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Asia
Arrest of Cambodian investigative journalist sparks global outcry
The arrest of renowned Cambodian investigative journalist Mech Dara on Monday has drawn condemnation from international governments and righ...
Carl Samson
Film & TV
Connie Chung’s memoir unveils a legacy she never knew she had
In her memoir “Connie,” released on Tuesday, veteran broadcaster Connie Chung, 78, reflects on her trailblazing five-decade career, which in...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
HK journalists convicted in landmark sedition case
A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of the now-defunct Stand News in a landmark sedition case that has raised concern...
Canada
Benson Flores, Canada’s first Filipino immigrant, finally receives gravestone
Benjamin “Benson” Flores, the first documented Filipino immigrant to Canada, is finally receiving a gravestone after years of being buried i...
Bryan Ke
Australia
Australian journalist Cheng Lei released after 3 years in China detention
Cheng Lei, a Chinese Australian journalist, has returned to Australia after being detained in China for three years on espionage charges. C...
China
Australian journalist jailed for 3 years in China details detention in ‘love letter to 25 million people’
Cheng Lei, a Chinese Australian journalist who has been jailed in China for three years, detailed her detention conditions in an open letter...
Culture
Michelle Li, Very Asian Foundation receive AAJA community impact award
Missouri journalist Michelle Li and her nonprofit, the Very Asian Foundation, were awarded the Asian American Journalists Association’s (AAJ...
Journalist visiting Auckland to speak about anti-Asian racism gets racially harassed
Australian-based journalist Louisa Lim was racially harassed at a Chinese restaurant while visiting Auckland, New Zealand, to speak about an...
Arrest made in brazen attack that seriously injured photojournalist and his wife in California
A man has been arrested in connection to a brazen robbery attempt that left a Filipino American photojournalist and his wife seriously injur...
Man arrested, then freed, for allegedly threatening to kill Seattle journalist with baseball bat
A Seattle man has been released after being arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a local journalist last week. The incident, which was...
Civil Rights
Journalist jailed for waving British-Hong Kong flag during China national anthem
Paula Leung, a 42-year-old Hong Kong journalist, was jailed after waving a British-Hong Kong flag when China’s national anthem was played a...
Journalist critical of Duterte and Marcos administrations shot dead in the Philippines
Filipino radio journalist Percival Mabasa was shot dead in an ambush by two assailants on a motorcycle in Manila, Philippines, on Monday ni...
News
Pakistani journalist reporting on deadly floods while neck-deep in water goes viral
A Pakistani news anchor has gone viral for reporting on the country’s flooding while immersed in neck-deep waters. A video clip shows only...
Rebecca Moon
Human rights journalist in Vietnam sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for ‘conducting propaganda’
A renowned journalist dubbed the “leading voice for human rights” in Vietnam by Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaig...
Ryan General
Journalist jailed for covering COVID-19 in Wuhan ‘may not live for much longer,’ says brother
Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who was arrested for covering the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, is reportedly near d...
Journalist critical of Duterte’s drug war becomes first Filipino Nobel Peace Prize awardee
Journalist Maria Ressa, CEO of news outlet Rappler, became the first Filipino recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize award on Friday. She shares...
Indian American Journalist Wins Pulitzer for Exposing China’s Uyghur Detention Camps
Indian American journalist Megha Rajagopalan won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize on Friday for her coverage of China’s detention camps in Xinjiang. ...
NYT Reporter Warns Conservative Writer Andy Ngo is a ‘Real Threat’, Should Be Censored on Twitter
Sarah Jeong, the New York Times reporter who made headlines in 2018 for antagonizing white people, has branded conservative journalist Andy ...
Independent Journalist Gets 4 Years in Prison For Reporting on COVID-19
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who reported on the initial spread of COVID-19 in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four years in prison b...
Chinese Journalist Missing After Reporting on COVID-19 in January Revealed to Be ‘Under State Supervision’
A Chinese citizen journalist who went missing after exposing the government’s alleged suppression of early COVID-19 information has no...
Reporter Josie Huang Tackled, Arrested by LA Police For Documenting Arrest of Protester
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from the LA County Office of Inspector General Max Huntsman. An Asian American...
NBC Reporter Nearly Hit By Tear Gas Canister on Live TV at Seattle Protests
NBC News correspondent Jo Ling Kent was hit by what appears to be a tear gas canister while covering the Black Lives Matter protest in Seatt...
Chinese Journalist Who Went Missing for 2 Months During Outbreak Released By Police
Li Zehua, one of the three citizen journalists who went missing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, has re-emerged and sai...
Asian American Journalist Racially Harassed for Speaking Chinese In Front of Her Home
A journalist recently took to Twitter to share a recent encounter with a racist man near her home. Jiayang Fan, a staff writer at The New Y...
Lawyer Journalist Who Risked Life to Reveal Conditions in Wuhan Now Reported Missing by Mother
A Chinese citizen journalist has reportedly gone missing after exposing Wuhan’s “urgent epidemic situation” involving the ...
Journalist Wins $30,000 in Sex Assault Case That Sparked Japan’s #MeToo Movement
A journalist in Japan who accused a high-profile television reporter of raping her in 2015 won around 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages i...
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Indonesian Journalist Who Lost Her Eye in Protests is Now Suing the HK Police
An Indonesian journalist who lost an eye while covering a clash between protesters and police officers in Hong Kong has expressed her intent...
Journalist Quits Job After Awkward Video of Him with Conservative Group Surfaces
Andy Ngo, the conservative journalist who was attacked at a left-wing protest in Portland, Oregon earlier this summer, has left his job as a...
K. Connie Kang, The First Female Korean American Journalist, Dies at 76
K. Connie Kang, a pioneering female Korean American journalist, passed away last week due to pancreatic cancer at age 76. Believed to be th...
Andrew Yang Sends Well-Wishes to Conservative Journalist Attacked in Portland
Andrew Yang offered his sympathy to fellow Asian American Andy Ngo, the conservative journalist assaulted by a group of left-wing supporters...
Chinese Journalist Called the ‘Modern Mulan’ Charged With Assault After London Conference
Kong Linlin, the London-based Chinese journalist from China’s state-owned broadcasting network CCTV, has been charged with assault aft...
TV Host Who Sparked Fan Bingbing Tax Scandal Goes Missing After Accusing Shanghai Police of Fraud
Cui Yongyuan, the Chinese television presenter who uncovered Fan Bingbing’s tax evasion practice, has gone missing after accusing the Shangh...
Kenyan Police Raid China’s State TV HQ Looking for Illegal Chinese Immigrants
A number of journalists and staff of China’s state-run international China Global Television Network (CGTN) based in Nairobi, Kenya were arr...
Journalism Student Reportedly Expelled From China After Making a Human Rights Film for School
A German journalism student in Beijing was allegedly expelled due to a class project which involved him pursuing what school administrators ...
New York Times Defends Reporter Sarah Jeong After Trolls Dig Up Her ‘Racist’ Tweets
The New York Times is defending its decision to hire South Korean-born writer Sarah Jeong after a series of her old tweets aimed at White pe...
Japanese Journalist Missing For 3 Years Finally Appears in Hostage Video for $10 Million Ransom
Jumpei Yasuda, the Japanese freelance journalist who was believed to have been kidnapped while reporting from Syria between June 20 to 23 in...
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