Currently a Phoenix, AZ-based reporter for the AP, Wufei Yu is an English-Chinese bilingual journalist. He often reports on sports, outdoor adventures, climate and the environment, and human-centered stories about China, New Mexico and the Western U.S.
Since 2015, when Wufei started his professional journalism career, he has written for The New York Times, Outside Magazine, High Country News, Grist, Searchlight New Mexico, The China Project, Initium Media, and more. From 2023 to 2025, he was a reporter for Sanlian Lifeweek Magazine, a legacy Chinese-language weekly publication in Beijing, traveling across China to report on social issues. His on-the-ground reporting on both sides of the Pacific usually coordinates with visuals snapped by his DSLR, gimbal&action cam, and smartphone.
Wufei's feature for Runner's World about a deadly ultramarathon race that took 21 lives in Northwestern China earned him and his co-reporter Will Ford a 2021 AIPS (International Sports Press Association) Best Colour Piece - Writing award. His series of investigations into a marijuana scam in the American Southwest that duped thousands of Chinese immigrant workers won 1st place in the 2021 Best of the West for Investigative Reporting. In 2025, he was selected as a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
In his spare time, he can be caught rock climbing in the gym or outside, running while listening to country songs, or scoping out where to feed his craze for the outdoors.