Hong Kong Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals, Expanded Second Edition

Hong Kong Media Law helps readers learn more about the true state of media freedom in Hong Kong. This expanded second edition is an authoritative guide to the laws most important to reporters, editors, news executives and other professionals working for the print, online and broadcast media – and the lawyers who advise them. Topics include defamation, court reporting, privacy, access to information, national security, copyright, newsgathering and reporting restrictions and more. It builds on the first edition with more than 200 new cases, laws and regulations. It also examines the legal hurdles Hong Kong and international journalists face while reporting on the mainland China.

Doreen Weisenhaus is director of the Media Law Project at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong, where she has taught media law and ethics since 2000. She is a former prosecutor and a former city editor of The New York Times. She was the first legal editor of The New York Times Magazine and also was editor-in-chief of The National Law Journal, a leading publication for lawyers in the US. Her research interests include international press freedom and worldwide trends in media law and policy.

HKUP Spring / Summer 2014