9 Jul 2025獨媒#7014
HKFP marks 10th anniversary; editor-in-chief grateful to still be on the news front line despite downsizing
今年是Hong Kong Free Press成立的第十年，HKFP總編輯Tom Grundy在一個網台節目訪問時表示，儘管敏感的議題愈來愈多，但相信沒有不能做的「local hard news（本地政經新聞）」，仍可每天報道在香港發生的事情。他又認為，雖然HKFP現正縮減規模，但相信並不會去到需要關閉的一天，並指「We are still here（我們仍在這裡）」。
有足夠儲備支持營運
Tom Grundy在民主黨前主席劉慧卿的網台節目「ChatDP with Emily Lau」表示，HKFP是雨傘運動後香港第一個以眾籌形式營運的新聞媒體，營運成本其後由捐款一直支持。雖然現時營運規模縮減，財政連續四年虧損，亦搬到面績較細的辦公室，但他表示目前尚有可持續的收入及足夠資金儲備繼續支持營運。
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Free Press. In an interview on an online programme, HKFP editor-in-chief Tom Grundy said that although increasingly more issues were becoming sensitive, he believed there was no local hard news—local political and economic news—that could not be covered, and that the organisation could still report daily on what was happening in Hong Kong. He also said that although HKFP was currently reducing its scale, he did not believe it would reach a point where it had to close, saying, “We are still here.”
Sufficient reserves to support operations
Speaking on former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau’s online programme, “ChatDP with Emily Lau,” Tom Grundy said HKFP was the first news organisation in Hong Kong to operate through crowdfunding after the Umbrella Movement, and that its operating costs had since been supported by donations. Although its operations had now been scaled back, it had recorded losses for four consecutive years and moved to a smaller office, he said it still had sustainable income and sufficient financial reserves to continue supporting its operations.
27 Mar 2023法庭線#6221
HKFP Court Reporter Followed; Police Investigate as HKJA Says Man Loitered Outside District Court Press Room
英文網媒《Hong Kong Free Press》上周報道，該媒體一名法庭記者上周三（22 日）被兩名戴免提耳機的男子跟蹤，該記者由住所到辦公室，期間乘搭地鐵，被尾隨超過一小時。據《HKFP》發布片段，涉事記者向其中一名尾隨的男子查詢，男子拒回應，又一度走入男廁。《HKFP》就事件報案，指警方回應正進行調查。
香港記者協會周一（27 日）發聲明，指除了《HKFP》外，有多家傳媒的記者反映，上周有兩名男子在區域法院的記者室外徘徊，其中一人守候逾一小時，有記者指該人曾試圖跟隨記者離開法院。
記協指，相關事件均涉及負責報道法庭審訊的記者，對有關記者被跟蹤的情況非常憂慮，指新聞工作者，特別是法庭記者的人身安全受到威脅和壓力，會令社會大眾擔心採訪權利受損，對本港新聞自由百害而無一利。
The English-language online news outlet Hong Kong Free Press reported last week that one of its court reporters was followed by two men wearing hands-free earpieces last Wednesday (22nd). The reporter was followed for more than an hour while travelling by MTR from their home to the office. In footage released by HKFP, the reporter questioned one of the men following them. The man did not respond and at one point entered a men's toilet. HKFP reported the incident to the police, who said an investigation was under way.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association said in a statement on Monday (27th) that, besides HKFP, reporters from several media organisations had reported that two men loitered outside the press room at the District Court last week. One of them waited there for more than an hour, and one reporter said the man had attempted to follow reporters as they left the court.
The HKJA said the incidents all involved reporters responsible for covering court hearings. It said it was extremely concerned about the alleged following of the reporters, adding that threats and pressure against the personal safety of journalists, particularly court reporters, would cause the public to worry that their right to conduct interviews was being undermined and would harm press freedom in Hong Kong without bringing any benefit.
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