The Jing Daily Team
Susan Delson, Editorial Director. A seasoned editor of magazines, books, and digital media, Delson played a key role in the development of Jing Daily and oversees its editorial strategy and positioning. A former editor at Forbes, Delson was for many years the editor-in-chief of Museums Magazines. She has edited several books on contemporary art and culture.
Avery Booker, Editor. As Jing Daily’s founding editor and vice-president for new media, Avery Booker writes and translates a number of the site’s articles, primarily in the fields of branding, media and the arts. He was previously editor of ChinaLuxCultureBiz, the blog that preceded Jing Daily, and has worked as a branding and marketing professional in New York City. Prior to receiving his M.A. at New York University in 2008, Booker worked and studied in China from 2004-2006, teaching American Literature at Xi’an Jiaotong University and editing a bilingual newspaper in Beijing. Booker is also a regular source for lifestyle and luxury media and contributes content to the Forbes China Tracker blog, C-Arts Magazine, and the Luxury Society.
Betty Chen, Chinese-Language Editor. Chen has extensive experience working in China as well as the United States, having worked as a market researcher at IQPC, a global strategic conference consulting firm in New York, a corporate banking intern at Bank of China, and an e-commerce associate at a luxury jewelry company in New York. Chen holds an MBA and M.S. in Information Management from New York University and a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Southwest Jiaotong University. She also contributes Jing Daily content to the Luxury Society.
Rex Jiang, Shanghai Lifestyle Correspondent. Rex Jiang, a marketer by trade, covers Shanghai’s booming nightlife, culinary and luxury scene for Jing Daily. Jiang has previously conducted interviews for Jing Daily with leading luxury and lifestyle figures such as Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver, Julie Donohoe and Ethan Tian of CHAR, Shanghai-based French designer Thomas Dariel, and Mark Ritson of the Melbourne Business School.
Zandie Brockett, Beijing Correspondent. Brockett is a Beijing-based curator, consultant and photographer from Los Angeles. Having studied sociology and photography at Duke University, her documentary photographic work focuses on social issues and conflict that lay outside the realm of popular news. Brockett is now working on several projects in Beijing in addition to her photography, such as the development and production of HONG轰, a self-sustaining platform that provides Beijing-based emerging artists a way to support the production, exhibition and sale of their artwork. To learn more about Brockett, visit her blog The Zandie Project or the website for HONG轰 Beijing北京.
Erica Ji, Shanghai Correspondent. Ji is the Shanghai-based writer and photographer behind the popular Chinese fashion blog Fossilized Seed, which focuses on emerging designers the world over. Erica holds an MA in Marketing from Beijing’s Renmin University and worked at international advertising agencies for seven years. After that, Erica shifted into the field of fashion design and is working to become a professional designer.
Plus contributing writers in New York, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
