The Final Days of Cable TV China News Desk
Role: Cinematographer/Editor
Project type: Visual Documentary
Company: The Initium Media
Date: Feb 2021
On December 1st 2020, Hong Kong Cable TV News fired 40 journalists citing financial concerns. Many see this as a political decision that came after four executives were installed into the news department in August. Among the 40 was assistant editor of the station's China news desk Linda Wong. Her entire team resigned in protest.
This video interviews 5 correspondents across three generations of journalists who were once part of the China news desk. Recalling their experiences covering some of the most hazardous, distressing and threatening news in China, they answer what it means to run a China bureau as a Hongkonger, and what China news in the future will hold.