User:Crtew/Seung-Ho Choi (journalist)

Seung-Ho Choi, also known as ..., (December 26, 1961 – present), a South Korean CEO for MBC Public Broadcasting in South Korea ... SUMMARY OF NOTABILITY (Controvesial South Korean Broadcaster in investigative Journalism).

Seung-Ho Choi is one of the most controversial journalists in all of South Korea. He has mixed reviews from his countries people, with some saying he is a hero for his revealing work. While other feel he is doing more harm than good. Either way he continues to give no slack to the elites of his country,he is definitely a reporter unlike any other.

Personal
Seung-Ho Choi got his education at Yeungnam High School (1980) and went on to study journalism at Kyungpook National University (1980–1986).

Career
He has investigated everyone from corrupt businessmen to a former president’s investings. It was this type of high stakes reporting that cost him his job as a TV anchor on MBC in 2012. He then worked as an independent reporter. After working as an independent reporter for 5 years he then returned to MBC as the CEO, promising to stop bad habits of past journalism and ushering in a new type of broadcasting.

Notable works of journalism
"Criminal Conspiracy" A movie about a report he did on criminal workings inside his own country

“Spy Nation” A documentary of the main spy agency in North Korea, showing the dark side of some of the work they were doing.

“The Whistleblower” Movie based on his investigative reporting.

Context
Bordering the dangerous North Korea makes his type of journalism even more impressive.

Reactions
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Temporary urls

 * khan
 * hani
 * koreaexpose
 * yonhapnews
 * latimes
 * koreatimes
 * nytimes2015
 * nytimes2016
 * newstapa
 * cij
 * foreignpolicy
 * dailymail
 * rapidtvnews
 * huffingtonpost