Hsiuwen Liu

Hsiuwen Liu is a journalist who writes about mental health, human rights, and social justice. She focuses on long-form narratives that examine how everyday politics affect people's lives. She also specializes in open-source and cross-border investigations.

In 2020, the Pulitzer Center selected Liu as one of two winners of the Persephone Miel Fellowship, which helps journalists from outside the U.S. and Europe embark on ambitious reporting projects focused on underreported stories in their home country. Liu examined the hidden emotional costs and psychological trauma of social movements in a reporting project titled Memory and Trauma.

In addition to the Pulitzer Center, her work has been supported by the Oxpeckers environmental journalism network.

Liu has worked as a senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek's Chinese edition, covering the intersection of business and politics within China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.