Media

Wenbo joined Screen Digest as a Research Analyst, Television, in June 2009. Wenbo graduated from Cambridge University with an MPhil in Screen Media and Cultures. She was the first (and remains the only) Chinese person accepted to the course. Her research interest covers China's television market and the development of new media in China and other regions in Asia. Her thesis on sixth-generation Chinese documentary represents the first English-language research on the subject and secured publication by University of Minnesota Press.

Prior to joining Screen Digest, Wenbo worked as a research analyst at Euromoney Institutional Investors PLC in London and completed financial journalist training there. She has also contributed to the launch of the China Channel, an online internet TV channel, at East of England Production Innovation Centre in 2008.

Before moving to the U.K., Wenbo worked as a researcher for the World News Programme of Beijing Television in China, where she developed local knowledge of the Chinese media industry. She is a native Mandarin speaker and has knowledge of French. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Bachelor of Science in Economics from Beijing Foreign Studies University in China.