Female, Korean

Hye-Jung Park, Program Officer of the Media Justice Fund at The Funding Exchange, is a media and community activist with more than a decade's experience in local, national and international media organizing. Previously, she served as the Director of Youth Channel at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, after working as Director of Programs at the Downtown Community TV Center (DCTV) for eight years. She has served on the boards of several artist and community organizations, including the National Coalition of Independent Public Broadcasters, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, the North Star Fund, the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC), Videazimut (an international coalition of community media), and the Alliance for Community Media. An award-winning producer in her own right, she has produced several documentaries, which include “The Women Outside” (PBS), “Homes Apart: Korea” (PBS) and “The #7 Train: An Immigrant Journey” (WNET). An adjunct lecturer, she has designed and taught courses on Asian and African-American Media at several New York colleges.