HONG KONG: A former Wall Street Journal reporter said on Wednesday (Jul 17) the newspaper had fired her after she took up a role heading a Hong Kong press union and advocating for media freedom in the Chinese city.
Former Wall Street Journal reporter and chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Selina Cheng stands outside the Dow Jones office in Hong Kong on Jul 17, 2024. HONG KONG : A former Wall Street Journal reporter said on Wednesday the newspaper had fired her after she took up a role heading a Hong Kong press union and advocating for media freedom in the Chinese city.
"I am appalled that the first press conference I am giving as HKJA's new chair is to announce that I was fired for taking up this position in a press union," she told reporters. A spokesperson for Journal's parent company, Dow Jones, confirmed that personnel changes had been made, but declined to comment on Cheng's case.
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