The AAJA-Asia and the Google News Initiative (GNI) have teamed up to provide free training and outreach to journalists in Asia looking to improve their reporting skills and employ the latest digital tools in their news gathering, fact-checking, reporting and storytelling.

aaja-asia.org/training/gni-aaja-asia-training-network/

Dear Members:

In light of recent cases in Central, the Club’s priority is to maintain a safe and healthy environment for staff, members and guests. Out of an abundance of caution, we would like to ask that any Member who is living with or has been in close contact with a person issued with a government compulsory testing order, to obtain a Covid test and refrain from using the Club facilities until they have received a negative result. For the latest list of restricted premises, please refer to the Government Gazette at www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/english/gazette/toc.php

Dear Members:

Whilst the FCC has continued to operate despite the COVID-19 related restrictions, the Board is aware that some members have not been able to fully utilise their membership in recent months. In consideration of this, it has been agreed that the minimum spend requirement which would normally be charged to members at the end of March will be rolled over for three months and will now appear on members’ June accounts. The facility to purchase vouchers for later use will also continue to be available. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for their continued support of the FCC.

15 March 2021

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is marking International Women’s Day, offering events all month long to honour this year’s theme — announced by the United Nations — of “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world.”

We’re kicking off with back-to-back talks on March 8 and 9 about women covering war in the Philippines and Vietnam, shattering stereotypes and overcoming cultural barriers in their wake.

And throughout Monday, we’ll be toasting to our vibrant female members with special drinks and canapes.

For the rest of March, hear from more female newsmakers and experts about pressing issues around the world, including where the #MeToo movement stands and how to handle pandemic misinformation. We’ll be updating our speakers’ series page as more guests are confirmed: www.fcchk.org/speakers-upcoming/.

Through outreach activities, the club also seeks to empower women across all sectors of society. In January, we hosted a personal finance workshop for Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers, who are facing unprecedented pressures during the pandemic.

Beyond events, the FCC is mentoring promising female journalists through the Claire Hollingworth fellowship, which is now in its second year. Hollingworth, who was a club member for 40 years, led a trailblazing war-correspondent career that took her to Europe, North Africa and Asia. She is best known for the scoop of the century, breaking the story of Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 while working for the Daily Telegraph.