JUSTIN BERGMAN is international affairs editor at The Conversation, based in Melbourne.

Justin has reported across China and Southeast Asia as the long-time Shanghai correspondent for Monocle magazine, sportswriter for The Associated Press, and contributor to The New York Times travel pages. He's also been published by BBC, Time, Roads & Kingdoms, Mashable, FT Weekend Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Modern Farmer, Elle Decor, and other publications. 

He previously taught magazine writing and travel writing through Stanford University’s Creative Writing Continuing Studies Program and food writing with Le Cordon Bleu.