birth_place ethnicity credits birth_date article_title alma_mater
manhattan , new york , u.s. chinese american '' washington post '' the new york times '' , '' the august 29 , 1977 sewell chan
 hunter college high school harvard college
sewell chan

sewell chan is an american journalist .
he has worked for `` the new york times '' since 2004 .
in february 2011 , he was named deputy opinion page editor of the times .
he was previously a washington correspondent covering economic policy .
from 2007 to 2009 , he was the founding bureau chief of city room , the newspaper 's local news blog .
chan is a member of the national advisory board of the poynter institute and has been honored with a rosalynn carter fellowship for mental health journalism .
