Poh Si Teng is a freelance journalist.
Born and raised in Penang, Malaysia, she came to the United States in search of free speech and expression.
She has worked as a staff video journalist and multimedia producer for the Associated Press in Florida, and has also produced multimedia packages for The Miami Herald and The Virginian-Pilot.
The Editor & Publisher featured her “60 Seconds” multimedia package for the Herald as a project to watch.
In the past four years, she has written for The Columbus Dispatch, the Oakland Tribune, the Vallejo Times-Herald, the Duluth News Tribune, The Star (Malaysia) and The New Straits Times (Malaysia). She has also worked on several multimedia, radio and citizen journalism projects in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She is also the director and co-founder of theCICAK, a Malaysian political, pop culture magazine and social networking site. theCICAK was featured on NPR member station KQED Radio in May 2007. Last year, she was nominated by the Asian Youth Ambassadors (AYA) for the Most Outstanding Malaysian Youth Award.
Poh Si recently received a grant from Malaysia’s Pusat Komas to direct and shoot a documentary for the Malaysian Freedom Film Fest this fall.
After spending five years abroad, Poh Si is returning home this June. She will be based in Kuala Lumpur and freelancing throughout Southeast Asia.
Pohsi!
I am so proud of you..
You write so beautifully. I love your articles.
I remember the time you practiced your speech in the taxi with me for the competition in one of the colleges ( I forgot the name of the place though I remember the day very well).. I hope I dont sound like an old aunt..
I am glad we had all the good times we had..
love,
Sona
PS. You MUST come to Chicago.. Nessa is here too… maybe all three of us can have another trip together