一Welcome

This is a website about how people can organise themselves to create meaningful work at the intersection of journalism and technology.

It is also the personal website of Robin Kwong, Product Director for Data Services at Yahoo. You can start reading my writing below. My most recent post is on:

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You can see all my previous posts here.

Want to find out more about me? There's a whole section below.

I wear many hats! I co-founded Contemporary Narratives Lab, which brings artists, journalists and community members together to create new forms of storytelling, and I am also a co-director of Perspectives, a project to foster cross-sectoral knowledge sharing.

Get in touch by email at robin.kwong@gmail.com, follow me on X, or visit my LinkedIn profile.

二Work

Yahoo — Product Director, Data Services · 2024–present
Leads Yahoo News's Data Services team, building AI-powered products that help people understand what's happening and why it matters. Launched Yahoo 100 and Yahoo Top Movies.

The Wall Street Journal — Director of Audience Loyalty; New Formats Editor; Newsroom Innovation Chief · 2019–2024
Won the 2021 Edward R. Murrow Award for the Interactive Transcripts project; created the WSJ Money Challenge (Online News Association Award for Innovation); relaunched the flagship College Rankings.

Financial Times — Head of Digital Delivery; Special Projects Editor; Interactive Data Journalist; TMT News Editor; Taipei Correspondent · 2007–2019
Created The Uber Game (five awards, including Innovation of the Year at the British Journalism Awards) and co-led Inside ISIS Inc (Overseas Press Club award). Inaugural FT-Nikkei Fellow, 2017.

South China Morning Post — Reporter · 2004–2007
Won the Hong Kong News Award for Best Young Reporter.

Contemporary Narratives Lab — Co-founder
Brings artists, journalists, and community members together to create new forms of storytelling.

Perspectives — Co-director
A project to foster cross-sectoral knowledge sharing.

Yale University — B.A. cum laude, Ethics, Politics & Economics and Philosophy · 2000–2004

Honorary Fellow, Association for Project Management (FAPM)

Author of Project Management in Newsrooms (also available in French)

三Posts

四Projects

五Canon

A list of articles, books, videos and podcasts that I find myself returning to over and over again. They have shaped how I think about my work.

→ The Canon

六Press

七About

Robin went to prison once … to interview the disgraced former president of Taiwan.

That wasn’t nearly as scary as taking the leap to live and work on three continents and make multiple career transitions.

From being a reporter and editor to creating one of the most popular newsgames, to managing teams and founding Contemporary Narratives Lab, Robin is constantly exploring unusual intersections.

As Product Director for Data Services at Yahoo, he's combining artificial intelligence, data, and news judgment to help people make sense of an ever-evolving media landscape.

Are you a fellow traveller keen to swap tales around the proverbial campfire? Get in touch at robin.kwong@gmail.com, follow me on X, or get a more traditional view of what I've done on LinkedIn.