Newley Purnell

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong17 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Covered major tech firms across APAC.
Winner of prestigious journalism awards.
Investigated hate speech on social media.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned journalist specializing in technology and business reporting.

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Core Skills

ReportingJournalismInvestigative ReportingBusiness Journalism

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On-air ReportingNews WritingBreaking NewsInterviewingHard News ReportingBloggingSocial MediaEditorialStorytellingCopy EditingFeature ArticlesMagazinesBooksNewspapersRadio

About

Happy to speak off the record and confidentially: 📱 Signal/WhatsApp: +852 6909-9615 👉 My Signal ID: newley.12 📤 Email: npurnell3@bloomberg.net and newley@protonmail.com 📮 To send me docs: https://www.bloomberg.com/tips/ I cover tech for Bloomberg News in Hong Kong, focusing on U.S. tech giants across APAC. I'm interested in AI, e-commerce, ride-sharing, H-1B/tech visas, social media (and regulations), and more. Previously, I was part of the Wall Street Journal team that broke the Facebook Files, the investigative series that won a Gerald Loeb Award, a George Polk Award, and recognition from the Deadline Club, the New York Press Club and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). My exclusive coverage with two colleagues of hate speech on Facebook in India was a Loeb Awards finalist and won awards from SABEW and the Society of Publishers in Asia. Earlier, I contributed to NewYorker.com, The New York Times, ABC News Radio and more. To get my stories via email, sign up for my newsletter: http://newley.com/newsletter/ Opinions mine.

Experience

Bloomberg news

Reporter

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Hong Kong SAR · On-site

Following all things Big Tech across APAC -- and beyond! Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, etc. Also: H-1B and tech visas. And AI!

On-air ReportingNews WritingReportingJournalism

The wall street journal

3 roles

Reporter

Mar 2020 – Aug 2024 · 4 yrs 5 mos

I covered global tech firms and trends across Asia, with a particular interest in how U.S. companies battled for users in some of the world's most populous markets.

Breaking NewsInterviewingReportingJournalism

Reporter

Jul 2016 – Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

I wrote page one stories about: Huawei and 5G in India; Apple’s challenges in the country; how India’s Reliance Jio triggered a mobile internet revolution; how false news has spread on WhatsApp; how a new breed of lending apps are employing aggressive collection techniques; and how India’s policymakers are changing tech regulations, partially inspired by China. I’ve broken news on Amazon’s plans for Southeast Asia, Uber’s operations in Singapore, and more. I also contributed reporting on the 2019 Indian elections and traveled to Sri Lanka to cover the Easter suicide bombings.

ReportingInvestigative Reporting

Reporter

Feb 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos

I wrote about Southeast Asia startups and global tech firms. Contributed to page one story on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, covered the 2014 coup in Thailand, and penned an offbeat front page story (A-Hed) on a McDonald's aficionado who travels the world in search of special menu items.

ReportingJournalism

The chronicle of higher education

Southeast Asia Correspondent

Jan 2010 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bangkok

I covered higher education issues throughout Southeast Asia.

ReportingJournalism

Bloomberg bna

Special Correspondent

Nov 2009 – Jul 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bangkok

Covered business and economics issues in Southeast Asia for Bloomberg BNA, now known as Bloomberg Industry Group. Filed stories for Infrastructure Investment & Policy Report, International Environment Reporter, International Trade Reporter, Privacy and Security Law Report, Daily Report for Executives, and more.

ReportingBusiness Journalism