Ha Ji Eun

Journalist

Ha Ji Eun

Journalist

Hello

Hello, I’m Tess. A linguistics nerd, a food maniac, a bubble tea lover, an aesthetic photographer, and a multimedia journalism student.
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As a Korean Canadian, I had the luck of immersing myself in two cultures while growing up. When I first moved to Canada, my perspective on my world broadened and the feeling is quite eye-opening. That’s why I wanted to work in journalism especially in international matters, so I can relive and widen my perspective more.

Portfolio

  • Ethical dilemma in journalism: Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star’s immigration reporter

    Panasonic PXW 160 / AVID Media Composer / TASCAM

    A Toronto Star journalist Nicholas Keung chose to publish a story about an undocumented family without fully identifying them even though the editor wanted the full identity for the credibility of the story because he did not want the government to be able to track them and possibly have them deported.

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  • Seneca journalism students are creating a talk show; in the middle of it all, Samantha-Rae Mclean

    Panasonic PXW 160 / Smartphone / AVID Media Composer / Sennheiser Memory Mic

    A journalism student from Seneca, Samantha-Rae Mclean is creating a talk show series relating the theme of self-awareness because after a traumatic event and losing herself, she learned to appreciate the importance of being aware of oneself.

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  • The Nth Room: the loss of humanity

    TASCAM / Adobe Audition

    Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, news developed that shocked the entire country of South Korea. Numerous private group chats from an app Telegram where they sexually exploit around 70 women called Nth Room surfaced and got the public’s attention. The reason why it got so much attention was because of the fact that even though all invitations to such group chats required an entrance fee around $700 - $1400 registered members were estimated to be around 260,000 people.

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  • Financially struggling international student resorts to a crowdfunding website to pay for her education.

    Interview

    Luana Saturnino opened a GoFundMe for people to donate money because she can't afford international tuition and raise a family with no resource of financial income due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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  • 1 in 5 visible minorities in Canada experienced an increase of racially motivated hate crimes in their neighbourhoods since the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a study

    Research

    In a midst of the pandemic, some demographics were more affected by the virus than the others. Statistics Canada collected crowdsourcing data from 35,000 Canadians over the month of August and found that more Asian ethnicity groups felt unsafe during the pandemic than other visible minorities. PDF linked locally

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Skills & Awards

Software

  • Avid

  • Premiere Pro

  • Audition

  • Photoshop

  • Lightroom

  • Avid iNews

Equipment

  • TASCAM

  • Panasonic PXW 160

  • DSLR Camera

Languages

  • Korean

  • English

Awards

  • Bob Hesketh Memorial Award 2020

  • Galleria Scholarship 2015

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