S. by using R-Commander; performed data visualization on Gender Pay Gap in big cities in China
� Collaboratively completed an evaluation design for Sitka National Historical Park which was co-managed by Sitka Tribe of Alaska and National Park Services in the U.S. as a graduate researcher
� Maintained my own blog: Storytelling for Social Change & Intercultural Intelligence and the twitter account Robia Global News (@NewsRobia) which highlights an international peacebuilding conference
� Collaboratively established Monterey Outdoor Neighborhood Advocacy (MONA) which advocates informing service providers and policy makers with direct input from the homeless community in Monterey County. On May 11th,2019, MONA hosted "Beyond Conversations", to capture stories from the unhoused to enrich the perspectives of those who have a direct impact on the lives of the most vulnerable

HONOURS

� General Joseph W. Stilwell Scholar, Monterey, California, US, 2018-2020
� Freeman Fellow for Summer Internship in UNESCO Vietnam Office, Monterey, California, US, 2019
� Outstanding Journalist, International Herald Leader, Reference News Agency, Xinhua News Agency, November 2010
� Outstanding Individual in Social Practice & Excellent Investigation Report Award, Wuhan University, June 2005
� My book named India: Our Familiar and Unfamiliar Neighbor?????????????, the simplified Chinese version was published by the Beijing Times Chinese Press in 2015. The traditional Chinese version Indian Incredible Logic ???????was published by Taiwan Ren Xing Press in 2018 and sold in HK, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. The book is strongly recommended by internationally renowned writer Hong Ying, whose works K: The Art of Love and Anan (Alias: Out of India) rank among the world's classics. My book was featured in the New Delhi World Book Fair 2016 as one of the special exhibition books