Zing Tsjeng (born 25 September 1988) is a Singaporean journalist, non-fiction author, and podcaster based in London. As of 2022, she is the editor in chief of ''Vice UK''. She launched ''Broadly'' for the network in 2014. Tsjeng published her four-installment book series ''Forgotten Women'', profiling underrated historical women in various fields, in 2018 under Octopus Publishing. In addition to ''Vice'', Tsjeng has contributed to publications such as British ''Vogue'', ''

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''. She is a founder of the anti-harassment Unfollow Me campaign.

Early life and education

Tsjeng was born in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. She moved to London at 16. She graduated with a

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in Social and Political Sciences from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in 2010. She developed an interest in journalism through the Cambridge student newspaper and interned at ''

'' and ''

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'', the latter of which she later became an editor for. She went on to graduate with a

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in Magazine Journalism from

City, University of London City, University of London, is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City Univ ...

in 2012.

Broadcasting

Presenting work

* ''Empires of Dirt'' video series for''VICE World News'' * ''My First Time'' sex and dating podcast for ''VICE'' * ''United Zingdom'' for BBC Sounds * ''Obsessed with Killing Eve'' for BBC Sounds and BBC Three

Bibliography

''Forgotten Women'' (2018)

*''Forgotten Women: The Scientists'' *''Forgotten Women: The Leaders'' *''Forgotten Women: The Writers''

Essays

*in ''In the Garden: Essays on Nature and Growing'' (2021)

Awards and recognition

* Named one of London's most influential people in the ''Evening Standard'' Progress List 1000 * An LGBTQ trailblazer in ''Attitude'' magazine's Attitude 101 list * Highly commended in the British Journalism Awards 2020

Personal life

Tsjeng is technically eligible for British citizenship, but Singapore does not permit dual nationality, a topic Tsjeng covers in her

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podcast ''United Zingdom''. She is bisexual. Tsjeng is the owner of a kokoni

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cross named Judy who appeared on the cover of ''Time Out'' ''London'' magazine alongside UK

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star Bimini Bom-Boulash in 2021.

References

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