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Ayako Mie is originally from Tokyo, Japan, where she worked as a television reporter for one of the networks. One of her first assignments was covering Sept. 11 in New York City, which led her to pursue international reporting. In 2005, she served as a Washington, D.C. correspondent for her network.
In 2008, she started her master in journalism UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism with a Fulbright grant.
Ayako graduated from Cal in May 2010. She currently works for Patch.com, a hyperlocal news organizatin funded by AOL. She also contributes her columns for The Wall Street Journal Japanese edition.
Updtaed September 2010