Chu Yang is an
analyst at AMO, Prague, where she specializes in Chinese political discourse
and media ecosystems.
She has a decade of
experience researching and reporting on China. Before joining AMO, Chu worked
as a researcher, analyst, and journalist for various research institutions and
major Chinese media outlets, including China Media Project, Aarhus University,
MERICS, and Caixin, etc. A researcher-practitioner, she has also pioneered
independent media platforms focused on underrepresented voices and civic
dialogue, notably co-founding the Cenci Journalism Project – credited by The
Economist as China’s most successful civic media initiative.
Chu Yang holds an
M.A. in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation from the Erasmus Mundus Journalism
Consortium in Aarhus, Denmark and Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in
Totalitarianism and Transition. She also received a B.S. in Broadcasting
Journalism from E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.