Arthur Chi'en
Arthur Chi'en is a three-time Emmy Award winning newscaster currently with WNYW-TV FOX 5 in New York. His general assignment duties range widely from feature, investigative, and political stories to breaking news coverage including the Ebola outbreak, the death of Eric Garner, and the Charlie Hebdo terrorism case.
Chi'en attended Columbia University and began his journalism career at NBC News, working his way up as a producer for NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and as a New York Bureau producer for the Today Show.
As a member of the Specials Unit, he covered several high-profile events from hurricanes to plane crashes to major trials including the crash of TWA 800 and the Megan Kanka trial. His other major assignments there included the Oklahoma City bombing, the arrest and subsequent trial of O.J. Simpson and election coverage for Decision 1994 and 1996.
Joining New York 1 in 1998, Arthur left the producing ranks and started reporting. He was assigned to a variety of subjects from hard news to features to investigative. While he found expertise in transportation, the September 11 attacks, and the clergy sex abuse scandal would constitute the bulk of his work in his time there.
Chi'en would eventually work for WFXT-TV in Boston before returning to New York as a correspondent at WCBS-TV and WPIX-TV where he covered national and international events such as Hurricane Sandy, the transit strike and the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia
The latest from Arthur Chi'en
Queens volunteer patrol group aims to prevent anti-Asian hate crimes
As city leaders search for a solution, volunteers in Queens are taking it upon themselves to help prevent anti-Asian hate crimes.
Brooklyn woman pays for cab rides for Asian New Yorkers
When some folks learned of Madeline Park's generosity in paying for people's cab rides, they donated money to her effort. After just two days, she had to stop accepting donations.
Video shows man brutally beating, choking Asian man on subway
The video, said to have been shot on a Manhattan-bound J train in Brooklyn, shows someone relentlessly punching an Asian man in the head.
Air travel over prolonged spring break could lead to outbreaks
With schools and states on different schedules, spring break air travel is expected to last for several more weeks. The CDC is very concerned about a spike in infections.
Grading media coverage of Asian Americans | The Invisible Minority
Leaders of Asian American communities say the news media was late to expose hateful and violent trends.
The Invisible Minority: Asians in New York City
One group of New Yorkers has historically considered themselves to be invisible or overlooked. And it is the more than 1.4 million Asian Americans who live in our city.
Some New York City residents can get vaccinated at home
The mayor hopes to get all homebound residents the Johnson & Johnson vaccine within the next seven weeks.
New York City unveils next phase of its NYPD reform plan
New York City announced Phase two of its plan to bring police and communities closer on Friday.
New York expands vaccine eligibility to residents 60+, many others
New York is making a large expansion of the pool of people eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Could another virus wave hit NY due to other states lifting restrictions?
Three variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are already spreading in New York, which is relying on its travel policy and contact tracing to prevent people coming from lax states from spreading the virus and variants here.