Lam Thuy Vo

Lam Thuy Vo is a multi-platform storyteller and interdisciplinary journalist. She's the interactive editor for Al Jazeera America, where she leads a team of coder-journalists and covers poverty-related stories. A multi-hyphenate by choice, Vo works as a designer-coder-videographer-photographer-writer and tells stories, mostly about social justice issues, economics, and poverty. In her spare time, you can find her making data visualizations with emotional data or producing fancy audiovisuals. Her work has won her recognition from institutions like the Overseas Press Club, Webbys, Shorty Awards, Online News Association, among others. She is also a journalism educator who has spoken and taught at conferences and universities around the world.