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Bio

📰 news/tech reporter in Tokyo, Japan
👨🏾‍🏫 multimedia journalism teacher
🧑🏾‍💻http://jlgatewood.com

Husband, Father, Teacher, Journalist. Tokyoite, Atlantan, Afro-American. Globetrotter, Homebody. Storyteller, Story-Listener. Historian, Futurist. Striving to leave the world better than I found it. Everyday I learn, listen and love.

I have traveled back and forth to Japan for about 20 years now-- been fascinated with this place since I was a child, and if you ask me why-- honestly, I couldn't really explain. I've also done brief stints in Taiwan and Singapore too.

Professionally I am a journalist primarily covering East Asia and the tech sectors, and have worked in TV, film, print, radio, and multimedia/web since...well before DSL and WiFi! I love working with video and multimedia as a producer the most, but I'm happy doing anything in the New Media realm. I was a teacher of English and Mass Communication at a large private school in Tokyo, A full-time International News Editor for a large Asian media conglomerate and still work as a freelancer based in Tokyo from time to time.

For fun, I like to wander around my part of the Tokyo Metropolis on a very small scooter and take pictures of nifty neighborhoods, expansive landscapes, delicious food and personable people. I also love being with my wife and children more than anything in the universe.

I also enjoy electronics and tech; I love learning how to tinker with code, hardware and machinery. I'm a technologist and believe in my heart "the tech will set mankind free". Code or die! Open source, FOSS and open education evangelist as well. I'm also a cryptocurrency enthusiast and have been "hodling" since 2011.

I'm also an armchair political commentator (AKA I like to complain about politics!) I lean left and believe it takes everyone to cooperate and make a healthy productive society. That does NOT mean I don't believe in personal liberties and freedoms; You do you, let me be me is my mantra.