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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong
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The official Bluesky account of The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong - probably the most famous press club in the world. We're an organisation & meeting place for the city's media, business and diplomatic community.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 3d
Apply now! The application deadline is October 13 - next Monday!

For more information: www.fcchk.org/fcc-clare-ho...
FCC Clare Hollingworth Fellowship 2025 – 2026 – Applications Open
FCC Clare Hollingworth Fellowship – Applications Open The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is accepting applications for the Clare Hollingworth Fellowship, named after the preeminent an...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 3d
The Fellowship includes:

- Complimentary access to all FCC professional talks, official gatherings & conferences
- Unlimited access to all FCC facilities, including the Health Club & Workroom
- Waived monthly fees for the entire Fellowship period
- Networking opportunities with newsroom leaders
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 3d
REMINDER - Our Clare Hollingworth Fellowship is now accepting applications for 2025-2026.

Early-career journalists & journalism students in #HongKong are eligible to apply.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 12d
In full: www.fcchk.org/how-to-be-an...
How to be an ethical journalist in 2025 — an FCC panel discussion
By Hugo Novales Newsrooms across the globe are facing increasing ethical challenges in their daily work. AI-generated content, political pressure and bias, the dangers of reporting in...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 12d
To discuss how modern #journalism can combat all these challenges, the FCC hosted a fully-booked Club Lunch with two expert journalists who shared their insights into how they uphold #ethics in their daily work.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 12d
AI-generated content, political pressure & bias, the dangers of reporting in conflict zones, internet & visa restrictions — all of these are just a few examples of the hurdles the average #journalist must overcome in pursuit of fair & accurate reporting.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 12d
#Newsrooms across the globe are facing increasing ethical challenges in their daily work.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 20d
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Improving literacy in Hong Kong — an FCC panel discussion
By Hugo Novales According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study of 2021, only 16% of parents in Hong Kong read with their children — far below the international average of ...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 20d
To discuss how Hong Kong can improve its literacy rates & foster a love for reading in both children & adults, the FCC held a #ClubLunch panel featuring representatives from three literacy-focused charities in Hong Kong.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 20d
Only 32% of #HK youth say they are confident with their #reading skills (still below the 43% international average) & just 14% of the city’s parents actually enjoy reading.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 20d
According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study of 2021, only 16% of parents in #HongKong read with their children — far below the international average of 42%.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 27d
For more information, please visit CPJ’s website: cpj.org/full-coverag...
Israel-Gaza War - Committee to Protect Journalists
Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. Palestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted, and murder...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 27d
After the minute of silence, Davis and members of the Press Freedom Committee read all the names aloud, commemorating the victims in what has become the deadliest conflict for the media ever documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 27d
She then led a minute of silence to honour the nearly 200 Israeli, Lebanese and Palestinian journalists who have been killed in the 23 months since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 27d
Club President Morgan Davis began with an opening speech, stating that: “Journalists, regardless of nationality or creed, deserve to work without harassment or fear of death. Journalists are civilians.”
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · 27d
The FCC’s Press Freedom Committee held a commemorative name-reading event on Monday to honour all the journalists and media workers who have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 26
"We once again urge Israeli authorities to allow independent journalists safe, unimpeded access into and out of Gaza, and to uphold their obligations to ensure press freedom and protection."

Letter from @apnews.com & @reuters.com on the Nasser Hospital strikes: www.ap.org/the-definiti...
Letter from AP, Reuters on Nasser Hospital strikes | The Associated Press
The Associated Press and Reuters today sent this letter to Israeli officials regarding the strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: Dear Prime Minister
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 26
At least 5 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital cpj.org?p=508077
At least 5 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli strikes that killed five journalists in Nasser hospital in southern Gaza and calls for the international community t...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 23
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned by the confirmation that @bloomberg.com journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins has had her visa renewal application denied.

Full statement: www.fcchk.org/visa-denial-...
Visa denial for Rebecca Choong Wilkins underscores press freedom concerns
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 Wilki...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 19
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Speakers: Ivan Franceschini & Ling Li
Understanding Southeast Asia’s scam farms with two on-the-ground experts
By Hugo Novales On January 3rd of this year, Chinese actor Wang Xing went missing after taking a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, for what he thought would be a casting call for a new film. ...
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 19
To understand the history behind these scam farms & how they operate, the FCC held a Club Lunch featuring the co-authors of "SCAM: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds" (2025) - a summary of their decades researching the networks, history & criminology fueling the online scam underworld.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 19
Southeast Asia has become a hotspot for the notorious "scam farms" - large industrial complexes that hold people against their will & force them to scam others online using a variety of tactics.

These scam farms aren’t new, but they are growing & citizens from all walks of life are their targets.
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 14
“Stay positive and don’t give up early. Don’t say negative words. I just try my best and want to make sure our guests are satisfied with the food,” he said when interviewed for our latest magazine edition.

Read more about Tony on pages 40-41 of The Correspondent: issuu.com/fcchk/docs/t...
The Correspondent, July 2025
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The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong @fcchk.bsky.social · Aug 14
Staff Spotlight: Meet Demi Chef Tony Yu

Tony has worked at the FCC for over 31 years. He starts work at 6:30am to prepare for breakfast, followed by afternoon lunch service. He loves to cook steak, lamb chops, shepherd’s pie, plus Christmas turkeys & large buffets.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 11
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.

#JournalismIsNotACrime
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