As assistant CEO, Poh oversees content creation in various sub-sectors and heads the organisation’s innovation drive across the infocomm and media sectors. PHOTO: CHERYL TEE
Newsmakers
Leading with Passion
Infocomm Media Development Authority’s Assistant Chief Executive Officer (Content & Innovation Group) Angeline Poh (CS ‘99) recounts how she found her calling in the public service.
The team of Our Grandfather Story in a themed photoshoot. In recent years, they have garnered massive media attention through publishing video documentaries of the lesser known stories in Singapore. PHOTO COURTESY OF OUR GRANDFATHER STORY
Beyond Telling Stories
With over 27 million views on YouTube, four WKWSCI alumni are making waves online with their unique style of storytelling.
Ada Wong, 42, and her husband founded Kidsglobal in 2012 — an education centre that focuses on conducting bilingual classes for children between the ages of 2 and 7. PHOTO: HELENE TIAN
Nurturing Bilingual Learners in China
Ada Wong’s (CS'01) passion for bilingualism brought her to Hangzhou in China, where she co-founded education centre Kidsglobal to provide all-rounded education for children there.
Before his full-time position at South China Morning Post, Dewey Sim (CS’19) began covering local and regional stories, while he was still in WKWSCI. PHOTO: NATASHA KASIM
Creating His Own Path
Fresh out of university, Dewey Sim (CS’19) lands himself a job as South China Morning Post’s first and only Singapore-based reporter.
Currently the deputy chief editor of TODAY, Loh Chee Kong (CS’05) saw through the newspaper’s shift to a fully-digital platform in Oct. 2017. PHOTO: WILLIE TAN
Digital Transformation in the Journalism Industry
From the classroom and newsrooms, such as TODAY and Lianhe Zaobao, here’s the latest on digital disruption in journalism from the perspectives of three WKWSCI alumni.
Working in a team with people across different cohorts is a defining factor of the WeeVo experience. PHOTO COURTESY OF: VERA LIM, LEE JIA YING AND YEO SZE-G
Redefining The Volunteer Experience
With WeeVo, the volunteer experience in WKWSCI extends beyond an overseas community involvement project, with students giving back to the local community as well.
As the new director of the MMC programme, Professor Ang Peng Hwa has high hopes for students to excel in their careers after graduation. PHOTO: BRENDAN TAN
WKWSCI Gets a New MMC Programme Director
Professor Ang Peng Hwa takes on the role of director of the Master of Mass Communication.
In August 2018, Assoc Prof. Shirley Ho (CS'02) received two awards — the Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 award and the Women in Education Leadership Award. PHOTO: BEVERLY CHEW
WKWSCI Scholar Wins Prestigious Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award
Associate Professor Shirley Ho (CS’02) is the first scholar from an Asian university to receive the prestigious Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award.
Chan, who has been a business journalist for 18 years, has ascended the editorial ladder from starting as a business reporter to now an executive editor of an online and print publication. PHOTO: SHABANA BEGUM
Veteran Business Journalist Wins Big at SGX Awards
Chan Chao Peh (CS’00) clinched the ‘Story of the Year’ award at the inaugural SGX Orb Awards.
Pang Xue Qiang and Chong Kai Yan (both CS'17) put a twist on Singapore’s history by retelling it through love stories. PHOTO: LOH YUN JIN
Telling Stories Through Love
Chong Kai Yan and Pang Xue Qiang (both CS’17) bagged a Yale-NUS grant to portray Singapore’s history in a different light.
Our Eyes For Life team members pose for a photo with volunteers Ken Tong and Claudia Tay (both centre) from the Singapore Optometric Association. PHOTO COURTESY OF: OUR EYES FOR LIFE
An Eye for Serving
With the simple desire to serve the community, four WKWSCI undergraduates embarked on a Final Year Project that brought free eye screenings to Tampines residents.
The research paper on “Phubbing” was featured in The Straits Times, The New Paper and Lianhe Zao Bao earlier this year. PHOTO CREDITS: JUDE TAN
Spotlight on “Phubbing”
Alumna Clarice Sim (CS’06, MSc’09) and her students from Singapore Polytechnic shine the spotlight on “Phubbing” in Singapore.- 1 of 3
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