Charissa Cheong

AI Researcher

London, United Kingdom4 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in first-person storytelling and personal finance.
Proven leadership in managing editorial teams.
Skilled in social media engagement and content creation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media professional with expertise in storytelling and digital content creation.

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Skills

Core Skills

WritingResearchCommunicationShorthandLeadershipSocial Media Management

Other Skills

EditingShorthand (120wpm)On-Page SEOFreedom of Information ActGIMPCanva

Experience

Business insider

5 roles

Senior First Person Reporter

Promoted

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos

I source and write stories in Business Insider signature "as-told-to" format. These stories showcase how one person's career, business, or money journey can speak to wider trends or serve a wider audience. They are told in the interviewee's voice, in their own words, and they are edited for length and clarity and fact-checked by me.
In this role, I also act as a commissioning editor, helping freelance writers share their stories about retirement, personal finance, parenting, and other topics in the business and careers space.
Examples of "as-told-to" essays I've written:
https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-big-tech-immigration-green-card-2025-8
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-amazon-early-years-2025-3
https://www.businessinsider.com/changed-name-resume-finally-got-job-application-african-westernized-2025-10
Examples of personal essays I've commissioned and edited:
https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-movement-years-quit-job-travel-felt-guilty-ethical-investing-2025-11
https://www.businessinsider.com/influence-c-suite-execs-career-strategies-2025-4
https://www.businessinsider.com/phone-addiction-retired-poisoning-retirement-2025-7

WritingResearchCommunicationLeadershipSocial Media Management

First Person Reporter

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Writing first-person stories on careers, tech, and personal finance for Business Insider.

WritingResearch

Digital Culture Reporter

Promoted

Aug 2023 – Jan 2024 · 5 mos

Covering online communities and trends.

ResearchWriting

Junior Digital Culture Reporter

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr

Digital Culture Fellow

Feb 2022 – Aug 2022 · 6 mos

News associates

Trainee journalist

Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 · 4 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

Received a gold standard NCTJ Level 5 qualification

Shorthand (120wpm)Shorthand

Centre for investigative journalism

Trainee

Jun 2021 – Nov 2021 · 5 mos · Remote

Lyra McKee bursary trainee with the CIJ
Working with mentors to receive training in open-source intelligence (OSINT), data journalism, story-based inquiry and FOIA

The tab

4 roles

Intern at Tab UK

Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 · 0 mo

One week placement as a staff writer with the team at Tab UK (10 bylines)

Editor In Chief of The Tab Cambridge

Dec 2020 – Mar 2021 · 3 mos

Managing and training a team of over 60 students
927k page views during my time as Editor
My own articles have received 266k page views
Launching a brand new TikTok channel @cambridgetabtv
Exclusive interviews with Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor Graham Virgo and Professor Priyamvada Gopal
My exclusive stories have been picked up by The Telegraph, Cambridgeshire Live and others

LeadershipCommunication