CLEVELAND (AP) - Multi-format journalist Dake Kang is joining the Cleveland staff of The Associated Press after reporting for the news cooperative in Bangkok, Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey.
Kang will report in Ohio and western Pennsylvania during an eight-month temporary assignment starting April 17. The appointment was announced Thursday by Karen Testa, AP’s east region editor, and Delano Massey, the Ohio news editor.
Kang has experience as a reporter, photographer and videographer. He reported on the run-up to the Democratic National Convention and accompanying protests last summer in Philadelphia. His coverage as an Overseas Press Club fellow in Thailand included human rights issues, illegal fishing vessels and a sprawling temple at the center of a power struggle.
The 23-year-old also worked as an intern for Fox News, CNN and The Times of India. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
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