PRESS
Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers Need More Than Training
Wired.com, November 13 2022
”One new program aiming at addressing this is called the LinkedThru Project. The program—a six-week bootcamp designed to teach social media and digital literacy, as well as skills related to how to tell one’s own story online—was developed by Amy Zhang, a multimedia artist…”
INTERVIEW: Creating a Play from Real Asian Women’s Desires, Dreams, and Heartaches
HowlRound.com, May 3 2022
”So the central thrust of the show is trying to answer this question: When you’re a writer and the thing you’ve leaned on forever fails to serve you, what do you do now?”
ANNOUNCING THIS YEAR’S CLASS OF PERIPLUS FELLOWS
Lithub.com, February 2 2022
”The PERIPLUS fellowship, a program for writers that are Black, Indigenous and people of color, is announcing its second class of fellows…59 fellows were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants.”
IDEAS WE SHOULD STEAL: DUMPLINGS AGAINST HATE
ThePhiladelphiaCitizen.org, April 20 2020
”Zhang pitched an idea she’d been mulling over: a fun and interactive website that mimics a dim sum menu, but instead of offering food, it allows concerned citizens to donate to struggling Chinatown businesses. The team loved the idea, and thus, “Dumplings Against Hate” went digital.”
PODCAST: BEING AN ASIAN AMERICAN CREATIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC
Loud Slurp with Ang and Vicky, December 2020
Amy shares with us her experience pitching and co-producing viral episodes of Patriot Act including Don’t Ignore the Asian Vote in 2020 and Censorship in China.
IFP ANNOUNCES 10 PROJECTS SELECTED FOR 2017 SCREEN FORWARD LABS
Filmmaker Magazine, April 24 2017
“The Labs will provide 10 select creators with the knowledge, resources and mentor support necessary for developing strong pitches, securing financing to go from pilot to series, creating marketing strategies and finding unique avenues for the distribution of their work.”