Eric Wishart
@EricWishart
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Standards and Ethics Editor, and former editor-in- chief, of @AFP. Author. Lecturer at Hong Kong University and HK Baptist University. Public speaker.
Hong Kong
Joined April 2009
A big thanks to the Hong Kong University Press team for highlighting my book at the HK Book Fair. "Journalism Ethics: 21 Essentials from Wars to Artificial Intelligence" is available via the HKU Press, the University of Chicago Press, Kindle and other platforms.
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A tragic end to a painfully sad story from 7 October. #Israel
BREAKING: October 7 survivor dies two years after his girlfriend was shot dead by Hamas at Nova Festival
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BBC, Reuters, AFP and AP launch film calling for Gaza access
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate @mariaressa draws comparisons between Duterte's Philippines and Trump's America in this conversation with Jon Stewart. https://t.co/H9pkYQm9cY
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Looking forward to chairing this book talk with #artificial_intelligence pioneer De Kai at the @AsiaSocietyHK on Thursday. https://t.co/5KD0KSxXr5
asiasociety.org
De Kai, AI professor and author of Raising AI, joins ASHK for a dialogue on guiding our new AI cohabitants.
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“This decision and the lack of explanation reinforces widespread concerns about the erosion of press freedom in Hong Kong, which is protected under the Basic Law and the Bill of Rights,” the @fcchk said. #HongKong
https://t.co/kS5HkV4Bj2
hongkongfp.com
Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins has been denied a work visa renewal by the Hong Kong Immigration Department, with no reason given, according to the local press club. It is the latest in…
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An investigation by @AFP into conditions at the detention centre constructed for undocumented migrants in the Florida Everglades. https://t.co/yRU8L87d4q
ndtv.com
At US President Donald Trump's new migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades, time has no discernible meaning.
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How not to cover a suicide. Ghoulish and no consideration for your audience or the family and friends of the deceased. #HongKong media need to learn how to cover suicide properly. No respectt for the dignity of the deceased, unnecessary horrific details in the text.
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Good to see Claudia free again. She was a correspondent for @AFP in #HongKong before committing herself to her political career in the city's pro-democracy movement.
Former lawmaker Claudia Mo published her first social media post on Friday, three days after she completed her jail term of four years and two months for a conspiracy to commit subversion. She shared a photo taken hours after her release on Tuesday, when she was escorted home in
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“At RSF, we have never seen such a sharp and rapid deterioration in the press freedom record of any country or territory,” the watchdog’s Asia-Pacific Bureau Advocacy Officer Aleksandra Bielakowska told the @hkfp . @tomgrundy #HongKong #PressFreedom
https://t.co/ntDdU1nGTc
hongkongfp.com
Hong Kong has tumbled five places in the annual Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index, entering the “red zone” – meaning a “very serious” situation ̵…
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It's a challenging time for journalists, and I am looking forward to discussing the ethical issues they face in this discussion with Selina Cheng, head of the @HKJA_Official, at this event moderated by @fcchk president Lee Williams on 3 April. @fcchk
https://t.co/mCe8pxIOJY
fcchk.org
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The CCP celebrates the end of VOA and Radio Free Asia. https://t.co/QJOaqPkeid
edition.cnn.com
One nationalist influencer called it “truly gratifying.” Another said he was laughing his head off. And a state-media editorial hailed the demise of what it called the “lie factory.”
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À notre époque, le droit à une information de qualité est plus que jamais fondamental et l’@AFP joue un rôle essentiel en ce sens. Heureuse d’accueillir à la résidence sa nouvelle rédactrice en chef de l’AFP à 🇭🇰 Katell Abiven et son directeur Asie-Pacifique @mikemainville !
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Some 40 survivors of the Nazi death camps in Europe during World War II talked to AFP as the world prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the camps ➡️ https://t.co/yTA9dRrC9p
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The remarkable story of the @AFP photographer Eric Schwab, who chronicled the horror of the newly liberated camps as he searched for his mother from camp to camp. #HolocaustMemorialDay
https://t.co/V8hIXBvcHE
france24.com
AFP photographer Eric Schwab recorded the horrors of the Holocaust -- the crematoria, the piles of skeletal bodies and emaciated faces -- as he went from one Nazi extermination camp to the next in...
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Gisèle Pelicot's waiving of her right to anonymity was a pivotal moment in the rape trial that shocked people in France and abroad, writes @AFP 's diversity editor Jessica Lopez. Reporters also had to cope with covering the horrifying evidence. @Jessloesc
france24.com
France's trial of a man who drugged his wife so dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious has been both ordinary and extraordinary, AFP journalists who have been covering it say.
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Hong Kong Journalists Association chair Selina Cheng has sued her former employer The Wall Street Journal, after the newspaper fired her weeks after her election as the leader of the city’s largest press group. 💪🏼
Hong Kong press group chief Selina Cheng sues Wall Street Journal over ‘unlawful dismissal’ 🔗 https://t.co/NPhbciBNuF
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Was honoured to be invited to talk about journalism ethics at the Roja Muthiah Research Library during a visit to Chennai. @the_hindu ran this report about my presentation. @ACJIndia @RMRL19
https://t.co/3WtpPbNPhN
thehindu.com
Eric Wishart discusses journalism ethics, safety, AI impact, and gender representation in multimedia journalism at Roja Muthiah Research Library.
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Always fun to host young journalists at @HKFP HQ - this time, from @HKBUjournalism, who joined us for a tour & Q&A with their tutor @EricWishart from @AFP.
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