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| The Newsroom |
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| Tracy Sua, Editor |
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| Tracy was a journalist with Singapore Press Holdings for about eight years before joining the Public Service in 2010. She produced reports for The Straits Times TV/Channel I News, The Straits Times, The Straits Times.com and helped start up The Straits Times RazorTV as its news director. |
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| Tan Yi Wen, Senior Reporter |
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| Prior to joining MHA, Yi Wen was a Communication Studies graduate from NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, where she specialized in journalism and photojournalism. After running around the world during her school days and meeting people from the United States, Nepal, Bangladesh, Japan and China, she decided to join Home Team News to get a better sense of home. For leisure, she enjoys reading, poetry-writing, people-watching, playing table tennis and swimming. |
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| Charissa Tan, Reporter |
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| A graduate from NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communications, Charissa is a journalism and advertising major. She however prefers to call herself an international student, having learnt invaluable lessons and incurred wanderlust through her frequent travels throughout Europe, China and Asia. Next stop, Australia and Africa! She intends on becoming a polyglot… wish her luck! |
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| Loh Jin Feng, Reporter |
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| Jin Feng is a multimedia designer and a video and photo enthusiast. She helps Home Team News with its multimedia content, the website and social media platforms. Currently pursuing a part-time degree with SIM-RMIT in Mass Communication, Jin Feng wants to share her discovery about the Home Team on this platform where journalism and multimedia converge. She aspires to be a communication and social media practitioner in the near future. |
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| Joanne Yan , Contributor |
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| Joanne is a public relations and advertising graduate from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information at NTU. Her interest in news and public relations has brought her to the Home Team as she feels that it is a unique and dynamic place where she can hone her writing skills and at the same time, be exposed to the challenges facing the Home Team. Her interests include wakeboarding and scuba diving. She hopes to improve her writing skills and take up underwater photography… perhaps do a dive travelogue someday. |
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| Shahril Rosli, Graphics Designer |
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| Shahril is a police national serviceman with a passion for design, photography and rugby. He helps Home Team News with graphics, photography and video production. Shahril is both a rugby player and a certified Level 1 Rugby coach by IRB (International Rugby Board). During his free time he loves watching rugby videos and looking for ways to promote and expand rugby in Singapore. |
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| Haikal Jamari, Reporter |
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| Be it the lifestyle features he reads or the Latin American telenovelas he watches, Haikal loves a good story. With two years’ previous experience in the pay-TV industry, this Civil Defence national serviceman thrives on the challenge of finding the most interesting angles to report the stories he is assigned to cover at Home Team News. His wishlist includes getting his driving license, master Spanish, and a scholarship for university. |
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| Sidwyn Koh, Multimedia Assistant |
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| Sidwyn is a national serviceman who is fascinated with technology. He currently helps Home Team News with photography, video and technical details. In his free time, he enjoys coding iPhone and iPad applications. He is also actively involved in technology startups and hopes to launch one of his own someday. |
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| Matthew Wong, Multimedia Assistant |
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| Matthew is a Civil Defence national serviceman with a passion and flair for photography and IT. He assists Home Team News with photography, videography and post-production. During his free time, he is always striving to improve himself in both his photography and IT skills by reading books in those areas. |
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| Abigail Chua Si Yi , Intern |
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| A final year student of Republic Polytechnic's Communication and Information Design course, Abigail has always found tidbits of knowledge fascinating and constantly aims to find anything and everything that is new to add on to her own database also known as her mind. Equipped with an imaginary world where anything can happen, she embraces cultures and languages with a wish that she could learn as much as possible. Maybe one day she'll finally write the novel she's always wanted to with the skills that this internship will be teaching her! |
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| Chen Shuyi, Intern |
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| A final-year student from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Mass Communication, Shuyi has always been keen on learning and sharing stories - be it through writing, broadcast, photography or graphics design. So it is no wonder why she is thrilled to be interning at the Home Team News where she can fulfill her interests. Her dream? To travel around the world and discover hidden stories, places and people. |
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| Yuvaraj Uthaman, Intern |
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| Yuvaraj is a final year student in Singapore Polytechnic’s Diploma in Media and Communication. He hopes to learn the art of being a good reporter through his internship with Home Team News. Football, Acting, Music and spending time with his loved ones are the main things that make his world go round. Yuvaraj also believes that passion is the key to success in life. |
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| Zul Hazmi Nordin, Intern |
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| Hazmi is a final-year Media and Communication student from Singapore Polytechnic. He is keen to experience the life of a reporter through Home Team News, and hopes to master the art of interviewing and writing good news articles by the end of his internship. He enjoys playing football, video games and watching movies for leisure. |
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| Kenny Loh, Web Reporter |
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| A former writer with Female magazine, Kenny has traveled to Hong Kong and Beijing for journalistic assignments and interviewed some of the most influential people in the fashion industry - including ck Calvin Klein creative director Kevin Carrigan and film actress Gong Li. This Police national serviceman also enjoys the simple things in life - a good read, a glass of wine and a white oxford shirt. He's a fan of Japanese design and aspires to one day be an editor of a magazine. |
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| Our Contributors |
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| Jason Lee , Contributor |
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| Jason joined the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in June 2010, after spending five years in journalism. He was a reporter with TODAY’s international desk and a Channel News Asia news producer. Jason graduated from the National University of Singapore where he majored in Political Science and Sociology. |
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| Chong Yew Meng, Contributor |
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| Yew Meng is an experienced TV producer whose work writing and directing documentary and lifestyle programmes has taken him on adventures to India, Israel, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and all across Singapore. He helps Home Team News with videos, the web and social media. He enjoys telling stories on screen and wants to lend his creative talents to support a worthy cause. |
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| Mohammad Syafiq, Intern |
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| Syafiq is a student from Singapore Polytechnic's Diploma in Media and Communications. He was an intern with Home Team News - and had an enjoyable time there! He loves chocolate drinks topped with whipped cream. Besides that, he likes being surrounded by books! |
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| Jeraldine Phneah, Intern |
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| Jeraldine is a first year communications and public administration student at NTU. She was previously involved as a Marketing Assistant for MINI and PR Intern at a MNC working on the accounts of Tiger Beer, Heineken and Asia Fashion Exchange 2010. |
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| Ang Meng Hui, Intern |
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| Meng Hui is currently a student at Nanyang Technological University and under an internship with the news team at MSU. He majors in English Literature and Communication Studies, and loves to see what he can do with words. He enjoys being with MSU because for him, this is where he can see the many different aspects of Home Team, an experience that he seeks to obtain with the internship. |
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| Neeta Nelson , Intern |
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| Neeta Nelson is a first year Literature and Creative Writing student from the University of Surrey, UK. Having previously worked for the Singapore Indian Development Association with their Career Development Centre, she enjoys interacting with people from all walks of life. This combined with her passion for writing has allowed for her time as an intern with MSU to be an eye-opening experience. |
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