Presenters:Andrew Work and Mike Rowse
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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
Presenters:Andrew Work and Mike Rowse
On Friday's Backchat, we're talking about calls by some 30 lawmakers to re-launch a territory wide courtesy campaign, that will help improve the quality of the service industry here.
This comes as Hong Kong is trying to attract more visitors.
So what do you think of the service quality in Hong Kong? How polite are service sector staff? And how can courtesy campaigns helps?
After 9:40am, we get results from a survey on the top news stories this year.
Let us know what you think. You can leave a message here on our Facebook page, email us at backchat@rthk.hk or call us on 23388266.
9:05am-9:40am:Courtesy campaigns
9:05am-9:30am: Howie Wong, Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades
9:05am-9:30am: Alok Jain, Managing Director of Trans Consult
9:30am-9:40am: Dennis Wong, Project Manager, Vocational Training Council
9:40am-10:00am: Hong Kong's top 10 stories of 2023
9:40am-10:00am: Charles Cheung, General Manager of global media intelligence consultancy CARMA