The #NewsEmmys Award for Outstanding Emerging News Journalist goes to Hanako Montgomery (@CNN).

Woah, I've been at CNN for 25 years.😳 In January 2001, I started with the network as one of its first multi-platform reporters when I wrote for CNN.com/Asia and contributed to eBiz Asia and Tech Watch. I introduced global audiences to WiFi, cloud computing, and camera phones. (Again, this was a **quarter century** ago.) For 25 years, I've served as a Hong Kong-based anchor and correspondent for the network covering the territory, China, and Asia on TV, digital and mobile platforms reaching more than 475 million households around the world. I've clocked tens of thousands of hours of live video journalism, having anchored over a dozen different programs from NewsBiz Today and Eye on China to News Stream and CNN New Year's Eve Live Asia. So why have I been here so long? It all comes down to the team. CNN's Asia-Pacific headquarters has a culture of sharing and openness. Multi-tasking is embraced. And there's an eagerness to experiment and do more. As a child of Silicon Valley who experimented with early digital filmmaking and Web design in the 90s, I knew I found my creative and intellectual home here. Friends and fans know how much I enjoy covering innovation as well as thinking about how to innovate as a storyteller. From day one, I've been in hot pursuit of the creative rather than conventional, staying curious and never closed-minded. And I want to thank many of you for your sincere interest in my work. Your DM news tips, interviews, and even the fan selfies in the field have sustained me. After 25 years at CNN, I'm still trying new things. Let's keep creating as we craft the next era of news together.✌🏽