To-wen Tseng () is a

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journalist, author, and breastfeeding activist. She is best known for her regular news spot "''To-wen's World Report'' (

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: 多聞看世界)" on

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-TV (LA-18), the Asian-language station served Southern California. She has authored seven books, all in Mandarin Chinese. Tseng's other writing has appeared on Rhythms Monthly,

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Chinese Edition
World Moms Network
and elsewhere. Her fiction work has appeared on

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and elsewhere. Her book ''Měiguó dú xiě jiàoyù jiào wǒmen de liù jiàn shì (Six lessons for Chinese literacy education, from American classroom)'' is a national best seller in Taiwan. He
Chinese-language blog
was a Global Chinese-language Blog Award finalist for current affairs/commentary category. Tseng received a master's degree in

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from

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. When she started her career as a criminal reporter for

United Daily News ''United Daily News'' (UDN; ) is a newspaper published in Taiwan. It is considered to support the pan-Blue Coalition in its editorials. History UDN was founded in 1951 by Wang Tiwu as a merger of three newspapers, ''Popular Daily'' (全民� ...

and then

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in 2005, an

Apple Daily ''Apple Daily'' ( zh, link=no, 蘋果日報) was a popular tabloid published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021. Founded by Jimmy Lai, it was one of the best-selling Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong.

series report described her as "the reporter in underwear" because she once posted for Modern Girl, a Taiwanese retailer of women's lingerie. The series report badly hurt her credibility and eventually resulted her moving to United States in 2006 to rebuild her career.

List of Works

non-fictions

zúy ǐ dào ( No Trivial Matter – The Journal of a US Correspondent)''
(2011)
''Báiyún dù shān (Dr. Matthew Y.C. Lin, A Biography)''
2018)
''Měiguó dú xiě jiàoyù jiào wǒmen de liù jiàn shì (Six lessons from American literacy education for Chinese classroom)''
2018)
dú xiě jiàoyù liù gè xuéxí xiànchǎng (Six Scenes of Literacy Education in America Observed by a Chinese Journalist)''
2020)

children's books

''Nà nián de shǔjià (Summer Days with A-Fu)''
(2014)
''Xiǎo hóng de zhǔbō mèng (Xiao-Hong Becomes An Anchorwoman)''
(2015)
Kējì lì yǔ chuàngxīn lì (Israel: Technology and Innovation)''
(2020)

short stories

*''Pàng māo (The Fat Cat)''(2012) *''Wǒ de zhìyuàn (When I Grow Up)''(2013)

Work against breastfeeding discrimination

Tseng left

and joined

in 2012 when

filed bankruptcy. She gave birth one year after joining

and then returned to work in September, 2013 after a 3-month-long maternity leave. According to Tseng's personal blog,

refused to accommodate her breastfeeding needs and she was forced to pump her breast milk in a bathroom stall, and was harassed by colleagues for attempting to wash pumping accessories in the office kitchen. Later on 21 October 2013,

published a controversial article that allegedly discriminate breastfeeding women. Titled "Breastfeeding photos embarrass Chinese-American to death, the article cited anonymous resources, labeled breastfeeding photos as "R-rated-photos," described those photos as "disturbing" and "disgusting." The article received strong reaction among Chinese American community and the Taiwanese Breastfeeding Association launched a protection against World Journal. Media Watch criticized that the report was "misleading" and "biased." In November 2013, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center submitted a lawyer's letter to

on behavior of Tseng, asking for a policy change to protect breastfeeding women. These incidents eventually resulted in Tseng's separation from

. On 25 August 2014,

agreed to pay for the damage. Tseng has ever since dedicated her career to advocating for family-friendly policy and gender equity at the workplace, blogging about breastfeeding as a human right and speaking out about breastfeeding barriers in Asian-American communities and beyond. Tseng has been actively working with San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition and BreastfeedLA. She also regularly contributes to MomsRising.org. In 2017, Tseng co-founde
Asian American Breastfeeding Taskforce
In 2018, she received HealthConnect One Foundation's Birth Equity Leader Academy Community Project Award. In 2019, she was recognized by US Breastfeeding Committee as the Emerging Leader of the year. In 2020, an Asian breastfeeding photo voice project she led won California Breastfeeding Coalition's Golden Nugget Award for "excellence in reducing a key barrier to breastfeeding social norm." She co-founded National AANHPI Breastfeeding Week in 2021.

References

External links

No Trivial MatterThe World according to To-wenI'd rather be breastfeedingMomsRisingWorld Moms Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tseng, To-wen American children's writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American women journalists Breastfeeding activists 21st-century American women writers Living people American women non-fiction writers Taiwanese health activists Year of birth missing (living people) Boston University College of Communication alumni