Emily Hsiu-Ching Chang (born August 11, 1980) is an American journalist, television host, executive producer, and author. Chang was the anchor and executive producer of Bloomberg Technology for over a decade, a daily TV show focused on global technology, and Studio 1.0,[3] where she regularly spoke with top executives, investors, and entrepreneurs.
In 2023, Chang launched a new show with Bloomberg Originals called The Circuit, where she interviews influencers in technology, business, entertainment, and culture.[4] She is the author of Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, a book that explores gender inequality in the tech industry.
Prior to joining CNN in 2007, Chang served as a reporter at KNSD, NBC's affiliate in San Diego, California. There, she filed reports for MSNBC and won five Emmy Awards.[7][8] She started her career as a news producer at NBC in New York.
From 2007 to 2010, Chang served as an international correspondent for CNN, based in Beijing and London.[9]
In Beijing, she reported on a wide range of stories, including the 2008 Summer Olympics, China's economic transformation and its environmental consequences, the 2008 South China floods, the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and North Korea's nuclear ambitions. During President Obama's 2010 visit to Shanghai, Chang was briefly detained by the police for her coverage of the banned "Oba-Mao" T-shirt, which depicted the American president dressed in iconic Red Army attire.[10]
In 2010, Chang joined Bloomberg Television. On February 28, 2011, she became the anchor of Bloomberg West,[11] a daily show that features reporting and interviews with tech newsmakers including venture capitalists, CEOs, start-up entrepreneurs, and analysts. In October 2016, the show was renamed Bloomberg Technology. Chang interviewed top executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, former Facebook COOSheryl Sandberg, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Disney CEO Bob Iger, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Alibaba founder Jack Ma. She was the first journalist to interview Amazon founder Jeff Bezos—when he landed after a Blue Origin flight to space.[12] Chang left Bloomberg Technology on November 10, 2022, after 12 years, to launch The Circuit.[13]
Chang also hosted Bloomberg Television's long-form interview series Studio 1.0, where she interviewed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom while he was under house arrest at his New Zealand mansion, among others.
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
It was a national bestseller and received significant media attention and critical acclaim.[citation needed]Vanity Fair magazine ran an excerpt in their January 2018 issue, titled "Oh My God, This Is So F---ed Up": Inside Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Dark Side".[15]Bloomberg Businessweek ran an excerpt titled "Women Once Ruled the Computer World; When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?"[16]
The PBS "NewsHour"-New York Times book club selected Brotopia as their April 2019 book club read.[17]
HBO's Silicon Valley
Chang appeared as herself in six episodes across three seasons of the HBO show Silicon Valley, in which she interviewed various characters.[18]
The Circuit
In 2023, Chang launched The Circuit, a premium Bloomberg Originals series,[4] where she interviews influencers at the center of technology, business, entertainment, and culture. Prior to its launch, Variety magazine stated that she "may be able to do for technology what Anthony Bourdain did for cuisine".[19]
Personal life
In 2010, Chang married Jonathan DeWees Stull, president of the career services startup Handshake, in Haleʻiwa, Hawaii.[1][20] They have four children.[2]
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