Vivian Ho is a journalist working for the Guardian US.[1]

Vivian Ho
OccupationJournalist, writer
LanguageEnglish
EducationJournalism
Alma materBoston University

Career

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Ho has worked for the west coast bureau of the Guardian US since 2018. Before that, she was a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle for almost seven years, with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Prior to the Chronicle, she worked for the Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram and Gazette as a reporter, and has bylines in Topic, San Francisco magazine, The Muse, Bustle and Marie Claire.

In 2019, her first book, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids, was published by Little A.[2]

Personal

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She was raised in New England.[3]

Controversy

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In 2009, Vivian Ho was profiled in her capacity as Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Free Press at Boston University.[4]

In September 2011, Ho achieved notoriety when she was one of several journalists arrested while covering a protest of Bay Area Rapid Transit. Ho was allegedly handcuffed after identifying herself as a journalist. Her arrest drew criticism from the Chronicle.[5]

In January 2012, Ho was again arrested covering the Occupy Oakland protest.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "The Guardian US editorial team". The Guardian. 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Bookshop_ Buy books online. Support local bookstores..html". www.indiebound.org.
  3. ^ "Reporter - San Francisco Chronicle". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. ^ Seth Rolbein - BU Today, "Latest in a Long Line: Vivian Ho on the mission, and juggle, of running a student daily"
  5. ^ BART police should let reporters do their jobs
  6. ^ Mother Jones Journalists Arrested at Occupy Oakland
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