Eunice Yoon | |
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Citizenship | United States |
Education | Brown University ( B.A.) |
Occupation | Broadcast journalism |
Employer | CNBC |
Eunice Yoon is an American journalist. She is the China Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent with CNBC based in Beijing. [1] She is host of the network's feature program Inside China and contributes to NBC News and MSNBC. [2] Previously, Yoon was a correspondent and anchor with CNN in Hong Kong and Beijing. [3]
She is an alumna of Phillips Exeter Academy. [4] Yoon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in political science from Brown University, [3] where she graduated magna cum laude.
Yoon reports on events in China, such as U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2017 visit [1] and the rise in power of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. [5]
Yoon is known for her coverage of major news events, such as the disappearance of Malaysian flight Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 [6] and the Sinking of MV Sewol. [7] She was one of the first journalists to reach the 2008 Sichuan earthquake zone in 2008. [8] Yoon contributed to a team that won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, in which she reported on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. [9] She has won a New York Festivals Silver Medal in 2014, [10] and received nominations for the Asian Television Awards.[ citation needed]