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FCC First Vice President, Eric Wishart, interviews Joel Simon and Amelia Brace.

So much at stake if Rappler’s Maria Ressa is jailed, says leading press freedom advocate

The conviction of journalist and Rappler founder, Maria Ressa, is a “Waterloo moment” for press freedom, says a leading advocate for the protection of journalists.

FCC Update on Easing Restrictions

FCC Update on Easing Restrictions Dear Members: As the Hong Kong government is further easing restrictions related to containment of the coronavirus outbreak, the FCC will be able to restore gatherings in the club starting Friday, June 19. Specifically: * Banquets and private events can again be booked. Please be in touch with our banqueting staff at 2844 2838 or banquet@fcchk.org. A reminder that a member must be present for the entire private event. * …

Reminder of minimum-spend

Reminder of Minimum-spend Dear Members: Please note this further reminder that members must meet their minimum-spend requirement of HK $1,800 for the six months to June 30 or they will be charged after that date. We encourage you to use your outstanding minimum spend at the club before then. You can use it in any of the outlets, for take-away food and wine, or to purchase souvenir items. Additionally, we have …

Maria Ressa talks to FCC President Florence de Changy at the May 17 club lunch. Photo: Sarah Graham/FCC

FCC Hong Kong deplores guilty verdict against Maria Ressa, Reynaldo Santos

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong deplores the guilty verdict against Rappler CEO and executive Maria Ressa and its former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos on cyber libel charges.

Freelance journalist Laurel Chor recognised for Hong Kong protests coverage

An honourable mention for these prestigious awards went to Laurel Chor, a freelancer and FCC member documenting the Hong Kong protests and showing the region’s struggle for democracy, freedom and human rights.

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Introducing… FCC new members April 2020

The latest group of members to join the FCC is, as always, an interesting bunch. The Membership Committee meets regularly to go through applications and is always impressed by the diversity of people who want to join the Club.

Former President George H.W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office at the White House, January 7, 2009. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly)

In the Room: Behind the Scenes of History

Former FCC member David Hume Kennerly has photographed 10 American presidents, and covered 13 presidential campaigns.

Student Journalist runners-up Yu Wing Tung (left) and Wong Ching Yi

Mind HK: The importance of giving unspeakable suffering an accurate voice

Mind HK held its Media Awards 2019 ceremony at the Club on January 14, an event postponed from November due to protest activity.

Search for final resting place for U.S. photojournalists killed in Vietnam

When a helicopter was shot down over Laos in 1971, four respected photojournalists and seven others on board were killed. Their remains were eventually interred in a U.S. museum. But now the museum has been shut down, and the search for a new resting p …

‘Gig economy’ bill bites back at freelancers

California Assembly Bill 5 was meant to protect workers in the “gig economy”. Instead, it is driving some freelance journalists out of work, and others out of the state. Morgan M. Davis reports.

Wall Street Journal reporters Philip Wen (left) and Josh Chin, expelled from China, at Beijing Capital Airport on February 24

How press freedom is backsliding across Asia

Freedom of the press is backsliding across Asia as authoritarian leaders demand total control over information.

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