Mei-Ling Tan
Editorial Lead | Regional business and policy journalism | ASEAN markets
I run a small desk covering business and policy across Southeast Asia. Nine years of reporting taught me that the story worth chasing is usually the one nobody has bothered to translate yet.
Experience
Editorial Lead
Feb 2022 – PresentStraits Review
- Runs a desk of four covering regional business and policy across six ASEAN markets.
- Launched the weekly policy briefing that now accounts for a third of newsletter signups.
- Rebuilt the corrections process after a sourcing error went out in 2023.
Senior Correspondent
Jun 2018 – Feb 2022Penang Business Weekly
- Covered manufacturing and trade across the northern corridor.
- Broke the 2020 supply-chain series that was picked up by three international outlets.
Business Reporter
Sep 2015 – Jun 2018The Malay Chronicle
- General business desk, moving to a dedicated electronics-sector beat.
Editorial Assistant
Jan 2014 – Sep 2015Kinabalu Press
- Subediting and fact-checking for the weekend edition.
Skills
Long-form EditingNewsroom ManagementInvestigative ReportingData JournalismInterviewingCopy EditingEditorial Strategy
Education
BA Communication Studies2013
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Journalist Fellowship2021
Reuters Institute, University of Oxford