Corinne Chin

Corinne Chin is a video editor at The Seattle Times, where she films and edits character-driven visual narratives that confront complex issues while generating empathy and understanding. Her 2018 video editing portfolio won second place in the NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism awards, and her 2016 body of work with photojournalist Erika J. Schultz earned second place in the individual portfolio category. Corinne was a 2019 U.S.-Mexico Border Reporting Fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation and a 2014 GroundTruth Fellow in Brazil. She has also reported internationally in Kenya, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi and South Africa. Corinne is the President of the Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, as well as the leader of the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force at The Seattle Times. She is a graduate of the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media, the Poynter-NABJ Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media and the ASNE Emerging Leaders Institute. Corinne earned a bachelor’s degree in magazine writing and a master’s in video journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School, winning a Midwest Emmy for her graduate capstone. Her work has also been recognized by the Online News Association, Radio Television Digital News Association, Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists and more.