Contact

Wendy Cheng can be contacted at wseoling22@gmail.com (preferred), 201-786-8134 (voicemail or text), or Wendy Cheng on What’sApp. Wendy has taught at the School of Visual Arts and many tutoring companies and welcomes not only inquiries about freelance writing and the books and film scripts she is currently working on, but also teaching gigs and writing assignments. One can find her tweeting often at @battening.

Freelance Writing

Cineaste (digital) https://www.cineaste.com/summer2020/from-minimalism-to-neorealism-boris-frumin-interview “The Important Thing Is It Should Not Be Very Much: An Interview with Boris Frumin About His Work on Kozintsev’s King Lear” June 2020

Ploughshares Blog (digital) http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/transmigrations-in-joyce-and-somerville-ross/“Transmigrations in Joyce and Somerville & Ross” May 1, 2019 

Theme Magazine (print) 
Interview with Yumi Roth, Filipino American Sculptor October 2008
Profile of Jinoh Park, Korean American Filmmaker July 2008
“Love in the Time of Television,” article about the Confucian traits in Korean soap operas August 2006
“Beijing’s Underground Rock Scene,” article about Beijing rock music pioneers including Xiao Rong and Kaiser Kuo June 2006
Interview with Zhang Da, Shanghainese fashion designer featured in the first Chinese Vogue (as translator) October 2005

Asianavenue (digital)
Article about Korean American Filmmakers (including Greg Pak, Mike Kang) 2002
Article about Asian American Adoptees 2003
Article about Asian American Dog Breeds (Thai Ridgeback, Jindo, and Tibetan terrier) 2003

China Daily (print, English edition) Beijing
Profile of Ray Blue, American Jazz musician teaching at the Midi School of Music (China’s first rock/jazz music school) 2002

Mme. Figaro China (print, Chinese edition) Beijing
Co-wrote and co-researched article on Latin Dance in Beijing (included interviews with a pioneering teacher based at the Brazilian Embassy) with a then-editor Lucy Chen, who translated into Chinese 2002

Beijing Journal (print, English, under editor Michael O’Neill) Beijing
Article on Latin Dance in Beijing (reworked and rewrote previous in English) 2002
Article on the New Silk Road, China’s top modelling agency (interviewed CEO and models about the emerging Chinese industry) 2002

Le Magazine (print, English, under editor Jerry Chan, magazine owned by mogul Hong Huang) Beijing
Article about the “Emperor’s Mall” behind the Summer Palace 2002
Article about local hiking equipment shops (for a newly emerging pastime in Beijing) and ideal places for hiking outside Beijing 2002
Article about History of Chinese Acupuncture 2001 
Film Review of “Suzhou River,” indie film starring Zhou Xun directed by Lou Ye 2001
Film Review of “Dancer in the Dark,” starring Bjork and directed by Lars Von Trier 2001

Though not a formal journalism sample, here is a blog I wrote as an educator for Level Up Village in 2016: https://www.levelupvillage.com/leveling-up-with-global-doctors-dna/