Eric Wishart

A big thanks to the Hong Kong University Press team for highlighting my book at the HK Book Fair. "Journalism Ethics: 21 Essentials from Wars to Artificial Intelligence" is available via the HKU Press, the University of Chicago Press, Kindle and other platforms.

@atrupar I saw him at the Hammersmith Odeon in November 1975 and was blown away. More than 50 years later, he's still a rock'n'roll force of nature.

I’ve seen Bruce Springsteen one other time, and I cannot believe how good he is tonight. Peak form. Life goals.

US freelance journalist @shellykittleson has been kidnapped in Baghdad. The State Department said a suspect taken into custody by Iraqi authorities had ties to the pro-Iranian militia Kataib Hezbollah. al-monitor.com/originals/2026…

From the president of the United States.

Good night but not good luck: longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather laments the closure of its radio news service as "another piece of America that is gone". @CBSNews npr.org/2026/03/20/g-s…

@KianpourWorld The caption is wrong, he was not the "only Western journalist in Iran".

CNN reporter has given an interview upon leaving Iran. Many in the diaspora were angry he was there. He’s lifting the veil and saying what he couldn’t say while in country: people were too afraid to talk to him, so he wasn’t able to get an accurate sense how real the support for the govt is - publicly confirming what we have been privately hearing. But this is why it matters being on the ground: you can FEEL what they can’t say. No matter how much the regime tries to control the narrative, energy doesn’t lie. theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

I wrote this about the media restrictions and censorship in the war, based on contributions from @AFP's bureau chiefs around the region. #IranWar al-monitor.com/originals/2026…

@AdamParkhomenko @fpleitgenCNN What difference does it make if he's American (or not)? Al Jazeera has been broadcasting from Tehran snce the start. He's a good reporter, I don't think his nationality has anything to do with his work.

If you do not follow @fpleitgenCNN I highly recommend it. Not only is he an authoritative reporter he is the only American reporter on the ground in Iran.

Good to see that the @fcchk's journalism conference is returning for another year. fcchk.org/event/journali…

AFP is filing from Tehran - the images show people mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the aftermath of a strike on the Iranian capital. @AFP #Iran

@KianpourWorld And so much for AI replacing journalists.

Today is the kind of day where it’s very clear why we need foreign correspondents with extensive experience on the ground. The network coverage I’m watching is only illumining because of their boots on the ground in the region not the political talking heads.

I'm delighted to announce that the Chinese edition of my book on journalism ethics will be published later this year by the Hong Kong University Press. Thanks to Michael Duckworth, Eman Lam, Clara Ho and the rest of the Hong University Press team for their support.

Selina Cheng, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, said that that media bosses in Hong Kong "increasingly see themselves as an extension of the government propaganda arm" and fear embarrassing those in power, writes @AFP 's @holmeschan_ . yahoo.com/news/articles/…

China's reaction. hongkongfp.com/2026/02/12/chi…

"If Taiwan were annexed by China, China's expansionist ambitions would not stop there," President Lai told AFP in his first interview with a global news agency since taking office in May 2024 . #Taiwan #China @AFP france24.com/en/live-news/2…

@klustout And @klustout's report unsurprisingly brings out the usual trolls.

A lot can change in 25 years...

CNN's @klustout looks at the state of media freedom in Hong Kong in the wake of Jimmy Lai's sentencing.

@MulhollandLynne @Birdyword In that case, from inside HK and as a former president, why doesn't the club change its mission statement to being a social club, instead of saying its role is to defend press freedom and speak out in support journalists? Wouldn't that be more realistic? fcchk.org/press-freedom/…

@Birdyword 1. It’s very easy to pontificate from outside HK 2. The FCC employs 100+ local staff whose livelihoods depend on the Club staying open 3. Don’t blame the President for lack of statements. She is working hard for members in an extremely nuanced & risky environment 4. See Point 1

I am so glad in retrospect that I never joined the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club, an organisation that has repeatedly disgraced itself over the past half a decade in exchange for a cheap bar.

With Jimmy Lai when he last spoke at the Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong in 2019. The club would not make any comment today on his jailing. #JimmyLai

@tomgrundy And still waiting for the @fcchk

NGO reactions. Full story: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/bre… Live blog: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/jim…

BREAKING: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in jail following his conviction on foreign collusion and sedition charges. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/bre… Live blog: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/jim… - trusted reporting from @HKFP. Photo: Anthony Wallace/AFP.

Not only was Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years, but other Apple Daily figures received high sentences, including editor-in-chief Ryan Law, executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung and editorial writer Fung Wai-kong who were given 10 years. hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/bre…