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Esther Fung

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As seen in: The Wall Street Journal, MSN, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal (China), The Wall Street Journal (Japan), Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, The Toronto Star, Flipboard, Mint, Trading View and
Covers:  Parcel deliveries, railroads.
@WSJ reporter covering parcel carriers & freight railroads, transportation (trucks, trains, planes). Past: real estate news in U.S. & China, @Bagehots @Columbia

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I am a reporter in The Wall Street Journal's corporate bureau in New York, where I write about parcel-shipping companies like FedEx, UPS, freight railroads like Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern, Amtrak, the U.S. Postal Service and the logistics industry.

I cover the ways goods are moved around the world and onto people's doorsteps. Previously I covered the real-estate markets in the U.S. and China, and I was a former Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University.

Esther Fung’s Journalist Portfolio

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NJ Transit Rail Strike Snarls Commutes: What to Know

NJ Transit Rail Strike Snarls Commutes: What to Know

NJ Transit locomotive engineers are on strike, following a yearslong battle over wages. The entire rail se…

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U.S. Postal Service Wants More Packages to Wrest Business From UPS, FedEx

U.S. Postal Service Wants More Packages to Wrest Business From UPS, FedEx

The U.S. Postal Service is ramping up competition with FedEx and UPS to deliver small parcels in a bid to win…

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Six Facts About David Steiner, the New U.S. Postmaster General

Six Facts About David Steiner, the New U.S. Postmaster General

President Trump’s new pick for postmaster general is a FedEx director who led a turnaround of a waste-and-rec…

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UPS to Cut 20,000 Jobs After Amazon Breakup

UPS to Cut 20,000 Jobs After Amazon Breakup

United Parcel Service said it is cutting 20,000 operational positions this year, moving to slash expenses aft…

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The Impossible Four-Hour Test You Need to Pass to Become a Tariff Pencil Pusher

The Impossible Four-Hour Test You Need to Pass to Become a Tariff Pencil Pusher

Nunzio De Filippis is a U.S. licensed customs broker, which means he handles the paperwork to process imports…

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Sign of the Times: Landlords Sell Weak Malls Online

Sign of the Times: Landlords Sell Weak Malls Online

With more retailers shuttering stores across the U.S., some property owners and managers are trying to unload…

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ペプシコが無人トラック本格運行 「ドリトス」運ぶ

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By Esther Fung , Johnny Kompar
| The Wall Street Journal (Japan)
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com.
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无人驾驶卡车在美国上路，它们正运送多力多滋和乐事薯片

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By Esther Fung 
| The Wall Street Journal (China)
一辆重达26,000磅的厢式货车驶出配送中心，车上装满了多力多滋(Doritos)和乐事(Frito-Lay)薯片，准备开往约4英里外的一家沃尔玛(Walmart)门店。这辆货车看起来和其他卡车毫无二致，但方向盘后却空无一人。 百事公司(PepsiCo)目前有35辆无人驾驶卡车行驶在亚利桑那州的道路上，上述车辆便是其中之一。该公司由此成为首家披露在公共道路上大规模实际投用自动驾驶卡车的美国大型消费品公司。这些卡车穿梭于繁忙的高速公路和地方街道，在装瓶厂、仓储设施以及沃尔玛和Dollar General等商店之间运送百事旗下的产品。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Driverless Trucks Are Here—and They’re Delivering Bags of Doritos

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By Esther Fung , Johnny Kompar
| The Wall Street Journal
A Gatik delivery truck’s steering wheel rotating itself in South Phoenix. By Esther Fung | Photography and video by Johnny Kompar for WSJ PHOENIX—A 26,000-pound box truck loaded with Doritos and Frito-Lay chips rolls out of a distribution center, bound for a Walmart store about 4 miles away. It looks like any other truck, but there is no one at the wheel.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I interned at Channel i News, a now defunct news channel in Singapore during my 2nd year in university. Went on TV just 3 days into the job.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Keep writing, be open-minded and try new things. Read.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Office hours. Do it via email, or a phone call.

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