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Ziyu (Julian) Zhu is a multimedia journalist born and raised in Beijing, China. He earned his undergraduate diploma in Journalism from Boston University in May 2025. With a ardour for images since center faculty, Julian centered on his research in photojournalism throughout his time at BU. Since 2023, Julian has labored as a contract photographer for China Xinhua News Agency, protecting main information occasions across the Greater Boston space and the New England area, and from June to August 2024, Julian interned at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a multimedia journalist. Julian obtained a number of recognitions for his works, together with a finalist within the Spot News class on the College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) contest in October 2024, and a Best in Show award on the Boston Press Photographers Association’s (BPPA) Annual College Student Photography Contest in April 2023, and so on. Some of Julian’s works have additionally been reprinted in main media retailers equivalent to The Wall Street Journal, The Rolling Stones, and The Associated Press. At Stanford, Julian plans to deepen his analysis in visible journalism and multimedia storytelling, exploring how picture and video journalism can form public understanding. He appears ahead to working underneath the mentorship of Stanford’s skilled school and contributing to campus information and media companies. In his free time, Julian enjoys studying, analog images, and Legos.