Tara Joseph writes:

Although I've been with Reuters for the better part of a decade, I have recently moved to a new post as a financial correspondent in Hong Kong.

Most of my work entails covering Hong Kong-based companies and financial trends. It's a very interesting time here, with Hong Kong slowly merging with mainland China politically and economically after the end of British rule in 1997. Our bureau is a mix of English and Chinese language reporting and ranges from covering hurricanes to mass demonstrations to financial results and stock market movements.

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The station ceased to exist in spring 2002 and after several years of management, I yearned to return to the field as a reporter.

It seems a long time since I got my first taste of journalism as an AUC intern with the Adham Center in 1988-89. Perhaps my assignments with Reuters will eventually bring me back full circle to work again in Cairo.

After my AUC internship, I attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where I specialized in broadcasting and graduated in 1991. I worked on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour in New York and also as a radio presenter with local stations in Hong Kong and a freelance writer for the South China Morning Post. Before joining AUC, I attended Smith College in the United States, where I received a BA in History in 1988.