About Me

As an award-winning audio and print journalist based in Taipei,

I cover current affairs in Taiwan for NPR, The World from PRX, The China Project and several other international media outlets.

Born in Mumbai, India, I grew up in the United States. I have also lived in France.

I started my journalism career in Chicago, working with the local NPR station on a daily global affairs talk show called Worldview.

At that time, I also pursued a fellowship with the local newsroom City Bureau, where my team won several awards for our investigative reporting into racialized disparities in home mortgage lending.

I joined NPR as its second-ever Reflect America Fellow and then worked as a producer at the network’s flagship news show, All Things Considered.

For the past three years, I’ve been based in Taipei, covering Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region.

Ashish Valentine

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