Jonathan Landreth reported freelance from Beijing from 2004 to 2012 for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The China Economic Quarterly, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Hollywood Reporter—all with a focus on China’s media and entertainment industries.

From 2000 to 2004, Landreth reported for Reuters in Singapore and New York. Prior to becoming a journalist, he worked as an editor of non-fiction books at Henry Holt & Company in New York. He is proficient in Mandarin and holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. from Columbia University.