Survey Shows Hundreds of Hong Kong Journalists Moved Overseas; Over 30% of Respondents Continue to Work in the Media

Apple Daily journalists hold freshly-printed copies of the newspaper's last edition while acknowledging supporters gathered outside their office in Hong Kong early on June 24, 2021. The pro-democracy tabloid was forced to close after 26 years under a sweeping new national security law. Daniel Suen/AFP via Getty Images

According to the recent survey “Journalists in Exile: A Survey of Media Workers in the Hong Kong Diaspora,” it is believed that a few hundred journalists from Hong Kong have moved abroad. Furthermore, out of the 90 former Hong Kong journalists who responded to the survey, more than 30 percent have worked in the media industry.

The study, undertaken by the Association of Overseas Hong Kong Media Professionals CIC (AOHKMP), conducted from Dec. 17, 2022, to Feb. 20, concluded its two-stage research process. The first stage consisted of a questionnaire survey answered by 101 former Hong Kong journalists, with 90 valid responses. The second stage of the study involved in-depth interviews with participants selected from the questionnaire survey.