As Executive Editor, Rosa oversees RFA’s editorial division, including news production and strategy. Prior to joining RFA in October 2024, Hwang worked from 2011-2023 at CTV News, a division of CTV - Canada’s largest private broadcaster - where she held key roles including executive producer and senior producer of National News and Network Specials. During her 12-year tenure she oversaw the production of Canada’s most-watched national newscast, maintaining its position in a competitive field. She promoted a transformational ‘digital first’ strategy within the national newsroom, leading a team that included all foreign and national correspondents, producers and writers.
Hwang began her career at CBC News where she held a number of editorial positions in Calgary, Toronto and Washington. In 2005, she was among the first international journalists allowed access to the U.S. detention camps at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
She earned her Bachelor of Applied Communications in Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary, and her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Calgary