Isobel Yeung’s work is nothing but extraordinary, making herself a notable journalist and an inspiration for many inspiring broadcasters.
Yeung grew up in Salisbury, a southern England town that she describes as “a very white, middle-class area.” She comes from both a Chinese and English decent. Her dad is from Hong Kong, and her mom is English. Growing up, she did not know she wanted to be a journalist. Both her mom and dad were not very educated; however, that influenced her strongly to get an education. Right after college, Yeung moved to China, where she worked for a state-run TV network that she did not enjoy. When she was in China, she worked with Hong Kong protestors who were very passionate about their cause, which made her realize that she wanted to pursue documentary filmmaking. That’s when she ended up at VICE News in 2014.
Today, Yeung is working at VICE covering a wide range of topics; however, she is very focused on making women’s voices heard. She believes that women’s rights around are a good indicator of global well being. She has put herself in prisons and in Afghanistan to report the inequality in these two places. She has also embedded herself with coastguards in Libya's migrant smuggling epicenter, put herself in the Filipino community where ISIS laid siege, and uncovered the Islamic State’s impact on Iraq’s use.
Yeung is know working on a new segment called Breaking the Dress Codes where she profiles female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation.
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