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This book explores the impact of governmental, institutional, and individual factors on journalists covering protests, using the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Movement as a case study. The discussion surveys the challenges frontline journalists have faced while covering protests that unfolded in complex and rapidly evolving geopolitical contexts and media ecologies. Complementing this is an analysis of the Chinese government's efforts to suppress social movements by curtailing press freedom to silence criticism of the government and keep information about the protest efforts from the public. Separate chapters explore these issues from the perspectives of the citizen journalists, student journalists, and independent journalists who have played key roles in the most recent social movements in Hong Kong. It concludes with a look at the future of press freedom in the city after the passage of the National Security Law.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Journalists and the 2019 Hong Kong Protests.- 2. Journalists in the Mainstream Media: Constraints and Influences.- 3. Independent Journalists: Fighting for Press Freedom and Survival.- 4. Student Journalists: Providing Alternative Narratives.- 5. Journalists from State Media Outlets: A Clear Mission and Ambiguous Status.- 6. Foreign Correspondents: Bridging the Protests to the World.- 7. Standard News: A Case Study.- 8. Uncertainty: Covering Protests Under the National Security Law.
About the author
Luwei Rose Luqiu is Assistant Professor at the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. She researches censorship, propaganda and social movements and received her PhD in mass communication from Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has also been Niemen Fellow at Harvard University, USA, and a television journalist for 20 years, covering international events such as the Arab Spring and the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Gaza.
