QI-MEI JAMIE TANG
Leadership & Team Building
I never imagined gaining the confidence I have today. In the last three years, I have emerged as one of the top journalists in my school publication and the most sought-after promoter of the ancient game Go in the country.
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At The Huron Emery, Newspaper and Yearbook Advisor Sara-Beth Badalamente provided a platform to explore anything they dreamed of. In my first year on the staff, I learned how to design with inDesign, edit podcasts and write in-depth articles, among other skills. Through trying, failing, failing again and succeeding, OC taught me that I can accomplish anything. By now, I am well-equipped to pass on my expertise.
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The gift of journalism is what I want to share with the world through mentorship and team management.
Jamie Tang (right) mentors a staff writer in hard news reporting at Huron High School. Photo by Sara-Beth Badalamente.
Jamie Tang, Ginger Persolus, Cheuk To Tsui and Albert Yen (left to right) discuss pairings. Photo by Ellie Spohr.
Jamie Tang visits her paternal family in Taiwan in the summer of 2023. Photographer unknown.
Student Publication
The Emery's Managing Editor
At The Huron Emery, my high standards, rapid reading speed and diverse life experiences enable me to provide effective mentorship. I take pride in reading each and every article. I prioritize mentoring staff reporters with language barriers and learning difficulties, as my greatest hope is to see all voices represented as much as possible. My gap semester experience showed me that all individuals blossom with potential, but most have their dreams trampled on without the resources I had. Initially, I had to walk through each step, but gradually, the staff reporters started taking initiative. On a snow day, I was surprised to have one staff reporter — who rarely completed work in journalism class — call me and spend that day completing a thorough portfolio. Mentoring peers taught me to slow down and adjust feedback to appreciate unique backgrounds as the finest gifts to journalism.
Go Community
American Go Honor Society's President, American Collegiate Go Association's Co-founder & Organizing Director, Baduk News' Co-Advisor, Evanston Go Club's Outreach Director and Finding Seki's Co-founder
In the Go community (3000 + in the United States), my journalism background has proven invaluable to organizations and individuals dedicated to promoting the ancient game. I aspire to empower others to become leader themselves. As the AGHS President (see our work here), I mentored our high school team to contribute journalistic press releases and new social media accounts to the AGHS for the first time. I beamed with pride when I woke up one morning to see the AGHS team had already organized the promotions of the AGHS Pair Go Tournament themselves. Alongside my friend and co-worker, AGHS Media Marketing Manager Julia Zhang, I bridged students from different cultural backgrounds to revamp the college-level ACGA, which had disbanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. I also advised the creation of Baduk News, providing feedback on its layout and structure, as one of the only journalists in the STEAM-heavy Go community.
Editing Never Ceases
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Editing
Samples from Xiayang Huang's Young Lions Go Tournament article.
As AGHS President, I aimed to introduce AP-style press releases and expand the responsibilities of the AGHS Secretary. In the AGHS application forms, I included interest or knowledge in AP style as one of the requirements for applicants applying for the secretarial position. Previously, the AGHS Secretary's role was limited to taking notes at one of the few team meetings throughout the year.
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AGHS Secretary Xiayang Huang was one of the few applicants with journalism experience as a Staff Reporter on his school's publication. His reliability, thoroughness and willingness to learn made him a stand-out AGHS officer. Providing feedback for his writing, from overall flow to the niches of AP style, to meet my high expectations felt rewarding, as seen in his impressively detailed report on the AGHS Young Lions Go Tournament. I sent him the assignment of writing a "super ambitious" post-tournament article before Thanksgiving break that had to credit everyone involved in organizing the event and incorporate quotes from players, promoters and AGHS officers. I told him to work on the article after Thanksgiving break. Instead, he started typing away to send me a completed draft two days later — a true journalist.
His writing abilities continue to bloom. I am confident that his work will set an outstanding precedent for the future of AGHS.
In this screenshot, I provide feedback on the AP style. Huang remembered the comments and never made similar AP style errors again.
Here, I encourage Huang to consider the overall flow of his writing. I also made sure that AGHS Design Manager Kylie Xu was credited for her work. I believe that artists should receive due credit. I try to step back when giving feedback to encourage the writer to take the initiative to refine their work themselves. Without being asked, Huang spent several hours adjusting the flow of his article and adding more details.
Results
Samples from Xiayang Huang's Young Lions Go Tournament article
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