Ava Hu
Award-winning bilingual reporter focusing on data reporting and local accountability stories. Covers immigration, higher education and public records. Published by The Guardian, Houston Chronicle, AAPI Data, AsAm News and Initium Media.
Ava holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and marketing from Syracuse University and is pursuing a master’s degree in data and business reporting at the University of California, Berkeley.
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Multimedia
2024-2026Syracuse University, Broadcast Journalism 2019 - 2022
EMPLOYERS
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Richmond Confidential, local reporter
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The Guardian, election reporter
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Vox Media, publishing intern
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Houston Chronicle, data reporting intern
AWARDS & HONORS
Dow Jones News Fund Summer Internships, Data Journalism, 2025
IRE&NICAR, National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting Scholarship Award, 2025
2024 Asian American Journalists Association Early Career Scholarship
Maria Riccardi Scholarship for outstanding female undergraduate student in journalism
SPJ Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards — BREAKING NEWS (print/online), 2025
Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (AFPC-USA) Scholarship Awardee, 2025
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
AAJA