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Jason Om of ABC on The 16-Year Struggle for his Father’s Acceptance, Growing up as a Gay Asian & Life as an Asian Australian Journalist | Ep. 21

October 16, 2022 Level: Asian Podcast Episode 21

Chapters

How Jason’s Parents Met

Jason’s Upbringing

Jason on Navigating Identity & The Relationship With His Cousins

Uncovering Parent’s History & Rekindling with His Half-Sister

Using the Memoir to Understand Jason’s Childhood Upbringing

How Jason’s Love for Journalism Began

Getting Into Journalism as a Profession

Working for SBS and ABC

Paving the Way for Asian-Australian Journalists

Advocating Asian-LGTBQI Stories

Being Accepted By the Family

Jason’s Current Relationship with His Dad

Being Gay & Asian-Australian

Advice for Asian-Australians Navigating their Sexuality

The Future of Journalism

Advice for Asian-Australians Wanting to Get Into Journalism

Level: Asian

Jason Om of ABC on The 16-Year Struggle for his Father’s Acceptance, Growing up as a Gay Asian & Life as an Asian Australian Journalist | Ep. 21

Oct 16, 2022 Episode 21

Level: Asian Podcast

We’re joined by Jason Om, an award winning reporter with the ABC’s 7.30 program. Jason has recently released his first memoir, All Mixed Up: a powerful story about growing up as a gay Asian-Austalian, uncovering his family history and finding resilience.

In this episode, we talk to Jason about his professional career in journalism, working with the SBS and ABC, how he’s paved the way for other Asian-Australian journalists, the 16-year struggle for acceptance with his Cambodian father and how he’s navigated his experience around being a gay Asian-Australian.

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We’re joined by Jason Om, an award winning reporter with the ABC’s 7.30 program. Jason has recently released his first memoir, All Mixed Up: a powerful story about growing up as a gay Asian-Austalian, uncovering his family history and finding resilience.

In this episode, we talk to Jason about his professional career in journalism, working with the SBS and ABC, how he’s paved the way for other Asian-Australian journalists, the 16-year struggle for acceptance with his Cambodian father and how he’s navigated his experience around being a gay Asian-Australian.