Aowen Cao

In the past few years, I’ve produced over 150 stories for NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and worked on podcasts like Rough Translation, Planet Money, The Indicator, and Up First Sunday. Here are some of my favorites:
                                                                                 
NPR:
How a man's sorrowful public piano song helped console many in China
I pitched and co-reported the story with NPR’s China Correspondent John Ruwitch.
Winner of the 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award for Feature Reporting

NPR:
TikTok's brief ban sent users to RedNote, another Chinese-owned video-sharing app
WHYY:
The Missed Opportunity of Trains in the U.S.
I produced the China segment of this episode

NPR:
Chinese companies offer to 'resurrect' deceased loved ones with AI avatars
NPR:
Slackers@Work: A Song for the Exhausted
I co-reported the story with NPR’s China Correspondent Emily Feng
NPR:
A public payphone in China began ringing and ringing. Who was calling?