Best FCC Hong Kong Podcasts (2025)

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Visa denial for Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins: FCC Hong Kong statement 1:54

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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…

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Hong Kong Is a City… (a tribute to the Fragrant Harbour and Gay Talese) 40:56

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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. …

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In conversation with the president: Morgan Davis 19:07

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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 discus…

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Behind the Napalm Girl photo controversy: memory, ethics & myths of the photo of the century 33:26

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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…

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David Webb: Webb-site shareholder activism, Hong Kong economics and corporate governance 1:02:58

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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…

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Laurel Chor: from Hong Kong to Ukraine, how young journalists leverage Instagram, mental health realities 24:35

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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 OU…

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AI ethics in newsrooms: video production, fighting deepfakes, policies and labelling 52:00

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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 ori…

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Grace Shao: covering AI in Hong Kong, beyond the US-China conflict narrative, evolving to Substack 34:21

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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 "c…

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Hong Kong press freedom and the 2025 FCC Journalism Conference: Lee Williamson 14:55

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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 press…

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Analysing global shipping crises: Trump's port fees, Panama, Ukraine and Hong Kong's role 54:22

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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 do…

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"The M Factor: shredding the silence on menopause" panel discussion & audience Q&A 1:09:05

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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;…

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Hong Kong art week: Enid Tsui talks Art in Hong Kong, "red lines", economic growth and the future 46:12

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Hong Kong was once the poster-child of artistic freedom in Asia as well as an unparalleled leader of the region's booming contemporary art market. However, despite growing uncertainties over the "red lines" of censorship, there are more world-class art institutions in the city than ever before and the market has proved resilient, with international…

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Racial equity in Hong Kong: reality or myth? 1:27:30

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Hong Kong categorises people who are not Chinese or caucasian as "ethnic minorities" and its media often portrays these people as an underclass of criminals, incapable of making contribution to mainstream society. In this panel discussion, journalist and FCC Clare Hollingworth fellow Jay Ganglani moderates a panel of two prominent trailblazers of A…

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#IWD2025: talking women in journalism, what (still) needs to change, and navigating the tech broligarchy backlash 25:37

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Multiplatform broadcast journalist Laura Westbrook speaks with fellow journalists and members of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club: Zela China, journalist governor on the FCC board, broadcast journalist, president of the Asia chapter of the Asian American Journalist's Association, and Kriti Gandhi, recipient of the FCC's Claire Hollingworth…

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Ghost signs of Hong Kong: Instagram journalism & documenting history with Billy Potts & Ben Marans 44:26

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Veteran broadcast journalist Karen Koh speaks with writer/designer Billy Potts and collaborator/photographer Ben Marans about their HK Ghost Signs project, recording and documenting signs in Hong Kong left behind and found in all sorts of locations, marking different eras, technologies and cultural movements that have left their mark on a fast-chan…

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The cartoonist & the president: Harry Harrison & Lee Williamson unpack the year 2024 51:12

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Journalist and broadcaster Laura Westbrook sits down with two members of the FCC for two very different perspectives on 2024 and the year that was. Harry Harrison might just be the last surviving daily editorial cartoonist in Hong Kong, and speaks about his favourite news moments of the year, the prospect of drawing Donald Trump for four more years…

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Kriti Gandhi and Jay Ganglani: the future of news, GenZ and approaching news differently 25:30

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The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong announced a little while ago that Kriti Gandhi and Jay Ganglani are the recipients of the sixth annual Clare Hollingworth Fellowship, named in honor of the preeminent and path-breaking journalist. Listen in as they discuss why they chose careers in journalism at a time when the future of news appears most…

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Asian journalists analyze the US election: how gender, race issues and media coverage differ 35:18

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Hear veteran broadcast journalist Karen Koh in discussion with Chinese foreign correspondent Dr Rose Luqiu and Hong Kong-born international broadcast journalist Laura Westbrook on the upcoming US election, from an Asian perspective: what is being discussed on Chinese social media and in state media, how "third culture" people view the attacks on Ka…

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Wynton Marsalis: talking jazz, education, China, culture, technology and beyond 1:01:22

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Grammy and Pulitzer-prize winning trumpeter, composer and band leader Wynton Marsalis has this month toured with his Lincoln Jazz Centre Orchestra through Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong dropped by for a QandA at the FCC with Robin Ewing, director of the Journalism Masters program at Hong Kong Baptist University and presenter of the RTHK3…

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Architect I.M. Pei, the Bank of China, Hong Kong and a global legacy: John Batten 42:59

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Author, broadcaster and art critic John Batten discusses the life and legacy of architect IM Pei with Karen Koh, based on his published article in the latest FCC magazine "A Life in Architecture". Hear the history and symbolic post-colonial importance of the design of the Bank of China building, wrongly characterized as "a knife pointed towards Chi…

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Selina Cheng: Hong Kong journalists under attack, fighting back and what happens next 43:11

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Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists' Association discusses the revelations of a campaign to intimidate journalists and their families by self-described "patriots" in what appears to be a coordinated campaign, how the Hong Kong government and tech companies Meta and Wikimedia have responded, and how the HKJA is helping journalists fight…

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FCC statement: sedition convictions of Hong Kong journalists 2:06

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Hear the FCC statement published on August 29th upon the trial and conviction of Hong Kong journalists Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam for their roles in reporting, editing and publishing interviews, features and opinion pieces. Of the 17 articles the court considered, many had been taken down and only five remained active at the time of their arres…

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Britt Clennett: covering Ukraine and Gaza wars, mental health and social media self-defence 25:23

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Britt Clennett is a correspondent for US broadcaster ABC News, based in Hong Kong and has spent the past 10 years covering stories in Hong Kong, mainland China and most recently Ukraine and Gaza. In this conversation she discusses her feature article 'Staying Human' in which she looks at the challenges to journalistic impartiality, finding humanity…

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In conversation: New York Times executive editor, Joe Kahn 1:12:14

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An in-depth discussion between FCC president Lee Williamson and Joe Kahn, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, former China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and executive editor of the New York Times since 2022. Kahn discusses how the NYT coverage of Hong Kong and mainland China has changed, and how it reflects the changing environment of local…

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Stephen Roach on the future of Hong Kong: "an audacious wake-up call" 50:48

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Stephen Roach, former Wall Street chief economist and Hong Kong-based chair of Morgan Stanley Asia, caused controversy earlier this year with the publishing of an opinion piece headlined "It pains me to say Hong Kong is over." His case reflected three considerations - the tight economic linkages between Hong Kong and a faltering mainland Chinese ec…

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FCC Conference preview: David Pierson; Kathleen Magramo; Chris Yeung 1:00:04

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Laura Westbrook and Aaron Busch present this special episode for the return of the FCC Hong Kong journalism conference. Hear from David Pierson (New York Times) about the challenges of covering Beijing's foreign policy and China's geopolitics from Hong Kong; Kathleen Magramo (CNN) on the lessons she learned in her first year of journalism in 2019, …

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Talking sports, Olympics journalism and photography: Peter Parks and Josh Ball 29:22

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Christina Pantin presents an episode talking about the other great Olympics competition: to get the best photo, the best story, the best quote. Josh Ball is News Editor, Sport & Racing for the South China Morning Post and has covered previous Olympics and major international sports events both as a desk editor and frontline reporter for the past 25…

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#IWD International Women's Day : the Stories Women Journalists Tell 57:07

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Hear three senior journalists discuss the big issues for women in journalism upon International Women's Day. How have attitudes changed for women in newsrooms across southeast Asia, what are the biggest challenges they face, what is the future of journalism, and what do they have to say to the upcoming generations of women entering the profession? …

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Journalism, Article 23 and Hong Kong: Ronson Chan, Regina Ip and Simon Young 1:04:16

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Hear the submission made by the board of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong to the government over the proposed Article 23 security legislation, as well as the panel discussion on its implications for journalism featuring Ronson Chan (chair, Hong Kong Journalists' Assoc), Regina Ip (politician, member of LegCo) and Professor Simon Young …

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GenZ journalists on OSINT, social media, changing news habits; FCC history and Allen Youngblood on jazz in Hong Kong 47:42

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FCC journalist member governor Zela Chin speaks with 2024 Claire Hollingworth Fellows Mithil Aggarwal and Aruzhan Zeinulla discuss their journey into journalism, how GenZ media habits are changing the media landscape and thoughts on the future. Christina Pantin looks at the various incarnations of the FCC from its beginnings in 1949 Shanghai, its H…

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Bonus Correspondent: rediscovering Macau with Christopher Chu and Maggie Hoi Pui Man 19:11

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It was a slow news day that went for two years - when Christopher Chau and Maggie Hoi Pui Man found themselves confined to Macau from December 2021 to November 2022 they found themselves rediscovering the city and its landmarks. They started taking notes, doing interviews and ended up writing the book 'Macau's Historical Witnesses', exploring Macau…

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The Correspondent, April-June 2023: Aaron Busch and Nancy Lim 38:00

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Teele Rebane speaks in-depth with one of the newest FCC members, Aaron Busch, about how his @tripperhead Twitter account became an invaluable source to Hong Kong journalists, his role as 'social media journalist' and relationship with traditional journalism as well as his forecast for Twitter and its rivals. Following on from the historic exhibitio…

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What Happened to Flight MH370? Florence de Changy on her book ‘The Disappearing Act’ 58:13

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It is now almost eight years since Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 vanished on its way to Beijing, on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. “Good night, Malaysia 370” are the last words the world ever heard from the plane, about 40 minutes after its take-off from Kuala Lumpur. This is the starting point of what has since been called the greatest…

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Cherian George and Donald Low on Singapore’s Leadership and Prospects for Political Reform 1:01:29

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Singapore’s ruling party has proven exceptionally adept at accommodating global shifts, economic pressures, and changing popular sentiments — without significant democratisation or political liberalisation. A new cycle of managed renewal is in the works again, with 49-year-old technocrat Lawrence Wong slated to take over from Prime Minister Lee Hsi…

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‘Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong’ with author Louisa Lim 58:54

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FCC Correspondent Member Governor Austin Ramzy. moderate this conversation and discussion with author Luisa Lim. After protests erupted in 2019 and were met with escalating suppression from Beijing, long-time HongKonger and journalist Louisa Lim interviewed guerrilla calligraphers, amateur historians and archaeologists to put together a story of Ho…

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A Conversation with Maria Ressa, Press Freedom Fighter in the Philippines 57:59

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Award-winning journalist, Maria Ressa, discusses the growing threats to a free press in the Philippines and Asia, and how dedicated journalists are banding together to fight back. Recorded 17/05/2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.