Miscellaneous
Tyler O'Neil now lives in Austin, Texas, where he's a content marketing entrepreneur with yourbikergang.com and leads people on adventures throughout the city. But here we talk mostly about his year spent in the newsroom of the English-language China Daily in Beijing. O'Neil, who studied journalism and international relations at Drake University in Des Moines, talks about how he ended up at China Daily and his role in helping train his Chinese colleagues. He also shares what it was like to experience the 2016 American presidential election from his Chinese home and newsroom. You can hear and see more about O'Neil's time in China through some of his video work: a report from "Tofu Town," a story on workers who must commute for hours to their jobs in Beijing, and the famous culinary tourist trap of Wangfujing. In this episode I also mention two other podcasts that definitely are worth your time: "Just Go Bike" explores the fun side of bicycling culture, and "Sinica" is the leading English-language podcast on all things China, including U.S.-China relations. Please subscribe to "Journalists Are My Heroes" wherever you prefer to listen to podcasts. Rate and review us. And please considering supporting us through the Anchor platform. And be sure to subscribe to and stay actively engaged with your sources of local news. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/journalistsaremyheroes/support