Matthew Kang

An online portfolio of my work in media.

“Student Riots in London”

A story I did for CTV National News on the student riots near London’s Fanshawe College on St. Patrick’s Day. 

“Inside the Newsroom - The Video Journalist”

A web-only video I shot, edited and produced for CTV News.

“BufferBox - An answer to mail delivery woes?”

A story I did for my online video journalism project RE4MAT (re4mat.tumblr.com) on a Waterloo start-up that is changing the nature of parcel delivery.

“Belgian prisoners do time abroad, relieving overcrowding at home”

Belgian prisoners do time abroad, relieving overcrowding at home

(Deutsche Welle - 05.02.2010)

A group of Belgian prisoners has started serving time across the border in the Netherlands. The Belgian government is renting 500 Dutch jail cells to reduce overcrowding in its own prison system.

Thirty-five inmates from Wortel Prison in Belgium arrived at their new cells in the southern Dutch city of Tilburg on Friday. They are the first of at least 500 detainees expected to make the transfer.

This is all part of an agreement between Belgium and the Netherlands that allows Belgian prisoners to serve time in rented Dutch cells. Last October, the two governments signed an accord allowing for 500 cells at Tilburg Prison to be rented for a three-year period.

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(Source: dw-world.de)

“Mountain Temple”
A Buddhist temple I visited in the Oh-Dae mountains of South Korea.

“Mountain Temple”

A Buddhist temple I visited in the Oh-Dae mountains of South Korea.

“Epic Meal Time”

A story I did for CTV News on the hit YouTube channel Epic Meal Time.

“Flipside Kings - Rudi Goblen on the Origins”

An interview I did in Miami with Rudi Goblen of Flipside Kings on the early history of the world famous dance crew.

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“Robot Soldiers”

A report I did for Deutsche Welle on the interest of the German military in the use of robotics.

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“Ossington Hipsters”

A report I did for CBC Radio in Toronto on the problems created by the city’s hipsters flocking to Ossington Avenue.

“Mechanical Geniuses”

A story I did for CTV News on two friends who build their own cars and motorcycles out of scrap parts.