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Winston Szeto

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As seen in: Oregon Public Broadcasting, MSN Canada, The New York Times, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CBC News, CBUT-TV (Vancouver, BC), CBYQ-FM (Queen Charlotte, BC), Radio West with Sarah Penton, NewsBreak, Portland Tribune, Herald and News and
Covers:  Ethnic communities, immigration, LGBTQ, investigation, data journalism, Canada-China relations
Fast typist, slow writer. Proudly #VeryAsian🇨🇦. He/him 🏳️‍🌈. Digital producer @opb. 📧: wszeto@opb.org.

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Winston Szeto’s Biography

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Digital Producer with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Previously Digital Associate Producer with CBC Kelowna, and Associate Producer with CBC Vancouver producing with The Early Edition and On The Coast (and BC Today sometimes). Have worked on Ask CBC federal election desk from August to September 2021. Occasional researcher for CBC network investigative journalism programs including Marketplace and The Fifth Estate. Native Cantonese Chinese speaker. Can read and speak Mandarin Chinese fluently. Als…

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Canada's Chinese Freemasons mark their 160th anniversary since their first chapter was establishe...

Canada's Chinese Freemasons mark their 160th anniversary since their first chapter was establishe...

CBC's Winston Szeto takes a deep dive into the history of Canada's Chinese Freemasons organization, which sta…

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Gender inequality driving wave of female Japanese immigrants to Canada | Radio West with Sarah Pe...

Gender inequality driving wave of female Japanese immigrants to Canada | Radio West with Sarah Pe...

Radio West is B.C.'s newest afternoon show. Host Sarah Penton meets the people behind the news in B.C.'s Inte…

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2 longtime friends turn 1920s barn into social hub

2 longtime friends turn 1920s barn into social hub

Tim Kramer and Gary Brucker run Barn Owl Brewing out of the 1927 Surtees Barn in Kelowna, B.C.

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Vietnamese communities celebrating the Year of the Cat.

Vietnamese communities celebrating the Year of the Cat.

Vietnamese Canadians James Le and Kim Nguyen-Stone, and Wootae Chun, a professor at the University of Norther…

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Meet three Chinese-speaking immigrants who chose to live in Kelowna over Metro Vancouver

Meet three Chinese-speaking immigrants who chose to live in Kelowna over Metro Vancouver

CBC's Winston Szeto speaks to three members of the rapidly growing Chinese-speaking communities in the Centra…

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Welcoming the election of Prince George's first mayor of colour

Welcoming the election of Prince George's first mayor of colour

Prince George made history by swearing in its first mayor of colour. But Simon Yu's mayoral win has resonated…

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OPB’s First Look: Wildfire smoke hangs over county fairs

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By Winston Szeto Verified
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Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week. Summer should be a perfect time for large-scale outdoor events like the dozen of county fairs scheduled across Oregon this month, but the wildfire smoke lingering across the state could dampen people’s enthusiasm for attending.
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OPB’s First Look: Huntington reels after Fox Fire

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By Winston Szeto Verified
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Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week. The Fox Fire in eastern Oregon has burned more than 76,000 acres and is now about halfway contained, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Among the communities hardest hit is Huntington, a town of about 500 people near the Idaho border.
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OPB’s First Look: Oak Creek salon teaches girls job skills

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Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week. Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany, Oregon, has a salon that looks much like any other. But it’s actually the setting for a transition program that helps incarcerated girls learn hair care skills for career opportunities after their release. KLCC’s Natalie Pate spent time with girls and trainers at Oak Creek to see how the program is changing lives.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job as a journalist was at Ming Pao Vancouver. Before that I worked as a librarian with Hong Kong Cable Television.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To make the invisible peoples visible to the society.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I prefer to be pitched by email.