Andrea Chow

Andrea presents and produces a wide variety of Channel NewsAsia’s news programmes, Asia Today and World Today. She also hosts the current affairs show, What Men Want, Really.

Before joining the channel in 2004, Andrea was working at Singapore’s Public Service Commission, Prime Minister's Office; and the Standards Productivity and Innovation Board.

Born in Singapore, she spent her formative years there before leaving home for the US at age 16 to attend Mills College -- an all-women liberal-arts school in Bay Area, California.

With a thirst for new experiences, Andrea packed her bags and ventured out to the New England state of Massachusetts in her junior year.

There, she had her first experience presenting a live programme when she hosted a talk-show for the university's television channel, tackling controversial issues like Roe v. Wade, xenophobia, and the culture of hazing, for a student population of about 24,000.

She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, focusing on broadcast journalism, media and politics, and the impact of American media.

Andrea continued with higher education at Boston University where she earned a Master’s Degree in Education, specialising in human development studies.

In addition to being bilingual in English and Mandarin, Andrea speaks conversational Shanghainese.

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