Sarah Jeong
Sarah Jeong (* 1988 in South Korea ) is an American journalist who specializes in IT law and other technology topics. Jeong is senior writer for The Verge and will join the editorial board of the New York Times in September 2018 . Jeong was previously the editor for Vice's motherboard website . She is the author of The Internet of Garbage , a non-fiction book about online harassment.
Life
Jeong's parents moved her to New York City with her in 1991. She attended the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School , where she was editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender.
Jeong writes about law , technology and internet culture . She is a writer for The Verge and previously served as the editor of Vice's motherboard, writing articles for Forbes , The Guardian and The New York Times . In 2014 the activist started a regular newsletter.
Jeong was a 2016 Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale University for her work on cybercrime studies. Also in 2016, Jeong published her book The Internet of Garbage on online harassment and responses to it from the media and online platforms. The book discusses strategies for active moderation and community management to improve online interactions. In 2017 Forbes named Jeong one of the "30 Under 30" Listings.
In August 2018, Jeong was hired by the New York Times as a technology editor. The engagement sparked a severely negative reaction on conservative media and social networks, where Jeong posted derogatory tweets about white people, which she mainly posted in 2013 and 2014. Critics characterized her tweets as racist ; Jeong replied that what she said was merely a response to harassment that she had experienced, a kind of "counter-trolling", and that she regretted her comments. The NY Times said it had reviewed Jeong's social media activities before it was discontinued and that it did not approve of the posts.
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| SURNAME | Jeong, Sarah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist for the New York Times |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Korea |