Chu Yang is a journalist and media researcher specializing in Chinese digital media and diaspora communities. Currently serving as Project Coordinator at the China Media Project and China Analyst at the AMO, she leads a capacity-building initiative for Chinese-language journalists globally and analyzes information manipulation targeting d iaspora communities through the EU-funded Horizon Europe RESONANT project.
She worked with prominent Chinese media including Caixin, and is the founder of several groundbreaking media initiatives, including "The Newcomers," a digital Chinese-language platform serving European diaspora communities, and the "Wuhan COVID-19 Cyber Graveyard," which archived censored content across Chinese social media platforms. Yang also co-founded the Cenci Journalism Project, credited by The Economist as "China's most successful civic media initiative." She holds an M.A. in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation from the Erasmus Mundus Journalism programme and a B.S. in Broadcasting Journalism from Ohio University.