Autobiographical Essay: Washington Post Office

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Jianghao Wang
Autobiographical Essay

While I was walking in Washington Post Office with Joey Marburger in this past May, as part of PICC’s Washington Maymester program, I was so astonished seeing how close the technical team work with production team. It reminded me the efforts I put in trying to make more information accessible to the public readers as a contributor to a Chinese technology blog.

There are mainly two reasons why I would like to get involved in news industry. The very first reason is that I would like to see individuals from different areas with diverse backgrounds reading the article I write or translate. The fact that I am making others aware what happens around the globe encourages me in writing more news. This is how I

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