John Yang (journalist)

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John Yang
Yang in 2016
Born
John Eric Yang

(1958-02-10) February 10, 1958 (age 66)
Alma materWesleyan University (BA)
EmployerPBS
Known fornews anchor and journalist

John Eric Yang (born February 10, 1958)

PBS News Weekend. He was previously a special correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a correspondent for NBC News and ABC News
.

Early life and education

Yang was born in

Career

Early, print journalism

After college, Yang got a job as a reporter with The Boston Globe, where he worked from 1980 to 1981.[citation needed] Yang moved on to Time, where he worked as a correspondent from 1981 to 1986, and he also served as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal[2] from 1986 to 1990.[citation needed]

In 1990 Yang became a reporter and editor at The Washington Post, where he worked for nearly ten years. As a reporter he covered domestic politics, including Congress and the White House.[2] As an editor he directed coverage of economic policy in the paper's business section and also directed political features in the Style section.[4]

Television

In November 1999, Yang left The Post when he was offered a job as a

Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for its 9/11 coverage.[2]

From 2002 to 2004, Yang was transferred to

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for its coverage of the event.[2]

In January 2007, Yang joined

In 2009, Yang was transferred from NBC News' Washington bureau to its Chicago bureau. "NBC is moving me from the city of big egos to the city of broad shoulders," Yang told colleagues in a note.[6]

In February 2016, Yang began working as a correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.[7] He serves as the anchor for PBS News Weekend since December 31, 2022.[8]

Personal life

Yang is openly gay.[9] In 2013, while working for NBC News' Chicago bureau, he bought a three-bedroom condominium in the Lake View neighborhood.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Cubs coach scores home in Evanston". Chicago Tribune. December 26, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2019. Yang, 55, has been in NBC's Chicago bureau since 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "John Yang". NBC News. December 5, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Western Reserve Academy Authors & Artists Collection" (PDF). Western Reserve Academy. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "John Yang". ABC News. Archived from the original on August 21, 2006. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "NBC News 2008 Convention Coverage Plans". www.gwu.edu. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Rosenthal, Phil (July 29, 2009). "Tower Ticker: NBC News moves correspondent John Yang to Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "PBS NewsHour Names Award Winning Correspondent John Yang to Staff" (press release). PBS NewsHour. February 24, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Steinberg, Brian (December 8, 2022). "John Yang Will Anchor 'PBS News Weekend'". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  9. The Backlot.com
    . Retrieved August 30, 2008.

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