Annie Jieping Zhang is a journalist, editor, and founder working across journalism and nonfiction in the Chinese-speaking world. She was the founding editor-in-chief of Initium Media and later founded Matters and Frontline Fellowship, which supports emerging nonfiction storytellers across Chinese-speaking communities. A 2023–24 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, she also founded the transnational cultural network Nowhere and initiated the Damn True Festival in Tokyo. Her work focuses on nonfiction storytelling, independent media, and how stories remain relevant to public life across borders and under political pressure.