Zhaowen Wu, Beijing Foreign Studies University Zhaowen Wu holds a B.A. in English from Sichuan University and received her M.A. in International Communication at Beijing Foreign Studies University in April, 2012. She is a part time researcher at The New York Times in Beijing. Prior to this, she interned at the China Press in New York, a cultural program at the International Channel of China Central Television (CCTV), and Medecins Sans Frontiers after the Sichuan earthquake. Her research interests include the role of transnational watchdog journalism in China and how ICTs strengthen an emerging civil society.