Genevieve Woo

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Genevieve Woo Marn Huong
胡曼虹
Born (1969-08-03) August 3, 1969 (age 54)
Jewellery designer
Notable credit(s)Singapore Tonight presenter and producer (2008 - 2009)
East Asia Tonight presenter and producer (2009 - 2011)
Asia Business Tonight presenter and producer (2011 - 2013)
Singapore Tonight presenter and producer (2013 - 2014)
News 5 presenter (2015 - present)
News Now presenter and producer (2015 - present)

Genevieve Woo Marn Huong (Chinese: 胡曼虹; pinyin: Hú Mànhóng; born August 3, 1969) is a Singapore television journalist and news presenter with Mediacorp.

Early life and education

Woo attended Marymount Convent School and Raffles Junior College in Singapore. She read English language and literature at the National University of Singapore.

Career

Woo has wide-ranging experience in the media and communications industry, where she has worked in a variety of roles.

After graduating from university, Woo started out as a

TODAY, a free English-language tabloid
in Singapore.

In 2004, she crossed over to parent company

vice-president of corporate communications before joining Channel NewsAsia in 2007.[1]

During her time with

Channel NewsAsia, she fronted the channel's highly rated news programme Singapore Tonight, which airs daily between 10:00 pm and 10:30 pm (Singapore/Hong Kong time). In addition, she fronted Cents & Sensibilities, a weekly current affairs show on how the person in the street should make investments. Woo was previously a presenter on Asia Business Tonight, East Asia Tonight
, Asia Today and World Today.

She left

water engineering on April 2, 2014, as the Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications.[2]

Woo is also a member of the executive committee of the Guild of Jewellery Professionals and Artisans (GJPA), a not-for-profit society with headquarters in Singapore.

In 2015, Woo rejoined Mediacorp and currently presents News 5 on Mediacorp Channel 5 and News Now on Channel NewsAsia.

Film-making

In 2006, Woo set up

film-production company Mythopolis Pictures with Singapore-based American film director Tony Kern
.

In 2007, Woo co-produced a short film called The Mitre Spell, which weaves a whimsy tale around the mysteriously spooky, colonial-era Mitre Hotel off Killiney Road in Singapore.[3] The film premiered at the 2007 Singapore International Film Festival. The Mitre Spell was short-listed for The Best of First Take 2008, a special screening of audience favourites of each month, organised by The Substation.

Another film,

Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore. A Month of Hungry Ghosts was nominated for Best Film at the inaugural Singapore Film Awards at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival
.

Jewellery designing

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online

pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals
.

References

  1. Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original
    on January 30, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "Genevieve Woo". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.

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