主持人: Jenny Lam and Janice Wong
Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's week-daily current affairs discussion programme, with expert panels and listener participation. It airs every Monday to Friday from 9.05am - 10am (HKT).
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On Friday's Backchat, Global Focus talks about the safety of journalists reporting from war zones.
Ryan Evans, a safety adviser for Reuters, was killed last Saturday in a missile strike at the hotel he and his team were staying. Two of the agency's reporters were wounded, one seriously. (check condition tomorrow morning)
Dozens of news outlet employees have lost their lives since the onset of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, with local fixers often among those most at risk.
We'll hear about what news organisations are doing to protect their employees working in conflict zones.
After 9:45, we look into the implications of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's visit to Beijing.
9:05am-9:45am: Safety of war reporters
9:05am-9:45am: Eric Wishart, Standards and Ethics Editor, Agence France Presse (AFP) and author of Journalism Ethics, 21 Essentials from Wars to Artificial Intelligence
9:05am-9:45am: Rose Luqiu Luwei, former war reporter and Associate Professor/Associate Head, Department of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University
主持人: Jenny Lam and Janice Wong
On Wednesday' Backchat, we discuss how Hong Kong can become an international hub for charities, as the Hong Kong Jockey Club launches a new HK$5 billion research institute to promote a culture of philanthropy.
9:05am-9:45am: Kithmina Hewage, Senior Advisor, Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society
9:05am-9:30am: Prof. Bernadette Tsui, Honorary Professor of Practice, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
9:30am-9:45am: Jeff Rotmeyers, Founder of ImpactHK
9:45am-10:00am: Reinstatement of Urdu at the 2026 DSE
9:45am-10:00am: Payal Biswas, Specialist in ethnic minority education issues