Vivia Chen
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Substack,
TIME,
Corporate Counsel,
American Lawyer,
Daily Business Review,
Law.com,
National Law Journal,
Texas Lawyer,
The Legal Intelligencer,
UK Legal Week,
Bloomberg Law
and
Covers:
cultural/race relations, women, diversity, mental health, careers, asian american issues, fashion, work life balance
Doesn't Cover:
sports and cars
Opinion writer. Commentary on the collision of work, life and politics --served piquant. Now writing on Substack. (Ex-columnist @BloombergLaw, @AmericanLawyer)
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Vivia Chen’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Vivia Chen now writes the Ex-Careerist column on Substack. Previously, she wrote Bloomberg Law's "Unfiltered" column. And before that, she authored the Careerist column at The American Lawyer.
She writes about the collision of work and life, often focusing on gender, race, and mental health issues. Her writing is incisive, snappy and often irreverent. Readers have described Vivia’s writing as “honest,”“infuriating,” and “fabulously grumpy.”
Vivia’s opinion writing has won accolades from the J…
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Interview
See all 7 answers →Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
What does it mean to be a journalist?
creative freedom within constraints.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
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