ANNABELLE LEE JIA WEN
Email: annabelleleejiawen@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Annabelle Lee
Twitter: @annabellybutton
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bahasa Malaysia
Work Experience
Between The Lines Jun 2022 – Nov 2022
Writer
- Wrote weekly newsletters summarising the most pressing Malaysian and international news
Malaysiakini Mar 2017 – Mar 2022
Journalist with the English desk
- Covered people, policy, politics and a pandemic under four federal governments
- Experience in investigative reporting, conducting interviews, election reporting, speaking on press freedom issues, live-tweeting events and asking tough questions at press conferences.
- Provided news commentary on national radio station LiteFM (105.7FM in the Klang Valley) from 2018-2022
- Part of the team that won the Malaysian Press Institute-Petronas Best Multimedia Journalism Award 2019 for May 13, never again
ThinkCity Urban Regeneration Programme for Journalists Jan 2017
Participant
- Worked with journalists to put together a multimedia feature report on migrant workers in Kuala Lumpur
- Conducted live interviews, recorded sound bytes and filmed behind-the-scenes footage of a migrant worker hostel
BFM 89.9 The Business Station Dec 2014 – Feb 2015
Intern Journalist with the Current Affairs team
- Conducted live and phone interviews for Currents Affairs and The Week In Review shows
- Pitched and researched news stories
- Wrote scripts
- Cut and edited sound bytes for radio
- Converted live radio recordings into podcasts
- Topics covered: Russia and Crimea, Charlie Hebdo, Universiti Malaya student activists (UM8), Yemen, Local Council Elections, Photojournalism, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, National Human Rights Action Plan.
Nourish! Publishing & Events Jan – Feb 2014
Intern Writer
- Interviewed chefs, restaurants owners and food bloggers
- Wrote advertorials and articles
- Organised press and public events
Education
2022-2023 Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program: Scaling Your Business
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (conducted online)
2013-2016 Bachelor of Arts
University of Melbourne, Australia
- Politics & International Studies
- Media & Communications
2011-2012 Cambridge A Levels
Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur
2006-2010 School Leaving Certificate (SPM)
SMK Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur
Selected Community and Leadership Roles
Agape Mission School 2022-2023
Volunteer teacher
Malaysian Progressives in Australia – Melbourne (MPOZ) 2014 – 2016
Organising Committee
- Helped set up the only Malaysian student activist group in Melbourne
- Ran fortnightly discussions on Malaysian politics and current issues
- Helped write and edit press statements to be published in the media
- Launched a university-wide campaign fighting for fair work rights for all international students
Bersih Melbourne 4.0 & 5.0 2015 – 2016
Organising Team & Emcee
- Helped organise and coordinate the Melbourne chapter of Bersih 4 and 5 rallies
- The Bersih movement demands clean and fair elections, the right to dissent, institutional reform & the strengthening of parliamentary democracy
Melbourne University Habitat for Humanity 2016
President
TEDxUniMelb 2014 – 2015
Social Media Officer