Shannon Teoh

Shannon is The Straits Times’ Malaysia bureau chief. He cut his teeth in print, web and wire agency journalism before joining The Straits Times in 2014, after more than a decade of covering pop culture, politics, money, motoring, travel, tech and more. He took a one-year break from reporting Malaysian news in 2009, after winning a Chevening scholarship to complete his postgraduate studies focusing on political communication, at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.