Jada Yuan
Jada Yuan is an American journalist and author. She is a writer for The Washington Post. Before that, she spent a decade at New York magazine. In 2018, she was chosen as the New York Times’ inaugural 52 Places Traveler.
Early life
[edit]Yuan was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico to a nuclear physicist father and glass artist mother.[1][2] She graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1996.[2] She holds a degree in history from Yale University.[2]
Journalism career
[edit]Yuan started her career in 2000 as an editorial assistant at New York magazine.[1] While she primarily covered entertainment news and celebrity profiles, she also covered the 2008 presidential conventions and the 2014 protests in Ferguson, MO prompted by Michael Brown’s killing by police officer Daniel Wilson.[1]
In 2018, after more than a decade at New York magazine, Yuan beat out 13,000 applicants—including Friday Night Lights author, Buzz Bissinger—to become the New York Times’ inaugural 52 Places Traveler, a writer-at-large who visits and writes about every place listed in the Travel section’s annual "52 Places to Go" issue.[1][3]
The New York Times’ decision to hire her was based on her experience and talent: "As a writer at New York magazine for the last decade, she has profiled plenty of celebrities, but she has also parachuted into film festivals and presidential conventions — each time having to find her footing in a new place. She knows how to locate interesting people to talk to. And she knows how to insert herself into a piece in a way that is both personal and insightful."[3]
Yuan’s 2019 profile on Stevie Nicks for Vulture earned her a shoutout from the Fleetwood Mac singer on stage: "I would like to dedicate this song to a girl, a lady. Her name is Jada and she wrote the most beautiful article about me. She got something that nobody that has ever written about me before has ever gotten."[4]
In October 2023, Yuan released her first book, Unleashing Oppenheimer: Inside Christopher Nolan’s Explosive Atomic Age Thriller.[5] Slashfilm’s review noted “...it's one of the most enlightening and meticulously pieced together chronicles of filmmaking I've seen in awhile."[5]
Shondaland named Yuan as one of the five women changing the face of journalism.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Yuan is the grand-daughter of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu.[7][8] She lives in Brooklyn, NY.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Brooks, Raillan; Symonds, Alexandria (January 10, 2018). "She Has 52 Places to See and One Year to Do It". New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ a b c Graham, Sarah Halasz (May 17, 2018). "Writer who grew up in Pojoaque visiting 'Times' list of 52 Places to Go". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Saltzstein, Dan (January 13, 2018). "Oh, the 52 Places She'll Go". New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (June 25, 2013). "A 'Landslide' of Appreciation: Stevie Nicks Thanks New York Mag's Jada Yuan". Observer. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Anderton, Ethan (October 13, 2023). "Cool Stuff: Unleashing Oppenheimer Book Digs Into The Making Of Christopher Nolan's Film". Slashfilm. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "5 Women Changing the Face of Journalism". Shondaland. May 18, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Kwong, Emily; McCoy, Berly (May 23, 2022). "The Queen of Nuclear Physics (Part Two): Forming Chien-Shiung Wu's Story". NPR. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "The Woman Who Knocked Science Sideways". Smithsonian. May 26, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Introducing Our 52 Places Traveler". New York Times. January 10, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
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