Shirley Leung is an American journalist who covers business, especially as it relates to innovation and growth, politics, gender, and race.
[3] In 1994, she received a bachelor of arts degree in East Asian Studies from Princeton University.
[3] From 1997 to 2004, she was a business reporter at The Wall Street Journal and worked in its Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles bureaus.
[3] In that role, she has been called "a provocateur who seems to enjoy taking controversial stands—most notably, advocating for the Olympics to come to town".
Local organizations know that Leung will call them out if they fail to put women in top positions.