Building innovative media outlets for the digital age:

An Asian Perspective

Joey Chung

The News Lens

Co-Founder and CEO

“In Taiwan, when you claim to

be an independent media

organization, at most half of the

people is going to believe you.”

- Mario Yang, Editor-in-Chief

The News Lens has revolutionized the way

Taiwanese people consume news...

Version 2.0:

Launched in

September 13

...and continues to do so.

On all relevant platforms

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Our steady growth on social media received

another boost from the “Sunflower Movement”

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Our Editorial philosophy Numbers can tell one side of a story…

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...but our editorial philosophy

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Photo credit: Eddy Huang

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