The Blogging in Beijing WeChat group meets for their second quarterly 2018 networking event on May 31 at XL Bar in Sanlitun. The meet-up brings together Beijing-based bloggers and key opinion leaders (KOLs), and serves as a forum for them to share topics and ideas to help further explore living in China, as well as find writing and editing opportunities.
The free discussion will focus on the topic of “Beijing: A Gold Mine of Stories.” Being a city full of history, Beijing gives everyone a feel of what life in a highly cultural but very contemporary setting is. But beyond the tourist sights and daily urban living lie a wealth of fascinating stories that can inspire budding writers and bloggers.
Seasoned historian, educator, and Beijinger contributor Jeremiah Jenne of Beijing by Foot will talk about exploring Beijing’s extraordinary historic areas, whereas chef-turned-writer and Blogging in Beijing founder and beijingkids editor Pauline van Hasselt of Beijing Mothers Guild will talk about how living in Beijing for the past two years has helped her manage her dyslexia to become an intrepid storyteller. Multicultural blogger Jackie Park of Bringing Up the Parks will moderate the subsequent panel discussion with the two speakers. Park has been living in Beijing for over eight years and documents her experiences raising two third-culture daughters in China. Scan the QR code to register for the event.
The event will be hosted by Andy Penafuerte, co-founder of Blogging in Beijing, who runs the Cool Kid Andy travel blog. Penafuerte worked as an international news editor at China Global Television Network (CGTN) in 2016 and was a member of a team of news producers in the Philippines who received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for Best News Coverage in 2013.
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