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Emma K.

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Experienced entertainment reporter and copyeditor

$20 USD / Hour

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Korea, Republic Of (9:28 AM)

Joined on May 14, 2009

$20 USD / Hour

I am a freelance entertainment journalist with a specialty in covering music. For the past three years I have worked specifically in underground hip-hop here in South Korea. Because of this, I have amassed a strong network of managers, rappers, producers and many others who work in the Korean music industry. Outside of entertainment, I have covered various fields such as education, health, travel and issues related to foreigners living in Korea, just to name a few. I also have experience in radio broadcast, narration/voiceover, on-camera interviews, public relations writing, concert/event planning and promotion, and I have been a professional copy-editor for English-language media outlets in Seoul, South Korea for the last six years (Arirang News, The Korea Herald, Yonhap News Agency). You name it, and I can write and/or edit it. I’m fast and thorough. I’ve never missed a deadline. And I’m good at what I do.

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Experience

Editor-in-chief

Nov, 2015 - Present

10 years, 8 months

Groove Korea

Nov, 2015 - Present

10 years, 8 months

Spent one year as senior music writer (Nov. 2015-Nov. 2016), then a year as music editor. Was named editor-in-chief in January 2018. In charge of all editorial content from determining themes and cover articles, assigning articles, proofing pages, and working with the publisher on signing media partnerships.

Nov, 2015 - Present

10 years, 8 months

Website founder, writer

Sep, 2013 - Present

12 years, 10 months

Discovering the Korean Underground

Sep, 2013 - Present

12 years, 10 months

Founded and main writer for blog on underground and independent music movements in South Korea, mostly hip-hop, R&B and reggae. Weekly posts on upcoming shows in Korea, and includes profiles on artists, DJs and producers, as well as show previews and reviews.

Sep, 2013 - Present

12 years, 10 months

Founder/Head Organizer

Mar, 2012 - Present

14 years, 4 months

CLASH

Mar, 2012 - Present

14 years, 4 months

- Created charity rock/hip-hop concert series (non-profit) highlighting foreign and Korean artists in rock and hip-hop scenes in March 2012. Currently have held 8 shows and raised more than 10 million won for four charities: Korean Unwed Mothers and Families Association, The Butterfly Fund, Angel House and Justice for North Korea. - In charge of booking venues and artists, PR and promotion management, liaison for charities, finding sponsors and raffle donations among other organizational tasks. Manage a t

Mar, 2012 - Present

14 years, 4 months

Education

John Brown University

2003 - 2007

4 years

B.S. of Journalism

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United States

2003 - 2007

4 years

Qualifications

2nd Place, Best Original Writing for Human Interest or Feature Writing

2007

Community Papers of Florida Association

Annual awards program for community and small papers in Florida. Won for a piece on 6-year-old girl with rare bone cancer who was the sixth person in the U.S. to undergo an experimental femur transplant and was fitted with a titanium femur that would grow with her.

2007

Publications

10 Magazine

10 Magazine

An English-language magazine in Seoul, South Korea that is geared towards tourists and foreigners living in Korea. "July Cover Story: Summer of Rock" June 30, 2011 http://www.10mag.com/10-classics/2011/06/30/july-cover-story-summer-of-rock

Groove Magazine

Groove Korea

An English-language magazine based in Seoul, South Korea with content geared towards foreigners living in the country. http://groovekorea.com/ "Hole in the Wall Where Music Plays: Club Bbang" Aug. 18, 2011 http://groovekorea.com/article/hole-wall-where-music-plays-club-bbang "New Kids on the Block: The Finnn" Aug. 13, 2011 http://groovekorea.com/article/new-kids-block-finnn

The Korea Herald

Herald Media Corp.

Daily English-language national newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. Currently the No. 1 and oldest English daily in the country. I am a copyeditor and entertainment reporter for the publication.

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US English - Level 1

US English

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