by Tina Jiang Zhen

School of Communication Associate Dean C.K. Lau introduces The New York Times correspondent Didi Kirsten Tatlow.

by Tina Jiang Zhen

New York Times correspondent Didi Kirsten Tatlow says Chinese officials have told her she “doesn’t understand” because she’s a foreigner.

by Tina Jiang Zhen

Didi Kirsten Tatlow recommends research studies for students.

by Tina Jiang Zhen

Journalism student Nicki Wong sits at the back of the room full of journalism students who attended the first talk of this years’ HKBU-SOPA Award Winners Forum.

by Tina Jiang Zhen

Journalism students Yang Shiyi (right) and Lan Liancaho (left) to Tatlow say it is ridiculous when someone says “only Chinese women are allowed to talk about the situation of Chinese women.”

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by Tina Jiang Zhen

MA in International Journalism student Sun Lingyi practices her photojournalism skills during Did Kirsten Tatlow’s talk Monday.

by Tina Jiang Zhen

Final-year journalism student student Annie Lau asks Tatlow a question.

By Sun Lingyi

Reuters Special Correspondent Greg Torode speaks Monday to a full room at the HKBU-SOPA Award Winners Forum on using official and publicly-available records in Hong Kong.

by Sun Lingyi

Reuters special correspondent Greg Torode shows his SOPA Award-winning article on politics in Hong Kong.

by Sun Lingyi

Chang Zhuojin and her journalism classmates write down key points during Greg Torode’s lecture for a class assignment.

by Sun Lingyi

Paulus Choy, a year-two international journalism student asks Torode what should journalists do when they encounter resistance from the government.

by Sun Lingyi

Reuters correspondent Greg Torode says, “It’s very hard, almost impossible to have a judicial view, for example, to demand the government to give you the information.”

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Didi Kirsten Tatlow, correspondent for The New York Times, asks Torode about his reporting experience.

by Siwen Wang

Cherian George (left), Nancy C. Carvajal (center), and Greg Torode (right) led a discussion on investigative journalism with Hong Kong Baptist University journalism students.

by Siwen Wang

Dr. Cherian George moderates the discussion of investigative journalism with reporters Nancy C. Carvajal and Greg Torode.

by Siwen Wang

“Investigative journalism is a story no one wants you to tell,” said Dr. Cherian George, a journalism professor at HKBU.

by Siwen Wang

The more reporters go out on their beats and meet their sources, the more likely they are to find newsworthy stories, Nancy C. Carvajal, a reporter for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, says.

by Siwen Wang

“A free press has an empowered people,” Nancy C. Carvajal says.

by Siwen Wang

Investigative reporting is all about judgement call and following your own instinct, Reuters’ special correspondent Greg Torode says.

by Siwen Wang

Journalism students Louis Liu asks Greg Torode a question about investigative journalism.

by Ren Xiaoxiao

Nancy C. Carvajal, SOPA Award Journalist of the Year 2015 speaks Thursday at the HKBU-SOPA Award Winners Forum.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

“It is also important to remind our sources that the information they provide may put them in danger,” Nancy C. Carvajal, said.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

Nancy C. Carvajal introduces the Philippine Daily Inquirer where she works.

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Carvajal was one of six SOPA Award Winning journalists at the week-long forum

By Ren Xiaoxiao

Journalism student Wu Weiying asks about how to protect sources.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

Good reporters should have a good network of good sources, Nancy C. Carvajal said.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

Liu Yizhi, student of master in Business and Financial Journalism, raises a question about souces with purpose of beating opponents.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

Journalism student Yang Ziyun asks Carvajal about safety concerns of journalists.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

Journalism student Wang Ren asks Carvajal if reporters should pay sources.

By Ren Xiaoxiao

She sifted through a hard disk with over 22,000 financial files for her investigative story on political corruption, Nancy C. Carvajal said.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Visiting journalism lecturer Peter Eng waits for the forum to start.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

SOPA Awards Committee Member Cliff Buddle speaks with this year’s forum speakers before the opening ceremony.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU Roland T Chin greets forum speakers Yi-Shan Chen (left), Didi Kirsten Tatlow (center), and Hannah Beech (right).

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Associate Dean of the HKBU School of Communication C.K. Lau (right) speaks with forum speakers Greg Torode (left) and Harry Harrison (center) and SOPA Awards Committee Member Cliff Buddle (right).

By Tina Zhen Jiang

The opening ceremony and forum discussion on journalistic framing kickstarted the week-long event.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Six journalists participated in the HKBU-SOPA Award Winner Forum this year.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

The forum was organized by HKBU Department of Journalism and SOPA.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Cartoonist Harry Harrison (left) speaks with Taiwanese journalism Yi-Shan Chen (right).

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Dean of the School of Communication Huang Yu gives the opening remarks.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

HKBU professor Cherian George moderates the forum.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Yi-Shan Chen speaks about the Sunflower movement in Taiwan.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Nancy C. Carvajal, reporter from Philippine Daily Inquirer, says it is difficult developing the trust of sources.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Hannah Beech discusses her Time magazine story that was banned in Myanmar.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Greg Torode, Special Correspondent from Reuters, says that journalism is a calling.

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Harry Harrison, principal cartoonist at the SCMP, shows his cartoon doodles to the audience.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Didi Tatlow, correspondent with The New York Times, says life is a story.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Journalism students and faculty attended the opening event last Tuesday.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Journalism student Sok Leanghort looks through the forum brochure.

By Tina Zhen Jiang

Journalism student covered the event for class assignments.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

Cherian George, associate professor of HKBU, introduces forum journalists (from left to right) Hannah Beech, Nancy Carvajal, Yi-Shan Chen, Harry Harrisonm Didi Kirsten Tatlow and Greg Torode.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

It is hard to get freedom of speech, New York Times correspondent Didi Kirsten Tatlow said when talking to journalism master’s student Gu Yuqing.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

Hannah Beech, East Asia bureau chief of TIME Asia, discussed her story that was banned in Myanmar.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

SOPA winner Harry Harrison (right) discusses the quote “Journalism is our modern cartography.”

By Felicia Jingli Huang

CK Lau, associate dean of the School of Communication, (left) and Cliff Buddle, SOPA Award Committee member, (right) laughed at a comment on journalists’ salaries.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

Roland T Chin, president of HKBU, called himself “media-phobic” when asked what he thinks of the Chief Executive.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

An audience of mostly journalism students and faculty attended the opening ceremony of the HKBU-SOPA Award winners forum last Tuesday.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

Nancy C. Carvajal, reporter for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, tells journalism student Li Yilu that she investigated crime news for eight years.

By Felicia Jingli Huang

Students wait for the opening ceremony of HKBU-SOPA Award Winners Forum 2015.

By Kathy Zhang

Yi-Shan Chen says she experiments with new ways of storytelling, from words and information graphics to using animation to report economic issues.

By Kathy Zhang

“Mainstream media need a new way to communicate with their new audience,” said Yi-Shan Chen, deputy editor at Taiwan’s CommonWealth Magazine and an instructor at National Taiwan University’s School of Journalism,.

By Kathy Zhang

Yi-Shan Chen spoke to a class of journalism students last Wednesday.

By Kathy Zhang

A student reads Yi-Shan Chen’s award-winning report during her lecture.

By Kathy Zhang

Shen Yiming, a journalism student from Hong Kong University, asks a question about the idea of the new generation.

By Kathy Zhang

Yi-Shan Chen uses cartoons and graphs to discuss whether the Free Trade Zone is the solution to Taiwan’s economy.

By Kathy Zhang

Two students ask questions after the lecture and ask for Yi-Shan Chen’s autograph.