Charles Dharapak
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Facebook,
The New York Times,
El País,
HuffPost,
The Wall Street Journal,
The Washington Post,
USA Today,
ABC NewsOne,
CBS News,
New York Daily News
and
Covers:
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos
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Charles Dharapak’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Charles Dharapak is the Managing Editor for Multimedia at Radio Free Asia (RFA). He's an award-winning journalist, editor, and leader of multi-platform content creation teams producing video, audio, text, and photo across digital, social and broadcast channels.
At Meta, he led a team of journalists publishing top stories to Facebook News Tab, bringing news, trends, and content experiences to global audiences.
Working in the tech sector, Dharapak has collaborated across product, operations and …
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Interview
See all 9 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
My first paid gig was freelancing for a neighborhood newspaper in TriBeCa, New York. I got paid $25 for a photograph of a veterinarian.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Of course! Typing class was compulsory in 7th grade. Thank you New York City Public Schools system!
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
The photojournalist as played by Dennis Hopper in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.