Presenters:Brian Wong and Paul Zimmerman
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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:Brian Wong and Paul Zimmerman
For the first edition of Global Focus we're talking about Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to China.
In the last part of the programme, we learn more from a research looking into the effectiveness of late treatment of stroke.
9:05am-9:50am: Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China
9:05am-9:50am: Alan Lung, Political analyst and Co-Convenor (International), The Path of Democracy
9:05am-9:30am: Brian Yeung, Co-Founder of Brainstorm Communication and author of “Stepping inside a foreign land: Russia”
9:30am-9:50am: Xin Zhang, Associate Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (Shanghai)
9:50am-10:00: New research on late treatment of strokes
9:50am-10:00am: Dr Kevin Cheng King-fai Honorary Clinical Associate Professor Department of Surgery School of Clinical Medicine, HKUMed, The University of Hong Kong