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The Correspondent

A podcast featuring the conversations and interviews held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong.

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Update frequency
every 19 days
Average duration
43 minutes
Episodes
36
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Visa denial for Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins: FCC Hong Kong statement

Visa denial for Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins: FCC Hong Kong statement

Statement issued on on behalf of the FCC Hong Kong board on Friday, August 22:


The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned by the confirmation that Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Cho…

00:01:54  |   Mon 25 Aug 2025
Hong Kong Is a City… (a tribute to the Fragrant Harbour and Gay Talese)

Hong Kong Is a City… (a tribute to the Fragrant Harbour and Gay Talese)

A love letter to Hong Kong and a tribute to the journalist credited with changing modern journalism.


In 1960 the acclaimed journalist Gay Talese wrote a piece for Esquire magazine titled “New York Is …

00:40:56  |   Tue 05 Aug 2025
In conversation with the president: Morgan Davis

In conversation with the president: Morgan Davis

Morgan Davis is the newly elected president for the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong and in this episode discusses the priorities she has in her term, taking on everything from lease negotia…

00:19:07  |   Mon 28 Jul 2025
Behind the Napalm Girl photo controversy: memory, ethics & myths of the photo of the century

Behind the Napalm Girl photo controversy: memory, ethics & myths of the photo of the century

Broadcast journalist Laura Westbrook sits down with arts journalist, curator and longtime FCC member John Batten in the room known as the "Bunker" in the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong to …

00:33:26  |   Wed 18 Jun 2025
David Webb: Webb-site shareholder activism, Hong Kong economics and corporate governance

David Webb: Webb-site shareholder activism, Hong Kong economics and corporate governance

David Webb, a renowned investor and activist, discusses his journey and contributions to Hong Kong's corporate governance and transparency. He talks about his background as a schoolboy investor, how …

01:02:58  |   Tue 13 May 2025
Laurel Chor: from Hong Kong to Ukraine, how young journalists leverage Instagram, mental health realities

Laurel Chor: from Hong Kong to Ukraine, how young journalists leverage Instagram, mental health realities

Kriti Gandhi is one of the Claire Hollingworth Fellows for Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong, in this episode she sits down with Laurel Chor, an acclaimed Hong Kong-born journalist and visual…

00:24:35  |   Fri 09 May 2025
AI ethics in newsrooms: video production, fighting deepfakes, policies and labelling

AI ethics in newsrooms: video production, fighting deepfakes, policies and labelling

Generative AI is changing our newsrooms, but how do we explain to the audience when it's being used, and how? As deepfakes become ubiquitous, how are newsrooms combating faked photos and video? How d…

00:52:00  |   Fri 02 May 2025
Grace Shao: covering AI in Hong Kong, beyond the US-China conflict narrative, evolving to Substack

Grace Shao: covering AI in Hong Kong, beyond the US-China conflict narrative, evolving to Substack

Grace Shao is a journalist covering the AI industry from Hong Kong, focusing on China's tech companies and the commercialisation of AI. She talks about the "Deep Seek moment" over the Lunar New Year …

00:34:21  |   Thu 01 May 2025
Hong Kong press freedom and the 2025 FCC Journalism Conference: Lee Williamson

Hong Kong press freedom and the 2025 FCC Journalism Conference: Lee Williamson

Lee Williamson discusses the results of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong 2025 Press Freedom survey and the upcoming annual journalism conference with Robin Ewing, broadcaster on RTHK3 an…

00:14:55  |   Wed 30 Apr 2025
Analysing global shipping crises: Trump's port fees, Panama, Ukraine and Hong Kong's role

Analysing global shipping crises: Trump's port fees, Panama, Ukraine and Hong Kong's role

FCC Correspondent Governor Jennifer Jett moderates a panel of Hong Kong-based shipping industry veterans to discuss the many challenges facing the global shipping industry, including the latest salvo…

00:54:22  |   Mon 28 Apr 2025

"The M Factor: shredding the silence on menopause" panel discussion & audience Q&A

Veteran broadcast journalist and FCC correspondent member governor Karen Koh convenes a panel discussion and an in-depth, personal and revealing QandA with the audience after a screening of "The M Fa…

01:09:05  |   Tue 08 Apr 2025
Hong Kong art week: Enid Tsui talks Art in Hong Kong,

Hong Kong art week: Enid Tsui talks Art in Hong Kong, "red lines", economic growth and the future

Hong Kong was once the poster-child of artistic freedom in Asia as well as an unparalleled leader of the region's booming contemporary art market. However, despite growing uncertainties over the "red…

00:46:12  |   Tue 25 Mar 2025
Racial equity in Hong Kong: reality or myth?

Racial equity in Hong Kong: reality or myth?

Hong Kong categorises people who are not Chinese or caucasian as "ethnic minorities" and its media often portrays these people as an underclass of criminals, incapable of making contribution to mains…

01:27:30  |   Sat 22 Mar 2025
#IWD2025: talking women in journalism, what (still) needs to change, and navigating the tech broligarchy backlash

#IWD2025: talking women in journalism, what (still) needs to change, and navigating the tech broligarchy backlash

Multiplatform broadcast journalist Laura Westbrook speaks with fellow journalists and members of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club: Zela China, journalist governor on the FCC board, broadcast…
00:25:37  |   Sat 08 Mar 2025
Ghost signs of Hong Kong: Instagram journalism & documenting history with Billy Potts & Ben Marans

Ghost signs of Hong Kong: Instagram journalism & documenting history with Billy Potts & Ben Marans

Veteran broadcast journalist Karen Koh speaks with writer/designer Billy Potts and collaborator/photographer Ben Marans about their HK Ghost Signs project, recording and documenting signs in Hong Kon…
00:44:26  |   Sun 12 Jan 2025
The cartoonist & the president: Harry Harrison & Lee Williamson unpack the year 2024

The cartoonist & the president: Harry Harrison & Lee Williamson unpack the year 2024

Journalist and broadcaster Laura Westbrook sits down with two members of the FCC for two very different perspectives on 2024 and the year that was. Harry Harrison might just be the last surviving dai…

00:51:12  |   Sun 29 Dec 2024
Kriti Gandhi and Jay Ganglani: the future of news, GenZ and approaching news differently

Kriti Gandhi and Jay Ganglani: the future of news, GenZ and approaching news differently

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong announced a little while ago that Kriti Gandhi and Jay Ganglani are the recipients of the sixth annual Clare Hollingworth Fellowship, named in honor of the…
00:25:30  |   Sun 29 Dec 2024
Asian journalists analyze the US election: how gender, race issues and media coverage differ

Asian journalists analyze the US election: how gender, race issues and media coverage differ

Hear veteran broadcast journalist Karen Koh in discussion with Chinese foreign correspondent Dr Rose Luqiu and Hong Kong-born international broadcast journalist Laura Westbrook on the upcoming US ele…

00:35:18  |   Thu 24 Oct 2024
Wynton Marsalis: talking jazz, education, China, culture, technology and beyond

Wynton Marsalis: talking jazz, education, China, culture, technology and beyond

Grammy and Pulitzer-prize winning trumpeter, composer and band leader Wynton Marsalis has this month toured with his Lincoln Jazz Centre Orchestra through Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong dr…

01:01:22  |   Sun 20 Oct 2024
Architect I.M. Pei, the Bank of China, Hong Kong and a global legacy: John Batten

Architect I.M. Pei, the Bank of China, Hong Kong and a global legacy: John Batten

Author, broadcaster and art critic John Batten discusses the life and legacy of architect IM Pei with Karen Koh, based on his published article in the latest FCC magazine "A Life in Architecture". He…

00:42:59  |   Tue 15 Oct 2024
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