Eric Wishart

Standards and Ethics Editor, and former editor-in- chief, of @AFP. Author. Lecturer at Hong Kong University and HK Baptist University. Public speaker.

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Delighted to announce that my book on journalism ethics has been published in Chinese. A big thank you to the team at Hong Kong University Press for all the support.
@alvinllum @hkfp @rthk_news @HKJA_Official @HKUPress

[HKU Press @HKUPress]

📖作者韋艾克以自身50多年的採訪經驗，以及在法新社擔任標準和倫理編輯時的見聞作為基礎，從21類新聞領域加以討論，為學生、記者和資訊消費者提供一本簡單易明的指南。

👉HKUP書店有售｜網店八折優惠碼 20CP2026 至2026/6/29 🔗 https://t.co/gYnIoCblOg

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4 June
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"A significant number of staffers agree that '60 Minutes' needs some change... But Weiss has not made this case publicly in much detail. And Pelley’s words carry a lot of weight": @brianstelter's take on @CBS
https://t.co/zVmFnEtjvq

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

#BREAK: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract.

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@tommywalkertv @crsanchezx Nonsense lists designed to get annoyed responses. Best ignored.

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@crsanchezx "Multitalented father. Data Center Construction Director. Investor. Drop the excuses. Dream big. Follow me to become better and achieve your goals". And publisher of lists.

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@RpsAgainstTrump Isn't it called inflation?

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@RpsAgainstTrump When you've had some kind of a career, which Lindsey Graham has, why become so subservient and submissive when you've reached your end game? It's over, career-wise, so what's the psychology behind it?

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My book about journalism ethics is being published in Chinese - thanks to the team at @HKUPress for all the support.
@AFP

[HKU Press @HKUPress]

📖作者韋艾克以自身50多年的採訪經驗，以及在法新社擔任標準和倫理編輯時的見聞作為基礎，從21類新聞領域加以討論，為學生、記者和資訊消費者提供一本簡單易明的指南。

👉HKUP書店有售｜網店八折優惠碼 20CP2026 至2026/6/29 🔗 https://t.co/gYnIoCblOg

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@atrupar He would have ended the "Arab-Israeli conflict that has been going on for thousands of years". The state of Israel was created in 1948. Apart from anything else, can't he do some basic arithmetic?

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At Ferrari, the times are definitely changing. The 1962-64 GTO vs the newly unveiled, all-electric Luce.

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🇭🇰 Climbers scramble for glory at Hong Kong bun festival

At the stroke of midnight on Cheung Chau island, athletes speed-climb their way to the top of a 14-metre-high tower covered in plastic steamed buns as part of the annual bun festival. The winner must scale the tower and collect the most buns, all within a three minute time frame

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A plaintive version of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" sung by Nino van der Stoop of the Netherlands. Dylan, born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941, turns 85 today, Sunday 24, May.
#bobdylan @bobdylan
https://t.co/U9MdKJTfhv

[Ramy Inocencio @RamyInocencio]

🚨Next panel at #n3con26 here in Bangkok. Harassment and violence against journalists reporting across Asia - and how to be aware, be safer and push back.

With @AFP’s @EricWishart @pressfreedom’s @jodieginsberg and @nytimes’ @suhasiniraj and moderated by @jinkding….

Takeaways and my scrawls of what stood out…..

CPJ:
- solidarity with other journalists is absolutely vital - if journalists know others are working on their behalf it makes a difference on govt but also for journalists themselves;
- vice versa, less vocal support makes it more risky for journalists trying to do their jobs;
- nowadays, journalists need to have hostile environment training for covering protests and online safety, not just for going to war as it was in the past;
- question for all journalists: can you do a risk assessment? Do you know what one is? If not then you can go to the CPJ website, which takes an hour, to raise your awareness on how to raise your safety when you travel, things to bring with you;
- it’s a mistake to now think risk happens only in war zones - journalists increasingly at risk reporting in their own cities - protests, weather events, investigative journalism and your digital security, online harassment getting worse - enabled from the top denigrating journalists which then get taken up by organized groups or random people on the internet;
- very easy to harass journalists on the internet now - easy to find - and carries risks mentally, physically, psychotically, rape threats, threats to family, deep fakes to discredit;
- more than 50% of female journalists receive online harassment;
- we can all do a better job standing up for each other when we see our peers getting harassed and attacked - better allies to each other;
- major problem is foreign agent laws in countries that can be used to suppress journalism;
- major issues in summary: bad anti-press laws being made in name of national security, govt co-opting regulators, increased polarisation within countries, platforms letting people loose in terms of hate speech

In India:
- there’s an air of uncertainty about who is going to protect you, ombudsmen are ‘toothless’;
- no financial or institutional support for journalist to push back against lawsuits to report freely, fairly…
but climate is changing and seeing more independent outlets support ongoing work;
- there’s a disconnect with Indian legacy media and support, for example in the 2018 MeToo movement most cases disappeared, very few editors taken to court;
- still need to see Indian media up their game in training for security, totally missing in some outlets; ex. In Kashmir, some journalists with no flak jackets; has faced stone throwing

AFP:
- Journalists can be/are subject to harassment from bosses
- Quick poll of attendees here: more people say they face online harassment more than physical harassment - because we’re all plugged in

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Looking forward to attending the @aaja Asia's annual conference in Bangkok, including hosting a fireside chat with CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. The conference is always a great networking event and chance to meet Asia's youngest and brightest journalists.
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“Press freedom remains engrained in Hong Kong law, but as is apparent from the results of our survey, the sentiment for working journalists in the city has been in flux,” said FCC President Morgan Davis.
https://t.co/Epom5Cs1Xi

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Journalists are not propagandists, and their role is to tell neither "good" nor bad stories, but to seek and tell the truth.
https://t.co/p1S3kw1NFX

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

French President #EmmanuelMacron interrupts a speaker and takes the microphone to call for silence from the audience at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, while speakers he describes as "super inspired" are speaking on stage.

📹AFP

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Hong Kong has appointed ex-police officer John Tse as its head of PR. Tse became a familiar face in Hong Kong when he led the police force's daily news conferences during the 2019 protests.
@hkfp @tomgrundy #HongKong
https://t.co/SrrvSHjhKr

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@LauraWestbrook @tripperhead @HKJA_Official The time stamp on the FCC site is 04/05/2026 11:30 in Hong Kong, so I suppose it was still Press Freedom Day somewhere.