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Hi! My name's feini yin and I use they/them pronouns. I'm a journalist, community organizer, artist, and fishmonger working at the intersection of science, environment, food, and social justice. I'm based in stolen Lenni-Lenape land otherwise known as Philadelphia.
I am currently making Our Fishing Log, a multimedia storytelling project about Philly's local fish, people who love fish, and the ways fish connect us to the world, each other, and ourselves. The project involves a six-episode documentary podcast, as well as community events, art workshops, zines, and an exhibit. Our Fishing Log is co-produced by Philly podcast studio Rowhome Productions and food photographer Neal Santos. Our community partner is Fishadelphia, a community seafood program in Philly focused on inclusion and youth empowerment. You can follow us on IG at @our.fishing.log and support our GoFundMe here.
I'm also the communications director for the North American Marine Alliance, a grassroots, fishermen-led organization building a broad movement toward a healthy oceans commons and thriving, just fishing communities. In my spare time I'm a devoted surfcaster!
Previously I worked as a reporter and producer for The Pulse, a public radio show about the people and places at the heart of health and science. Before that, I was a contributor to the New York Times science section, where I mostly covered genetics, evolution, and ecology.
I have a graduate degree in journalism from NYU's Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program, and a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Brown. As an undergrad I did a lot of marine ecology research, from monitoring ghost crabs on a Marine Corps base in North Carolina to studying mangrove harvesting in a community of Sama sea nomads in Indonesia. I did my thesis on the knotty relationship between fishing, herbivorous crabs, and carbon capture in Cape Cod salt marshes. I also experimented with making stop-motion animations like this, this, and this one.
I spent my formative teenage years in suburban New Jersey, where I edited my high school's literary magazine and was really into AP Bio. Before that, I picked dandelions during recess and tore through books while dangling off furniture in precarious positions. I was born and spent my early childhood in Philadelphia, gardening, cooking, and watching a lot of Chinese satellite TV with my grandparents. To this day I have a somewhat geriatric predilection for slowness and simplicity, which I'm constantly trying to balance with being a voracious learner in an ever-quickening and evolving world.
You can find my CV here.
I am currently making Our Fishing Log, a multimedia storytelling project about Philly's local fish, people who love fish, and the ways fish connect us to the world, each other, and ourselves. The project involves a six-episode documentary podcast, as well as community events, art workshops, zines, and an exhibit. Our Fishing Log is co-produced by Philly podcast studio Rowhome Productions and food photographer Neal Santos. Our community partner is Fishadelphia, a community seafood program in Philly focused on inclusion and youth empowerment. You can follow us on IG at @our.fishing.log and support our GoFundMe here.
I'm also the communications director for the North American Marine Alliance, a grassroots, fishermen-led organization building a broad movement toward a healthy oceans commons and thriving, just fishing communities. In my spare time I'm a devoted surfcaster!
Previously I worked as a reporter and producer for The Pulse, a public radio show about the people and places at the heart of health and science. Before that, I was a contributor to the New York Times science section, where I mostly covered genetics, evolution, and ecology.
I have a graduate degree in journalism from NYU's Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program, and a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Brown. As an undergrad I did a lot of marine ecology research, from monitoring ghost crabs on a Marine Corps base in North Carolina to studying mangrove harvesting in a community of Sama sea nomads in Indonesia. I did my thesis on the knotty relationship between fishing, herbivorous crabs, and carbon capture in Cape Cod salt marshes. I also experimented with making stop-motion animations like this, this, and this one.
I spent my formative teenage years in suburban New Jersey, where I edited my high school's literary magazine and was really into AP Bio. Before that, I picked dandelions during recess and tore through books while dangling off furniture in precarious positions. I was born and spent my early childhood in Philadelphia, gardening, cooking, and watching a lot of Chinese satellite TV with my grandparents. To this day I have a somewhat geriatric predilection for slowness and simplicity, which I'm constantly trying to balance with being a voracious learner in an ever-quickening and evolving world.
You can find my CV here.