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Leslie Liang

Leslie Zhen Liang is an award-winning journalist and a 2024 AFPC-USA (Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA) Scholarship Awardee from China with 10 years of working in fields of medicine, health care, public health, and gender. His investigative reporting and in-depth long-forms pushed forward critical public agendas in both pharmaceutical and health sectors on a national level. Now he is also writing about climate/environmental issues and working as a freelance reporter in New York City while studying for a master’s degree of Science&Health&Environmental Reporting at NYU.

Two can collectors, one man in a grey and blue sweatshirt and one woman in a black sweatshirt, pose in front of an art-covered wall.

She hunts for cans and bottles, and finds dignity

Plastics

Leslie Liang • September 30, 2025

After 30 years as a street recycler, Josefa Marín is now running a non-profit redemption center and bringing much-needed support to a nearly invisible community

A farmer in China embraces tradition to weather climate calamities

Environment

Leslie Liang • May 22, 2025

Older farming techniques could help growers survive punishing droughts and floods

The paper on a type-writer reads "addiction recovery."

America is missing out on a crucial opportunity to contain opioid overdose deaths

Health

Leslie Liang • May 20, 2025

Implementing opioid treatment In jails could help combat the crisis

Cows are a big part of the climate problem — but can be part of the solution, too

Environment

Leslie Liang • April 9, 2025

Researchers are working on innovative ways to reduce methane emissions from livestock