Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong
#iCable #CableNews #HongKongMedia
Sources: 3 Heads of Engineering Team at Cable News Fired by News Director
According to sources cited by Apple Daily, three engineering team heads got a termination letter from their news director on August 21, 2020 effective immediately.
They have worked at Cable News for around 20 years. They were the first batch of employees when Cable News was just established. They were responsible for maintaining network connections, live broadcast signals, assisting news interviewing, editorials and other back-end works. They have a good relationship with journalists. It's reported that some journalists couldn’t stop crying when they knew the company let go of them.
Cable News had underwent a major staffing change during early August, with Anderson Chan Hing-cheong and Oscar Lee taking the position of news director.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug21
#LayOff
Sources: 3 Heads of Engineering Team at Cable News Fired by News Director
According to sources cited by Apple Daily, three engineering team heads got a termination letter from their news director on August 21, 2020 effective immediately.
They have worked at Cable News for around 20 years. They were the first batch of employees when Cable News was just established. They were responsible for maintaining network connections, live broadcast signals, assisting news interviewing, editorials and other back-end works. They have a good relationship with journalists. It's reported that some journalists couldn’t stop crying when they knew the company let go of them.
Cable News had underwent a major staffing change during early August, with Anderson Chan Hing-cheong and Oscar Lee taking the position of news director.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug21
#LayOff
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#Breaking #MassResignation
All Department Heads from iCable News Quit After the Company Sacks 40 Staff in News Team
On Dec 1, 2020, iCable fired 40 staff in their news team with immediate effect. Almost all staff from the reputed investigative program "News Lancet", known for their sharp, critical angle, were sacked, triggering the staff to surround the management office.
Among the 11 staff in the China News team, one was fired and the other 10 including the head Szeto Yuen protested with their resignation.
The incident continued to escalate. According to Citizen News, a total of 5 department heads from Local News, China News, Financial News, International News and the Editorial Team have announced their mass assignation.
Source: Citizen News; Stand News #Dec1
https://bit.ly/33xww43
https://bit.ly/3fQZDVb
#CableNews #Sack #PressFreedom
All Department Heads from iCable News Quit After the Company Sacks 40 Staff in News Team
On Dec 1, 2020, iCable fired 40 staff in their news team with immediate effect. Almost all staff from the reputed investigative program "News Lancet", known for their sharp, critical angle, were sacked, triggering the staff to surround the management office.
Among the 11 staff in the China News team, one was fired and the other 10 including the head Szeto Yuen protested with their resignation.
The incident continued to escalate. According to Citizen News, a total of 5 department heads from Local News, China News, Financial News, International News and the Editorial Team have announced their mass assignation.
Source: Citizen News; Stand News #Dec1
https://bit.ly/33xww43
https://bit.ly/3fQZDVb
#CableNews #Sack #PressFreedom
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#Hope
Daring Chief Editor in #CitizenNews Welcomes Journalists who Left #CableNews on #MassResignation: “We Have Nothing to Lose”
On December 1, 2020, Cable News in Hong Kong announced a major layoff plan after a series of personnel change in the management. The move has triggered a resignation en masse in the station’s newsroom, including 11 journalists and editors of the #ChinaNews team, as a sign of protest.
On January 18, 2021, the 11 of them announced joining of an online news platform, #CitizenNews, and continue their work on China News.
Former Assignment Editor of Cable News, Wong Lai-ping, expressed that it was a spontaneous action in last December when they resigned together in response to the station’s arbitrary layoff plan.
“We have never thought about coming together again. We even doubted whether we should continue working in the media industry.” However, many encouraged them to carry on their journalistic profession and continue to work as a team.
“So we talked among ourselves and agreed to work together with a focus on China News as we always do.”
The Chief Editor of Citizen News, Li Yue-wah said that the collaboration is “unplanned” and the consensus was reached after discussions following the mass resignation in last December.
She stressed that “This is worth trying as we have nothing to lose.” She called it an act “to smash the cooking pots and sink the boats.”
Li also revealed that since its launch 4 years ago, Citizen News has yet to balance its book. They initially set a target at 4,000 subscribers, for each paying a monthly fee of HK$100. “We are still falling short of this target,” Li sighed.
Adding 11 members of the former China News team from Cable News will double the current workforce of Citizen News. In addition, the news platform is planning to move to a bigger office with live-broadcast facilities. “This is going to double our expenses.” Li added.
She further explained that the platform is not going to pend on crowdfunding, which impact is believed to be short-lived. Instead, it is keen on expanding its subscription base to facilitate long-term development.
Source: Stand News #Jan18
#Pheonixism #Journalism #Professionalism
Daring Chief Editor in #CitizenNews Welcomes Journalists who Left #CableNews on #MassResignation: “We Have Nothing to Lose”
On December 1, 2020, Cable News in Hong Kong announced a major layoff plan after a series of personnel change in the management. The move has triggered a resignation en masse in the station’s newsroom, including 11 journalists and editors of the #ChinaNews team, as a sign of protest.
On January 18, 2021, the 11 of them announced joining of an online news platform, #CitizenNews, and continue their work on China News.
Former Assignment Editor of Cable News, Wong Lai-ping, expressed that it was a spontaneous action in last December when they resigned together in response to the station’s arbitrary layoff plan.
“We have never thought about coming together again. We even doubted whether we should continue working in the media industry.” However, many encouraged them to carry on their journalistic profession and continue to work as a team.
“So we talked among ourselves and agreed to work together with a focus on China News as we always do.”
The Chief Editor of Citizen News, Li Yue-wah said that the collaboration is “unplanned” and the consensus was reached after discussions following the mass resignation in last December.
She stressed that “This is worth trying as we have nothing to lose.” She called it an act “to smash the cooking pots and sink the boats.”
Li also revealed that since its launch 4 years ago, Citizen News has yet to balance its book. They initially set a target at 4,000 subscribers, for each paying a monthly fee of HK$100. “We are still falling short of this target,” Li sighed.
Adding 11 members of the former China News team from Cable News will double the current workforce of Citizen News. In addition, the news platform is planning to move to a bigger office with live-broadcast facilities. “This is going to double our expenses.” Li added.
She further explained that the platform is not going to pend on crowdfunding, which impact is believed to be short-lived. Instead, it is keen on expanding its subscription base to facilitate long-term development.
Source: Stand News #Jan18
#Pheonixism #Journalism #Professionalism