The Correspondent

The 10th annual journalism conference held by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong brought together an eclectic, intergenerational group of journalists and people working in media creation to hear panel discussions and participate in workshops on everything from practical AI usage in newsrooms to personal branding on Instagram, alternate business models via Substack and dealing with moral...

What now for careers in journalism, with the onset of AI technology and an "age of abundance" of information? Karen Koh, veteran broadcast journalist and first vice president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong speaks with Diana Wu David, a former FT executive and top 50 global influencer on the future of work, about career resilience in the age of AI. David, who is author of the book...

FCC member governor Jing Yang in conversation with Dean Yates about moral injury, how it affects journalists, understanding how moral injury develops, and fostering a supportive organizational structure in newsrooms. Dean Yates knows what it means to live with the consequences of the stories you cover. His career in journalism includes years with Reuters as a journalist, editor and bureau chi...

FCC Clare Hollingsworth fellow Samra Zulfaqar previews this year's journalism conference, discussing the challenges and pressures for GenZ journalists, the need to embrace personal branding for journalists, how social media and the rise of influencers are changing how news organisations approach the delivery of news. This year's conference panels and presentations : * Ian Yee, investigative journa...

What do the journalists and correspondents of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong have to say about press freedom? FCC correspondent member governor and bureau chief for The Information, Jing Yang discusses the results of the press freedom survey taken of FCC members, in which local journalists and foreign correspondents alike gave their response to questions over the working environment...

As Donald Trump’s upcoming China visit draws global attention, what’s happening behind the scenes in Beijing? Zichen Wang, author of the Substack newsletter Pekingnology and former Xinhua correspondent is a guest speaker at the upcoming FCC Hong Kong journalism conference, and speaks in-depth about the breakdown in US-China relations, trade war risks, AI cooperation, and China’s geopolitical strat...

Journalist Laura Westbrook speaks with Tim Huxley, CEO and director of Hong Kong-based shipowner Mandarin Shipping along with Mithun Varkey, editor-in-chief of Insurance Asia News, about the escalating conflict in the Strait of Hormuz and its global fallout. Since the Israel/US war upon Iran and Iran's subsequent attacks upon shipping and mining of the Strait of Hormuz blockade halting 20% of the...

FCC Hong Kong Vice President and veteran broadcaster Karen Koh sits down with photojournalist Ben Marans in the Hughes Room to talk about a powerful new exhibition at the FCC main bar this April. The show features images captured by individuals who learned photography through workshops run by ImpactHK, an FCC charity partner, and led by Marans. Through street photography, participants—many facing...

Veteran art critic John Batten takes a fresh look at Art Basel Hong Kong, cutting through the usual headlines about record auction prices and celebrity artists. He explores the wider Hong Kong art scene—from the city’s evolving art market history and the rise of regional art fairs to how global trends are reshaping the market. Batten also shares insider tips on where to look beyond the Basel spotl...

Laura Westbrook and Elaine Lai are journalists both born and raised in Hong Kong and both were reporting on the Tai Po tower fires for foreign news organisations. In many ways they experienced this news event very differently from both local and overseas born journalists covering this disaster. Laura Westbrook works for broadcast media channels all over the world, covering news all over south east...

Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz delivers a stark assessment of America's economic trajectory in this compelling and wide-ranging conversation with veteran broadcast journalist and Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong first vice president Karen Koh. Drawing parallels between current political upheaval and historical threats to democratic institutions, Stiglitz argues that abandoning E...

This episode is the audio of a recent FCC Hong Kong Club Lunch, moderated by FCC correspondent governor Jing Yang, in conversation with award-winning investigative journalist Karen Hao. Hao's investigation of Open AI and her subsequent book the Empire of AI is a bestseller. Yang begins the conversation by delving into one of AI’s most vexing questions: what is intelligence, and why is it so diffic...

Meet some of the Gen Z journalists awarded the Clare Hollingsworth Fellowship for the Foreign Correspondent's Club in Hong Kong: Jay Ganglani, Kriti Gandhi, and Samra Zafalqar. The Fellowship is named in honour of Clare Hollingsworth, a legendary journalist and a long time member of the FCC - most famously associated with what has become known as the scoop of the century - when as a rookie reporte...

Western media companies continue to wrestle with the ethics of utilising AI in the newsroom as concerns continue over how many human journalists will be left in charge. According to a report in Digiday, the Reuters newsroom is now using agentic AI, creating and processing video metadata to cut different edits of video coverage with a human overseeing the final edit and output. Meanwhile, in mainla...

Statement issued on on behalf of the FCC Hong Kong board on Friday, August 22: The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned by the confirmation that Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins has had her visa renewal application denied. Choong Wilkins has worked for Bloomberg in Hong Kong for the past six years, most recently as a senior reporter on the Asia government and econ...

A love letter to Hong Kong and a tribute to the journalist credited with changing modern journalism. In 1960 the acclaimed journalist Gay Talese wrote a piece for Esquire magazine titled “New York Is A City of Things Unnoticed”, detailing his many observations of people and places based on his wandering and exploring of the city that never sleeps. Talese is most famous for his longform article "Fr...

Morgan Davis is the newly elected president for the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong and in this episode discusses the priorities she has in her term, taking on everything from lease negotiations and statements about press freedom to the battle against bad coffee and the long list of requests for guest speakers. You'll also hear her discuss the process by which the FCC publishes statement...

Broadcast journalist Laura Westbrook sits down with arts journalist, curator and longtime FCC member John Batten in the room known as the "Bunker" in the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong to unravel the controversy behind the iconic photo known officially as "The Terror of War" and known more widely as "Napalm Girl" from the American war in Vietnam. Together, they examine new findings from...

David Webb, a renowned investor and activist, discusses his journey and contributions to Hong Kong's corporate governance and transparency. He talks about his background as a schoolboy investor, how he got to Hong Kong and about how he built his nonprofit platform, webb-site.com, which provides extensive databases and news analysis. Webb emphasized the need for reforms, including abolishing stamp...

Kriti Gandhi is one of the Claire Hollingworth Fellows for Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong, in this episode she sits down with Laurel Chor, an acclaimed Hong Kong-born journalist and visual storyteller known for her incisive reporting and striking photography. Laurel opens up about her dynamic career journey-from her early days at TIME OUT Hong Kong and Coconuts where she sharpened her w...

Generative AI is changing our newsrooms, but how do we explain to the audience when it's being used, and how? As deepfakes become ubiquitous, how are newsrooms combating faked photos and video? How do journalists and editors handle photos and video sent in by the public if their phones are now enabled with AI to adjust or remove elements of the original image? Globally, there is a three corne...

Grace Shao is a journalist covering the AI industry from Hong Kong, focusing on China's tech companies and the commercialisation of AI. She talks about the "Deep Seek moment" over the Lunar New Year holiday in 2025, how it upended the accepted paradigm of generative AI development, and analyses how the traditional media narrative of a "race" and "conflict" between the US and China limits the under...

Lee Williamson discusses the results of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong 2025 Press Freedom survey and the upcoming annual journalism conference with Robin Ewing, broadcaster on RTHK3 and director of the Masters of International Journalism program at Hong Kong Baptist University. The annual press freedom survey revealed increased pressure and self-censorship among journalists, with 62...

FCC Correspondent Governor Jennifer Jett moderates a panel of Hong Kong-based shipping industry veterans to discuss the many challenges facing the global shipping industry, including the latest salvo in Trump's trade war with China, called Section 301, which states any ship built, owned or operated by China will be charged millions of dollars to dock at any US port. Angad Banga is the Chief Operat...

Veteran broadcast journalist and FCC correspondent member governor Karen Koh convenes a panel discussion and an in-depth, personal and revealing QandA with the audience after a screening of "The M Factor: shredding the silence on menopause" documentary. The panel includes: Christine Deschemin, a hypnotherapist and founder of the Menopause Festival; Maria Chau, COO of the Women's Foundation, and Br...