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'''Portia Li''' ({{zh |t=李秀蘭 |p=Lǐ Xiù Lán |labels=no}}) is a Chinese-American journalist. Until 2020, she was a senior ] in the ] office of the '']'', the largest<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/one-percenters-drop-six-figures-at-long-island-mall.html|title=One Percenters Drop Six Figures at Long Island Mall|author=Carol Hymowitz|publisher= Bloomberg L.P|date=2014-10-27|accessdate=2015-03-29}}</ref> Chinese-language newspaper in the United States.<ref name="wsj20150328">{{cite news | title = New Voices: Ms. Li's Journalistic Crusade Is Epitome of Thriving Ethnic Press in U.S. |publisher= Wall Street Journal|last=Tam |first= Pui-Wing| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB99652491414825765# |date=July 31, 2001 | accessdate = 2015-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Newspaper war in the Bay Area - Ming Pao becomes 6th Chinese-language daily -| date=3 August 2004 | publisher=SFGate | url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Newspaper-war-in-the-Bay-Area-2736641.php | accessdate = 2015-03-22}}</ref> Li is known for the 2001 expose of a Chinatown extortion ring.<ref name="wsj20150328"/> She has also reported on the 2002 ] (bird flu) crisis and the 2015 ].<ref name="usat20150317">{{cite news | title = Ellen Pao trial is big news in China |publisher=USA Today| url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/17/ellen-pao-kleiner-perkins-china-singtao-daily-journal-ktsf/24905541/ |date=March 17, 2015 |first=Elizabeth |last=Weise | accessdate = 2015-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = What To Do About Bird Flu | publisher=Alternet | url = http://w.alternet.org/story/28247/what_to_do_about_bird_flu | accessdate = 2015-03-28 }}</ref>
'''Portia Li''' is a senior ] with the U.S.based ], a Chinese language daily newspaper serving North America.<ref name="wsj20150328">{{cite news | title = New Voices: Ms. Li's Journalistic Crusade Is Epitome of Thriving Ethnic Press in U.S. |publisher= Wall Street Journal|last=Tam |first= Pui-Wing| url = http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB99652491414825765# | accessdate = 2015-03-28}}</ref>


In 2020, Li founded the weekly Chinese-English bilingual Wind Newspaper / 風報, covering the San Francisco region. Li serves as publisher and editor.<ref name="sfe20200901">{{Cite news |first=Nicholas |last=Chan |date=2020-09-01 |title=Longtime local journalist launching a newspaper of her own |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/longtime-local-journalist-launches-new-bilingual-newspaper-reporting-on-the-chinese-community/ |access-date=2022-02-13 |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="kpix20200405">{{Cite news |date=2021-04-15 |first=Sharon |last=Chin |title=Unique Bilingual Newspaper Focuses on Bay Area Chinese Americans |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/04/15/unique-bilingual-newspaper-focuses-on-bay-area-chinese-americans/ |work=KPIX Channel 5 News |access-date=2022-02-13 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="quill20210719">{{Cite magazine |first=David John |last=Chávez |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Wind Newspaper: A free, bilingual weekly with a staff of one makes a difference in San Francisco |magazine=] |url=https://www.quillmag.com/2021/07/29/wind-newspaper-a-free-bilingual-weekly-with-a-staff-of-one-makes-a-difference-in-san-francisco/|access-date=2022-02-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
Li is known for several big exposes about a Chinatown extortion ring.<ref name="wsj20150328"/> She was recognized by the Chinese community as taking the lead in reporting on the SARS (bird flu) crisis. She is part of the Chinese-language media that published more stories in advance of the disease than the mainstream media. This has resulted in her ability to quickly respond in covering a potential pandemic.<ref>{{cite web | title = What To Do About Bird Flu | publisher=Alternet | url = http://w.alternet.org/story/28247/what_to_do_about_bird_flu | accessdate = 2015-03-28 }}</ref> She has covered stories relevant to the Chinese community in the Millbraie section of San Francisco.<ref> {{cite web | title = Newspaper war in the Bay Area - Ming Pao becomes 6th Chinese-language daily -| publisher=SFGate | url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Newspaper-war-in-the-Bay-Area-2736641.php
| accessdate = 2015-03-22}}</ref>

Li's reporting of the ] is widely followed in China.<ref name="usat20150322">{{cite news | title = Ellen Pao trial is big news in China |publisher=USA Today| url = http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/17/ellen-pao-kleiner-perkins-china-singtao-daily-journal-ktsf/24905541/ | accessdate = 2015-03-22 }}</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Li, a native of ], is the daughter of a Hong Kong businessman. After graduating from journalism school in Taiwan, she worked for three years for Hong Kong's largest daily newspaper '']''. Li came to the US in 1984, continued her education with a master's degree from ], and started reporting in San Francisco for the ''World Journal'' in 1986.<ref name="quill20210719"/> She was one of the speakers at the Ascend conference sponsored by the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA), the Asian Studies Department of the ], the ] and the Center on the Pacific Rim at USF, and the Stanford Center for East Asia Studies.<ref name="wsj20150328"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Asian American Political Clout: A Post-Election Analysis | publisher = AsianWeek | url = http://www.asianweek.com/2011/11/11/asian-american-political-clout-a-post-election-analysis/ | accessdate = 2015-03-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103717/http://www.asianweek.com/2011/11/11/asian-american-political-clout-a-post-election-analysis/ | archive-date = 2015-04-02 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="sjeb20081015">{{cite news | url=http://www.worldjournal.com/6657/article-%E5%AF%86%E5%B8%82%E8%A1%A8%E5%BD%B0%E6%9C%AC%E5%A0%B1%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%80%E8%98%AD/ | title=密市表彰本報記者李秀蘭 (Millbrae Honors Journalist Portia Li) | work=World Journal | date=October 15, 2008 | accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref> Li has twice been awarded for her journalism by the Northern California Chinese Media Association<ref name="WuhanAlum2008">{{cite web | url=http://www.wuhanuniversity.org/alumni/huaizhong082008.html | title=北加華人傳媒協會頒獎 世界日報大豐收 (...Chinese Media Association Awards...) | publisher=Wuhan University Overseas Alumni Foundation | date=2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210052740/http://www.wuhanuniversity.org/alumni/huaizhong082008.html |archive-date=2010-12-10 |accessdate=30 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="ncmma19">{{cite web | url=http://www.nccma.org/ | title=第19屆NCCMA獲獎作品及獲獎者名單 (19th NCCMA prize-winning articles and people) | publisher=Northern California Chinese Media Association | date=2014 | accessdate=30 May 2015}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{Cite press release |date=February 3, 2021 |last=LaHood |first=Lila |title=SPJ NorCal Honors 2020 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners |url=https://spjnorcal.org/2021/02/03/spj-norcal-honors-2020-excellence-in-journalism-award-winners/ |publisher=]: Northern California |access-date=2022-02-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
Li, 50-year-old native of Hong Kong, is the daughter of a Hong Kong businessman. She held a position at one of Hong Kong's largest daily newspapers and in 1986 continued her education to receive a master's degree from Utah State University. After receiving her degree, she moved to San Francisco and began work for the World Journal.
She is an active participant in the Chinese american community in San Francisco and has been a featured speaker at the Ascend conference sponsored by the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA), the Asian Studies Department of the City College of San Francisco, the Japan Policy Research Institute and the Center on the Pacific Rim at USF, and the Stanford Center for East Asia Studies.<ref name="wsj20150328"/><ref>
{{cite web | title = Asian American Political Clout: A Post-Election Analysis | publisher=AsianWeek | url = http://www.asianweek.com/2011/11/11/asian-american-political-clout-a-post-election-analysis/ | accessdate = 2015-03-28}}</ref>


==Investigative and campaigning journalism==
==Receives recognition from Hillary Clinton==
⚫ A '']'' leader column described Li as one of the "firebrand ]s" of the American ethnic press.<ref name="wsj20150328"/> Among the stories she has investigated was a series of fires in San Francisco in 2001 that destroyed restaurants owned by ethnic-Chinese businessmen. According to the ''Wall Street Journal'', Li's interview with one of the owners who informed her that gang members had demanded protection money and her subsequent reports identifying gang links to the arson generated tips leading to the ] arrest of several suspects on charges of ]. San Francisco Police Chief Fred Lau said, "Portia was going 120 miles an hour," during a press conference, "We said, 'Hey, maybe this is something that people are interested in.'"<ref name="wsj20150328"/>
Li was singled out in 2007 by then presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for an apology for an apparent snub at a fund raiser when Li was considered 'foreign' press. "I want to reiterate my deep regret and the regret of my campaign over the misunderstanding that occurred last month over press credentials," said Clinton. "We are working out all of our problems and making sure that people will have access to me and to my events."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1940606326&page_url=//news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=96ac55e94b2e1f11ba3d8b96f866b0ef&page_last_updated=2007-03-30T18:27:49&firstName=Portia&lastName=Li|title=Snubbed Papers Accept Clinton Apology|last=Wong|first=Samson|date=30 March 2007|work=zoominfo.com}}</ref>


⚫ Li is active in highlighting the issue of Chinese ethnic discrimination to Chinese communities worldwide in articles published by the ''World Journal''. According to the ''Wall Street Journal'' column, Li raised questions about ] in her articles on behalf of ], a ] from ] who was denied entry to the ] by guards who questioned his ]. She also challenged an inflammatory editorial likening the Chinese-American physicist ] to "]". During his investigation, she published many articles described as helping to "galvanize the Chinese-American community". "Portia was way out in front," stated Policy Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action ].<ref name="wsj20150328"/>
==Prompts FBI investigation into San Francisco gang extortion==
⚫ In 2001, a series of fires destroyed restaurants owned by ethnic-Chinese businessmen who were reticent to cooperate with investigators.Li interviewed one of the owners who informed her gang members had demanded protection money. Li then wrote reports identifying gang links to the arson. Her reports generated tips to investigators and the FBI made arrests charging suspects with extortion. San Francisco Police Chief Fred Lau said, "Portia was going 120 miles an hour," during a press conference, "We said, 'Hey, maybe this is something that people are interested in.' "<ref name="wsj20150328"/>


Reporters and editors from three Chinese-language American newspapers, including Li, received an apology in 2007 by then presidential hopeful ] for an apparent snub at a fund raiser when the reporters were considered "foreign press".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=Katie |date=2007-09-21 |title=The Screwups of Campaign '08: Hillary and the Foreign Media |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1643290_1643292_1644539,00.html |access-date=2022-02-13 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
=="Firebrand" journalism==
The Wall Street Journal characterizes her journalism as an <blockquote>“increasingly important force in American civic life as a wave of immigrants transforms the nation: the crusading ethnic journalist. At a time when many mainstream newspapers are suffering steep declines in advertising revenue and circulation, native-language papers in Chinatowns…across the country are holding steady and some are even posting gains. In part, that is due to the work of firebrand journalists such as Ms. Li, who are championing the sort of unabashed advocacy that long ago stopped being a staple of the mainstream American press.”<ref name="wsj20150328"/> </blockquote>


In 2015 Li covered the ] case brought by the Chinese-American executive ]. According to Li it was one of the ''World Journal'''s top stories, measured by hits on the paper's website.<ref name="usat20150317"/>
==Chinese-American civil rights investigator==
⚫ Li raised questions about racial bias in her articles on behalf of Rep. David Wu, a Democrat from Oregon who was denied entry to the U.S. Energy Department by guards who questioned his nationality. She challenged an inflammatory editorial likening the Chinese-American physicist Dr. Lee to ‘Fu Manchu’. During his investigation, she published many articles helping to ‘galvanize the Chinese-American community’ and was credited for having a major part in freeing the physicist. "Portia was way out in front," stated Policy Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action Ted Wang. <ref name="wsj20150328"/>


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Chinese-American journalist
Portia Li
BornHong Kong
Education
Occupation(s)Journalist, newspaper publisher
Known forFounder of Wind Newspaper

Portia Li (李秀蘭; Lǐ Xiù Lán) is a Chinese-American journalist. Until 2020, she was a senior reporter in the Millbrae, California office of the World Journal, the largest Chinese-language newspaper in the United States. Li is known for the 2001 expose of a Chinatown extortion ring. She has also reported on the 2002 SARS (bird flu) crisis and the 2015 Ellen Pao gender discrimination lawsuit.

In 2020, Li founded the weekly Chinese-English bilingual Wind Newspaper / 風報, covering the San Francisco region. Li serves as publisher and editor.

Biography

Li, a native of Hong Kong, is the daughter of a Hong Kong businessman. After graduating from journalism school in Taiwan, she worked for three years for Hong Kong's largest daily newspaper Oriental Daily News. Li came to the US in 1984, continued her education with a master's degree from Utah State University, and started reporting in San Francisco for the World Journal in 1986. She was one of the speakers at the Ascend conference sponsored by the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA), the Asian Studies Department of the City College of San Francisco, the Japan Policy Research Institute and the Center on the Pacific Rim at USF, and the Stanford Center for East Asia Studies. Li has twice been awarded for her journalism by the Northern California Chinese Media Association and the Society for Professional Journalists.

Investigative and campaigning journalism

A Wall Street Journal leader column described Li as one of the "firebrand journalists" of the American ethnic press. Among the stories she has investigated was a series of fires in San Francisco in 2001 that destroyed restaurants owned by ethnic-Chinese businessmen. According to the Wall Street Journal, Li's interview with one of the owners who informed her that gang members had demanded protection money and her subsequent reports identifying gang links to the arson generated tips leading to the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrest of several suspects on charges of extortion. San Francisco Police Chief Fred Lau said, "Portia was going 120 miles an hour," during a press conference, "We said, 'Hey, maybe this is something that people are interested in.'"

Li is active in highlighting the issue of Chinese ethnic discrimination to Chinese communities worldwide in articles published by the World Journal. According to the Wall Street Journal column, Li raised questions about racial bias in her articles on behalf of Rep. David Wu, a Democrat from Oregon who was denied entry to the U.S. Energy Department by guards who questioned his nationality. She also challenged an inflammatory editorial likening the Chinese-American physicist Wen Ho Lee to "Fu Manchu". During his investigation, she published many articles described as helping to "galvanize the Chinese-American community". "Portia was way out in front," stated Policy Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action Ted Wang.

Reporters and editors from three Chinese-language American newspapers, including Li, received an apology in 2007 by then presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for an apparent snub at a fund raiser when the reporters were considered "foreign press".

In 2015 Li covered the gender discrimination case brought by the Chinese-American executive Ellen Pao. According to Li it was one of the World Journal's top stories, measured by hits on the paper's website.

References

  1. Carol Hymowitz (2014-10-27). "One Percenters Drop Six Figures at Long Island Mall". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. ^ Tam, Pui-Wing (July 31, 2001). "New Voices: Ms. Li's Journalistic Crusade Is Epitome of Thriving Ethnic Press in U.S." Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  3. "Newspaper war in the Bay Area - Ming Pao becomes 6th Chinese-language daily -". SFGate. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  4. ^ Weise, Elizabeth (March 17, 2015). "Ellen Pao trial is big news in China". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  5. "What To Do About Bird Flu". Alternet. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  6. Chan, Nicholas (2020-09-01). "Longtime local journalist launching a newspaper of her own". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  7. Chin, Sharon (2021-04-15). "Unique Bilingual Newspaper Focuses on Bay Area Chinese Americans". KPIX Channel 5 News. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  8. ^ Chávez, David John (July 19, 2021). "Wind Newspaper: A free, bilingual weekly with a staff of one makes a difference in San Francisco". Quill. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  9. "Asian American Political Clout: A Post-Election Analysis". AsianWeek. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  10. "密市表彰本報記者李秀蘭 (Millbrae Honors Journalist Portia Li)". World Journal. October 15, 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. "北加華人傳媒協會頒獎 世界日報大豐收 (...Chinese Media Association Awards...)". Wuhan University Overseas Alumni Foundation. 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  12. "第19屆NCCMA獲獎作品及獲獎者名單 (19th NCCMA prize-winning articles and people)". Northern California Chinese Media Association. 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  13. LaHood, Lila (February 3, 2021). "SPJ NorCal Honors 2020 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners" (Press release). Society of Professional Journalists: Northern California. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  14. Rooney, Katie (2007-09-21). "The Screwups of Campaign '08: Hillary and the Foreign Media". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-02-13.

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