- Connie Chung, CBS<\/em><\/li>
- Dean Baquet, New York Times<\/em><\/li>
- Carol Guzy, photojournalist<\/li>
- Ted Koppel, ABC<\/li>
- Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP<\/li>
- Pete Souza, White House photographer<\/li>
- Alex Gibney, documentary filmmaker<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Hugo Shong Reporting on Asia Award<\/strong> is presented to an individual who has displayed the highest standards of international journalism in a series of reports on matters of importance specific to Asia. Previous recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Hannah Beech, The New York Times<\/em><\/li>
- Emily Feng, NPR<\/li>
- Danish Siddiqui, Reuters<\/em><\/li>
- William Wan,\u00a0Washington Post<\/em><\/li>
- Jeremy Page,\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/li>
- David Barboza,\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/li>
- Carlotta Gall,\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/li>
- Peter Goodman,\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>,\u00a0New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0Huffington Post<\/em><\/li>
- Jason Rezaian,\u00a0Washington Post<\/em><\/li>
- Lyndsey Addario,\u00a0New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0Time<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n
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\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\tArticles<\/span>\n\n\t\tFeng, Baquet to receive COM\u2019s Hugo Shong journalism awards<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tFormer Executive Editor for The New York Times Dean Baquet and NPR International Correspondent Emily Feng will receive this year\u2019s…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn More\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t About \t\t\t\tFeng, Baquet to receive COM\u2019s Hugo Shong journalism awards\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
About Hugo Shong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Hugo Shong<\/strong> has been founding general partner of IDG Capital Partners since 1993, also of IDG-Accel China Growth Fund and IDG-Accel Capital Fund since 2005 and 2008 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1993, backed by Patrick J. McGovern, founder and chairman of Boston-headquartered International Data Group (IDG), Mr. Shong formed China\u2019s first technology venture capital firm, IDG Capital Partners, which was to invest in a string of China\u2019s most successful internet companies such as Baidu, Tencent (QQ), Sohu, Ctrip, and Soufun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partnered with Accel Partners in 2005, IDG Capital Partners now has a total of US$3.8 billion and RMB 3.6 billion (US$600 million) under its management in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an award-winning journalist, Mr. Shong also launched and published over 40 magazines in China and Vietnam, including the Chinese editions of Cosmopolitan<\/em>, Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em>, National Geographic<\/em>, Men\u2019s Health<\/em> and Robert Report<\/em>, along with the Vietnamese editions of PC World<\/em> and CIO<\/em> magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Shong completed the Harvard Business School\u2019s Advanced Management Program in the fall of 1996. He conducted graduate studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 1987\u201388 and earned his MS degree from Boston University\u2019s College of Communication in 1987. He studied Journalism at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1984 to 1986 and he received a BA degree from Hunan University in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award at the Boston University College of Communication in 1998, and Boston University Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2004, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Boston University since 2005. Read about Shong in Bostonia Winter-Spring 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Dean Baquet, New York Times<\/em><\/li>