Jun S.
Oakland, CA, USA
$500 - $1500
Jun’s 13 years in journalism have taken her from reporting on Alaska Natives’ opposition to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wilidlife Refuge, to the fight against the U.S. military expansion in Guam and Okinawa. She’s interviewed Chinese-American grocers who live along the Mississippi Delta, and covered the resistance against Monsanto’s use of herbicides in Puerto Rico. And she spent over 5 years on filming the documentary Futbolistas 4 Life, about youth from undocumented families in East Oakland and a student-led fight for a safe place to play in response to the violent deaths of their classmates.
Jun has worked on documentaries that have premiered at SXSW and broadcasted on ESPN and MSNBC. Her work can also be seen in the Washington Post, the Associated Press and KQED.
She joined AJ+ three months before the Al Jazeera channel officially launched in 2014, back when they were one of a few news organizations experimenting with video for social media.
Her AJ+ team Untold America won three Regional Emmy Awards, and Futbolistas 4 Life was an official selection of the San Francisco International Film Festival.
She’s a '19 Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator fellow and a jury judge for the International Documentary Association awards. She’s a former SFFILM House resident and BAVC National MediaMaker fellow. Her work has also been supported by Women in Film, Glassbreaker Films, the Berkeley Film Foundation and other funders.
Jun grew up in Oakland, California and Kobe, Japan, has also lived in Los Angeles, Cork, Ireland and along the Mississippi River in Northern Illinois, and has traveled to over 20 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and North Africa.
- Production Coordinator / Crewing
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Field Producer
- Reporter / Journalist
- Series Producer / Show Runner
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Line Producer / On-Location
- Senior Producer / Project Manager
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Creative Director
- Post-Production Manager
- TV News Producer