Good reporters should have a good network of good sources, Filipino reporter says
by Alvin Hui Chunlin
Anyone can be an investigative reporter if equipped with intense curiosity and a strong willingness to follow through, a reporter for the Philippine Daily Inquirer said at a forum last Thursday.
Calling someone an outsider removes their right to speak, Beijing-based correspondent says
By Li Bingcun
A Beijing-based Hong Kong-born correspondent for The New York Times said she has been refused interviews in China because she is an “outsider.”
Stereotypes add humor to cartoons, award-winning political cartoonist at the SCMP says
By Aki Juan Shen
Hong Kong’s most well known editorial cartoonist said he draws what he cares about and what is funny.
Animated news a new way to tell stories, Taiwanese reporter says
By Zhang Jun
Dummies are not dummies; they just need something to trigger their interest, a Taiwanese journalist said in a lecture last Wednesday.
Being a journalist is a calling, SOPA Award winners say
by Zhang Jun
The three jobs that most change the world are politician, teacher, and journalist, said a Taiwanese journalist at the Opening Ceremony of HKBU-SOPA Award Winners Forum last Tuesday.
Journalists give voice to the voiceless, forum speakers say
By Chris Wei
Journalists should talk to people who do not have a voice, the East Asia bureau chief of TIME magazine told around 250 students and faculty at a public forum on journalism last Tuesday.
Instinct and freedom of information are the cornerstones of investigative reporting, veteran reporters say
by Féliks Cheang
Investigative reporting is all about judgement call and following your own instinct, Reuters’ special correspondent Greg Torode said at a forum Wednesday.
“Records can keep you out of the soup,” Reuters correspondent says
By Cui Wencan
Using official or publicly-available records helps journalists strengthen their investigative reports, Reuters’ special correspondent Greg Torode said at a forum on Monday.
Student Photojournalism
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
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.”
by Tina Jiang Zhen
MA in International Journalism student Sun Lingyi practices her photojournalism skills during Did Kirsten Tatlow’s talk Monday.
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.”
by Sun Lingyi
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
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
Liu Yizhi, student of master in Business and Financial Journalism, raises a question about souces with purpose of beating opponents.
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
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
Cartoonist Harry Harrison (left) speaks with Taiwanese journalism Yi-Shan Chen (right).
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
Greg Torode, Special Correspondent from Reuters, says that journalism is a calling.
By Tina Zhen Jiang m
Harry Harrison, principal cartoonist at the SCMP, shows his cartoon doodles to the audience.
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
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.
Full videos of Forum speakers lectures
Nancy Carvajal (full video)
Sourcing for investigative stories (developing the trust of sources)
Hannah Beech (full video)
Drafts of History: How politics and censorship shape news coverage (start at the 6 min mark)
Opening Forum Part II (full video)
Framing a story: The Journalistic Challenge to Put Issues in Context
Opening Forum Part I (full video)
Framing a story: The Journalistic Challenge to Put Issues in Context
Greg Torode (full video)
How we can use official and publicly-available records in Hong Kong to help stand-up our investigative reports
2013 Reports
China’s unprocessed public documents disclose wealth of information
China’s enormous wealth of public documents makes it a journalist’s paradise, Michael Forsythe, a Hong Kong-based correspondent for Bloomberg News, said at a forum on investigative journalism in Asia yesterday. By Amanda Hua
Responsibility and pressure drive investigative journalism in Asia
Foreign correspondents have both privilege and responsibility in covering sensitive topics in China said journalists at a public forum on investigative journalism in Asia yesterday. By Sara Xu Bingqing
SOPA Award winner says investigative journalists need sense of numeracy
“You cannot go into this profession unless you want your job to be your life, and your life to be your job,” Thomas Fuller with the New York Times says. By Huang Lanlan, Eluna
See all videos of the HKBU SOPA Award Winners Forum on the HKBU journalism YouTube channel.