Larry Tung
Journalist/Video Artist/Educator
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Television Production (06/2002)
Brooklyn College of The City University of New York
B.B.A. in Commercial Design (06/1996)
Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Media and Film, Kean University (09/2004-present)
-Intro to Mass Media, Video Production, Media Journalism, Media Criticism
ESL Instructor, Long Island Business Institute (08/2002-08/2004)
-Reading, Grammar, Conversational English and Business Communication
Teaching Assistant, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (09/2000-05/2002)
-Studio Production, Single Camera Production, and Sight, Sound and Motion
FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND TELEVISION BROADCAST
Documentary "Envisioning Justice"
New Fest, Official Selection (06/2008)
San Francisco Int'l LGBT Film Festival (06/2008)
Documentary “Daughters From China”
Honolulu International Festival, Best Documentary (02/2005)
Asian Film Festival of Dallas, TX, Official Selection (05/2003)
Reel World Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, Official Selection (04/2003)
Free Speech TV (11/25/2002)
Youth Channel (Manhattan Neighborhood Networks), BCAT (11/18/2002)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Official Selection (11/4/2002)
City University Television/CUNY-TV, (10/26/2002)
The Independents’ Film Festival, Tampa, FL, Official Selection (09/2002)
Long Island International Film Expo, Official Selection (07/2002)
Documentary “Hannah Caldwell: American Patriot and Martyr”
Cape May NJ State Film Festival (11/2006)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contributor, www.GothamGazette.com (04/2002-present)
-Writing for the Online Journalism Award-winning news website on New York City public policy and immigrant life
News Production Assistant/Service Aide, 1010 WINS-Radio (08/2002-07/2003)
-Assisting in news production, conducts interviews, and some editing tasks.
Co-producer, Promotional video for “Offsite Educational Services” sponsored by the Board of Education (02/2001-06/2002)
Reporter, Taiwan News (Taipei-based English-language daily), (10/1998-07/2000)
-Covered the Legislature, Taipei City Hall, and the 2000 Presidential Election
Stringer, International Community Radio Taipei (English-language radio station) (1999-2000)
-Conducted weekly live reports on Taipei City Hall
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
“Rural and Urban Dynamics in Taiwan New Wave Cinema - A Comparative Study of Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang”, Forthcoming, Intercultural Communication Studies
"How is Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Changing the Way We Watch Television", International Journal on Technology, Knowledge and Society, Volume 3, Number 4, 2007.
“Images of Asian and Asian-Americans on American Television”, Intercultural Communication Studies, 2006.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Rural and Urban Dynamics in Taiwan New Wave Cinema - A Comparative Study of Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang”, International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Conference, Harbin, China (6/2007)
“From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Crouching Tiger: Kung Fu films in the United States”, University Film and Video Association Conference, Chicago, IL (08/2005)
“Promoting Diversity Through A Media Archive On Campus-Multicultural Programming Repository at Kean University”, University Film and Video Association Conference, Chicago, IL (08/2005)
“Images of Asian and Asian-Americans on American Television”, International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Conference, Taipei, Taiwan (07/2005)
“Free Speech v.s. Community Standards in Writing, Performance, Production Classes, and Student Programming”, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL (11/2004)
HONORS
Vanderbilt University Media Fellowship 2008
NATPE Faculty Fellowship 2007
Graduate Dean’s List, Brooklyn College, (2001-2002)
Outstanding Achievement in Editing Award, Brooklyn College, (5/2002)
Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Assistance Award, Brooklyn College, (5/2002)
Reva Tarnow Memorial Scholarship, Brooklyn College, (2001-2002)
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Writer’s Guild of America, East
National Association of Television Programming Executives
University Film and Television Association
American Association for Chinese Studies
International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies
INTERNSHIP
CNN Beijing, (Summer 2001)
City University Television, (Spring 2001)
WNET-TV/Channel 13, (Fall 2000)