Screening „Viewing the Movement from Various Angles“
Friday, 24 January 2020, 6 p.m.
Speaker: Kwan Ling Mok, Journalist, Ming Pao Weekly
With months into protests, Hong Kong has been changed so drastically that the whole world is watching. Instead of viewing the movement through international media headlines, Hong Kong journalist MOK Kwan Ling will share her video interviews with different stakeholders in the movement, with the hope of shedding light on the pivotal movement from the perspectives of different walks of lives.
Panel Discussion „The Survival of Hong Kong Journalism”
Saturday, 25 January 2020, 6 p.m. (in English)
Speakers: Marlies Eder, Journalist, Die Presse
Hoi Kin Fung, Photojournalist, Ming Pao
Scott Griffen, Deputy Director, International Press Institute (IPI)
Kwan Ling Mok, Journalist, Ming Pao Weekly
Presentation: Mathias Zojer, Presseclub Concordia
Two universities in Hong Kong were turned into quasi-warzones as Hong Kong police surrounded their campuses. Behind the fierce clashes and conflicts between Hong Kong police and the protestors, can journalists in Hong Kong perform as the fourth estate? Photojournalist FUNG Hoi Kin and journalist MOK Kwan Ling from Hong Kong will talk about their first-hand experiences in covering the sieges. This panel discussion will also touch on the threats journalists are facing in the movement as well as the ecology of the news industry in Hong Kong.
Panel Discussion „The Leaderless Movement in Hong Kong and its Impact on China and Beyond”
Saturday, 1 February 2020, 5 p.m. (in English)
Speakers : Dr. Sampson Wong, Artist and Urbanist (joined by video-conferencing)
more speakers t.b.a.
No one is able to claim as the leader of this year-long movement. Yet several protests of different scales happened every week in the past half year. How does this new form of protest work? How has the movement in Hong Kong come this far and how far will it go?