劉光瑩 Kwangyin LIU

JOB TITLE

Senior Managing Editor

DEPARTMENT

CommonWealth Magazine/Editorial Department

INSTRUCTION LANGUAGES

Mandarin
English

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PERSONAL BIO

Kwangyin Liu is a senior climate and sustainability journalist in Taiwan, with a podcast Taiwanology that discusses Taiwan matters relevant to the world. For over a decade, Kwangyin has worked at CommonWealth Magazine, Taiwan's most prestigious and trusted media outlet with a readership of 120,000. Kwangyin is an ambassador for Clean Energy Wire, a Berlin-based media outlet focused on energy transition. The topics Kwangyin has covered range from energy transition, climate change to business and human rights. Kwangyin has received multiple industry recognitions and often serves as a media commenter at major international events for Taiwan.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS

【Work Experience】

CommonWealth Magazine Group, Taiwan
- Managing Editor (2022 - present)
- Host of Taiwanology Podcast (2023 - present)
- English Website Editor (2020 - present)
- Senior Writer (2020 - present)
Northeast Asia Ambassador, Clean Energy Wire, Taiwan (2018 - present)
Asia fellow, Internatioal Journalists Programme, Taiwan (2017)

【Achievement】

CommonWealth Magazine, 2012-present; International Press Officer, Government Information Office

Best Feature Story, 49th Golden Tripod Awards (Taiwan Ministry of Culture) — “Taiwan's Garbage Mountain Woes” (September 24, 2025)
Best Sustainability Story, 38th Vivian Wu Journalism Awards (Taiwan) — “Green Survival Wars” (December 5, 2024)
Best Social Value, TVBS Sustainable and Constructive News Award (Taiwan) — "The fight in Taiwan for better migrant worker conditions" (Oct. 6, 2024)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master in Journalism, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Bachelor in Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
American Language Program, Columbia University, New York, USA

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