Demystifying: The music business as a petri dish for journalism innovation

Cherie Hu, Freelance Journalist
Demystifying: The music business as a petri dish for journalism innovation

Wednesday, February 27, 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Room 221 Allen Hall
Thursday, February 28, 10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m., Room 303 Allen Hall

Cherie Hu is an award-winning freelance journalist focusing on the intersection of music, media and technology. She writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken at over 25 conferences to date, including but not limited to SXSW, Midem, Music Biz and the Web Summit, and appears regularly as an expert commentator for the likes of CNBC and CGTN America. 

In 2017, at age 21, she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year. Previously, she spearheaded a research project on digital music innovation at Harvard Business School, and interned across product marketing, data analysis and artist development functions at music companies including Ticketmaster and Interscope Records.