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This is an incomplete list of people I recommend you follow for info on the Hong Kong protests. Work in progress thread that will expand over time. Priority is given to: Frontline first-hand witnesses Hongkonger voices Active and prolific tweeters
1) is an easy choice. Rachel Cheung is an incredibly brave and dedicated frontline Hong Kong journalist who puts herself in harm's way, gets astonishing footage, and threads her tweets despite being in a warzone. Also does protest art threads in the downtime.https://twitter.com/rachel_cheung1/status/1196455847523573761 …
2) Is another of our top frontline witnesses. Xinqi Su used to work for SCMP, but left for AFP to get more editorial freedom. Works long hours, visits all the danger zones, threads her tweets, and is an outstanding journalist. Covers all the non-frontline news announcements too.https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1194295817676279811 …
3) is Jeffie Lam, seen in action here in Tsuen Wan when police pulled out their handguns. We met in person for the first time that night (I'm in this video) but been an admirer of her work for a long time. A journalist dedicated to the truth, and a thoroughly decent human being.https://twitter.com/jeffielam/status/1165599245434408960 …
4) has to be the incomparable Isabella Steger. Threads frontline tweets, and if covering from home will link together tweets from others. Has actual jokes. Once kept a watchful eye on me while I got an extensive police ID + bag check. Known her since 2014, she's a legacy badass.https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1196094765613428736 …
5) would be Lok, who is currently inside PolyU after having spent several days last week covering the intense battles at CityU. Courageous frontline journo and meme specialist. Only known him a few months, but wish it'd been longer as he's Good People.https://twitter.com/sumlokkei/status/1193780226385301504 …
6) is Laurel Chor, who has also spent last few days inside PolyU. Primarily a photographer, so sometimes the good pics come later as they're on the camera. Did one Bad Tweet once, but that doesn't detract from her incredibly solid body of frontline work. Known her since 2014.https://twitter.com/laurelchor/status/1196050491534237696 …
7) is Kong Tsung-gan. Part frontline witness, part historian. They tirelessly document all the arrests and prosecutions. Thankless work that we all need, but only they keep the records updated. Shares great stories from the front like the time Wan Chai hid an army of protestors.https://twitter.com/KongTsungGan/status/1179323808467111936 …
8) is Galileo Cheng. Frontline since at least 2014, Galileo was there at Yuen Long 7.21 where he got hurt trying to save a livestreamer from Triads. Smashing dude, tends to Adolf the cancer-defying rapist cat (more cat pics please) when not out taking photos from the trenches.https://twitter.com/galileocheng/status/1196092593735708679 …
9) is Alex Hofford, who was inside LegCo as the police withdrew on July 1st. Took the massively viral clip of protestors using cones to deal with tear gas. Longtime HK environmental campaigner who fights the ivory and shark fin trade to protect endangered animals.https://twitter.com/alexhofford/status/1147788498231025664 …
10) is Antony Dapiran. Ubiquitous frontline correspondent, lawyer, and author of a book on HK protests. I refused his threats of a free copy of that book so many times he wrote another just to spite me. The go-to guy for quotes in media around the world.https://twitter.com/antd/status/1196414458253332480 …
Quick thread intermission to note a lot of the best and bravest frontline correspondents are to be found working in Cantonese, livestreaming for local outlets like Stand News and Apple Daily etc. This link shows 9 of those active livestreams at once: https://ncehk2019.github.io/nce-live/?visibleCount=9 …
11) for Mary Hui at Qz. When not at the frontlines actively retweets others who are, and for those of us who only use Twitter she reposts video gathered from livestreams, FB, and forums. A good "hub" account that offers more than just personal content.https://twitter.com/maryhui/status/1180122230925086720 …
12) is Alvin Lum. Threads his tweets (seriously, this is so important to retain later context if you are an onsite tweeter), is both prolific and omnipresent, puts in some serious hours at the frontlines.https://twitter.com/alvinllum/status/1196244637641428992 …
13) is Ryan Ho Kilpatrick. While I was filming from up on the bridge in the thumbnail, he was at ground level dodging the bricks and bullets. Archeologist and scuba diver when not avoiding being set on fire, known him since 2014.https://twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/status/1165564719937150976 …
14) a fairly new name on my radar, Jessie Pang at Reuters has been delivering some excellent frontline reporting. Fewer followers than many of the established names on this list so bringing her to the fore so she doesn't get overlooked.https://twitter.com/JessiePang0125/status/1196430153527648257 …
15) is the absolute lad that is Aaron Mc Nicholas. Back in 2014 he was half a world away, asking the occasional deep question on Twitter. One day he turned up, learned the language, and started putting in work. Has been badly peppersprayed at least twice in these protests so far.https://twitter.com/aaronMCN/status/1193512000728354816 …
16) Attempting to include someone from every news outlet, Timmy Sung from RTHK deserves inclusion. Still active as of this week, has quietly captured some key moments from the protests like the time protestors literally carried out a mate to prevent him sacrificing himself.https://twitter.com/timmysung/status/1145979649228333056 …
17) back in 2014 Eric Cheung was just a painfully young journo intern who I felt had a bright future ahead of him. I follow individuals, not orgs, and he's proved me right many times over as he continues to be a talented and *still* painfully young journo. Damn kids, my lawn.https://twitter.com/EricCheungwc/status/1196456768785833990 …
18) is Ezra Cheung, who has been working for NYT and CNN. Had his turn being accused of leading the protests by blue ribbons once, which took the heat off me for a week as they had a new person to shout at. Some content uploaded is from others, mostly labelled as such.https://twitter.com/ezracheungtoto/status/1196227009313067010 …
19) in the "follow individuals, not news orgs" the SCMP frontline staff are almost universally good. I don't read the paper, but the journos provide great live tweets that stand on their own merits. Happy to endorse Chris Lau as a solid follow for his work. https://twitter.com/hkchrislau/status/1189887609553604609 …
20) New dad Phila Siu has put in solid work from the frontlines, getting tear gassed and dodging water cannons. He was there when a whole bunch of journos had a really bad time because of tear gas, huddling into a building lobby for shelter. (That's my red shirt at the end.)https://twitter.com/phila_siu/status/1152999596026732545 …
21) is Hong Kong Free Press, the local indy English news org. Being a small team, all the work of the excellent staff like Holmes Chan and Kris Cheng goes into livestreams and articles directly, which is why their personal Twitter accounts are hard to recommend to non-HK people.https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1165602425828339712 …
This list is purely for active Twitter accounts. It doesn't represent HK Twitter as a whole, or give judgement to anyone who doesn't livetweet. Simply that if you use Twitter as a primary source for live HK protest news these accounts are where you *start* but not where you stop.
22) is Selina Cheng, another youngster who was just a student back in 2014 but who has gone on to prove herself a brilliant investigative journalist. Helped me out personally when I needed to punch back at pro-Beijing legislators who came swinging for me.https://twitter.com/selina_cheng/status/1196952030922719232 …
23) is Jimmy Choi, another RTHK journalist who covers a mix of frontline work and police press conferences. I don't know him personally, but he's out there and again has relatively few followers compared to many on this list so I wish to boost his profile.https://twitter.com/jimcyf/status/1190570332270186496 …
24) is Candice, also from RTHK. Not the most prolific tweeter until these protests, but a lot of Hong Kong learned the importance of Twitter this summer. Has had some good content and appears to be remaining active on this platform.https://twitter.com/candicewongky/status/1188361597267238912 …
25) is Vicky Wong, who I've known since Occupy in 2014. Sometimes livetweets direct to the CoconutsHK Twitter rather than her own, but she'll warn when that happens. Vicky Wong loves crochet, and uploading photos direct from Twitter app so they have annoying blue boxes on them.https://twitter.com/vickywong710/status/1185837258949005313 …
26) is Suzanne Sataline, who you'll mostly remember as the journalist the cops shoved around a bit in viral pics a few weeks back. Has been at both PolyU and CUHK sieges (not CityU as I mistyped upthread) this last week. Genuinely lovely and decent journo I know personally.https://twitter.com/ssataline/status/1194309685341409280 …
27) is Michael Zhang, a freelancer who I didn't know before these protests, but has been putting in work that shows up on my timeline a fair bit. https://twitter.com/YuxuanMichael/status/1196420847017197568 …
28) is a very new name on my list, Hsiuwen Liu, who appeared a few weeks back doing fantastic threaded coverage of a protest no-one else was at. Added them to my list of essential follows very quickly as they have continued that high quality of work.https://twitter.com/liuhsiuwen/status/1196436636592029696 …
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