Laura Chang (born in
Seattle, Washington
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) is an American journalist.
Education
Chang graduated from the
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in communications, with an emphasis in psychology.
Career
Chang edited the Booming blog of ''
The New York Times
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,'' a role she took on after spearheading the paper's coverage of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Previously, she had been science editor since 2004; before that she was assistant science editor beginning in 1998, then deputy science editor.
Chang joined the ''Times'' in 1990.
['']New York Times
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''
"Talk to the Newsroom: Science Editor Laura Chang"
May 12, 2006. Retrieved on May 30, 2013. She began as a
copy editor
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on the national desk, then became
assignment editor
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An assignme ...
. She also served as a special projects editor, where she handled projects on
welfare reform, the erosion of privacy and the spread of
E. coli
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contamination. She was also the ''Times'' editor who stayed up all night excerpting the
Unabomber manifesto
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.
Personal
Chang plays violin with the
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony
The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (PACS) is a classical symphony orchestra based in New York City.
The orchestra has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and won The American Prize Competition in Orchestral Performance three times. The or ...
in
Manhattan
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and other
chamber music
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groups.
Bibliography
As editor
* ''Scientists at Work: Profiles of Today's Groundbreaking Scientists from Science Times.'' New York:
McGraw-Hill Companies
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, 2000.
See also
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Chinese Americans in New York City
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New Yorkers in journalism
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New Yorkers in journalism
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Writers from Seattle
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
American violinists
American women violinists
American science journalists
American writers of Taiwanese descent
American journalists of Chinese descent
The Seattle Times people
The New York Times editors
American women journalists
Women science writers
21st-century violinists
American women journalists of Asian descent
21st-century American women
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