Journalist, Producer Lai Frances to Be Guest at Otakon 2022
Washington, D.C. (January 26, 2022) – Journalist and producer Lai Frances has been added to the official guest list for Otakon 2022, according to Otakorp Inc.
Lai is a multimedia journalist and producer who focuses on music, pop culture and entertainment. She is currently a social media producer at CNET by day and a contributing writer/host by night, talking about music and K-pop. You can find some of her bylines on MTV News, "Teen Vogue," PopCrush, tmrw, and "Glamour" while being a host for KCON and NME.
She was first exposed to K-pop in the early 2000s and didn't really dive deep into the culture until the latter half of the 2000s, where she started off blogging about it, eventually leading to where she is now. To date, Lai has written special features on K-pop acts such as TWICE, aespa, ITZY, Stray Kids, Sunmi, and Tiffany Young while writing cover stories featuring ATEEZ, Jackson Wang and more.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-eighth year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn up to 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run by fans, for fans.
For more information about Otakorp, Inc., see http://www.Otakon.com/otakorp/index.asp
For more information and the latest news on Otakon 2021, see http://www.Otakon.com/
Lai is a multimedia journalist and producer who focuses on music, pop culture and entertainment. She is currently a social media producer at CNET by day and a contributing writer/host by night, talking about music and K-pop. You can find some of her bylines on MTV News, "Teen Vogue," PopCrush, tmrw, and "Glamour" while being a host for KCON and NME.
She was first exposed to K-pop in the early 2000s and didn't really dive deep into the culture until the latter half of the 2000s, where she started off blogging about it, eventually leading to where she is now. To date, Lai has written special features on K-pop acts such as TWICE, aespa, ITZY, Stray Kids, Sunmi, and Tiffany Young while writing cover stories featuring ATEEZ, Jackson Wang and more.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-eighth year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn up to 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run by fans, for fans.
For more information about Otakorp, Inc., see http://www.Otakon.com/otakorp/index.asp
For more information and the latest news on Otakon 2021, see http://www.Otakon.com/
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