Elizabeth Myong
Arts Collaborative Reporter / ProducerElizabeth Myong is KERA’s Arts Collaborative Reporter/Producer. She came to KERA from New York, where she worked as a CNBC fellow covering breaking news and politics. Before that, she freelanced as a features reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a modern arts reporter for Houstonia Magazine.
Elizabeth won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and Texas Broadcast News award for her coverage of Asian American communities.
A North Texas native, she was first introduced to journalism as a high schooler through The Dallas Morning News’ Student Voice program. She’s a proud graduate of Rice University where she wrote for the school’s newspaper The Thresher. Her bylines have also appeared in Yahoo! Finance, Associated Press and Eater NY.
She was a part of Poynter's Power of Diverse Voices cohort in 2021 and completed the AAJA/Google News Initiative Digital Reporting Intensive in 2022.
If you’d like to connect with Elizabeth, follow her on Twitter @elizabeth_myong.
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‘Erased From The History Books’: Why Asian American History Is Missing In Texas SchoolsFrom educators to textbook advisors, experts say state standards, teaching approaches, textbooks and politics all contribute to the erasure of Asian American experiences when history is taught in Texas schools.
