Who Is Jan Jekielek (And How Do You Pronounce His Name)?

Jan Jekielek is a NYT bestselling author and award-winning journalist and filmmaker. He has worked with The Epoch Times for over 20 years, most recently as senior editor and host of the show American Thought Leaders.

Years ago Jan was studying the evolutionary biology of lemurs in Madagascar, when his life took an unexpected turn. Exposed to the realities of human rights violations in China, he started working with an underground railroad helping Chinese dissidents escape through the Golden Triangle to Thailand and ultimately to Western countries. It was then that he realized that telling unknown heroes’ stories was transformative, both for him and his readers.

Determined to tell true stories, Jan started working with The Epoch Times at a time when popular narratives in the West hid the dark underbelly of communist China. He did some of the earliest reporting on the Chinese regime’s continuing practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.

Over the last seven years, Jan has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, including heads of state, U.S. cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and congressional members. 

Jan specializes in long-form content that tackles the grand narratives of our time. As a filmmaker, he has produced DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns, The Unseen Crisis: Vaccine Stories You Were Never Told, and the ‘optimistic’ Holocaust documentary Finding Manny.

He is the author of the NYT bestselling book, Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary.

Jan Jekielek Bio [short version]

Jan Jekielek is an award-winning journalist, NYT bestselling author, and filmmaker with over 20 years at The Epoch Times, where he serves as senior editor and host of the show American Thought Leaders. His career has spanned academia, human rights work, and most recently, journalism. Jan specializes in long-form content that tackles the grand narratives of our time. As a filmmaker, he has produced DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns, and the award-winning The Unseen Crisis: Vaccine Stories You Were Never Told and ‘optimistic’ Holocaust documentary Finding Manny. He has interviewed nearly 1,000 thought leaders on camera and is the author of the newly released Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary.