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.
12+
Years exp.
4
Companies
4
Countries
4
Languages
Experience
Editorial Lead
Straits Review
Feb 2022 – Present
- 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
Penang Business Weekly
Jun 2018 – Feb 2022
- Covered manufacturing and trade across the northern corridor.
- Broke the 2020 supply-chain series that was picked up by three international outlets.
Business Reporter
The Malay Chronicle
Sep 2015 – Jun 2018
- General business desk, moving to a dedicated electronics-sector beat.
Editorial Assistant
Kinabalu Press
Jan 2014 – Sep 2015
- Subediting and fact-checking for the weekend edition.
Skills
Long-form Editing · Newsroom Management · Investigative Reporting · Data Journalism · Interviewing · Copy Editing · Editorial Strategy
Education
BA Communication Studies2013
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Journalist Fellowship2021
Reuters Institute, University of Oxford
Languages
English · Malay · Mandarin · Hokkien
Worked in
Malaysia · Singapore · Thailand · Indonesia
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