I spent 11 years at JoongAng Ilbo covering society, politics, and technology. From leading public discourse on Google's in-app billing policy to recreating Panmunjeom in 3D, to deep analyses of the US-China tech rivalry — the journalist's job was to translate complex reality into language readers could understand. I also served as a judge for the Google News Lab Fellowship.

Working alongside engineers, I naturally started building my own tools. At Ohouse (a unicorn startup), I launched a newsroom and designed a crisis response AI prototype. When external shocks like the TMON/WeMakePrice crisis hit, it was a data-driven, scenario-based approach that brought things under control within four weeks.

Now I work as a PR team lead, building communication tools directly with AI, HTML, and JavaScript. I keep experimenting with what someone who holds both the language of journalism and the mindset of engineering can uniquely do.

Korean Online Journalism Award — 2 consecutive years2017–2018 · First in Korea
Google News Lab Fellowship Judge2018 · Selected by Google
AI in CommunicationsCrisis CommunicationCEO MessagingData JournalismStrategic PR PlanningPrompt EngineeringJavaScript / TypeScriptNext.jsHTML / CSSPython

Density over volume

One precise word beats ten vague ones. The same principle applies whether writing an article, crafting a PR message, or writing code.

Timing is content

Even the best message becomes noise if the timing is wrong. When you speak matters as much as what you say.

Build the tools yourself

If the tool doesn't exist, build it. Crisis AI prototype, PR KPI dashboard, interactive data journalism. Builders understand more deeply. This site, too, is hand-coded.

Keep the journalist's eye

"Will this press release become a story?" — The biggest asset of a journalist-turned-PR is understanding both sides of the conversation simultaneously.