Yuen-Ying Chan
Yuen-ying Chan (陳婉瑩) often Ying Chan is currently director and professor of Journalism and Media Studies Centre at Hong Kong University; dean and professor of Cheung Kong School of Journalism & Communication at Shantou University, China; board member of Investigative Reporting Workshop Advisory Board of School of Communication, American University Washington.
Ying Chan, an award-winning journalist and Hong Kong native, established the Journalism and Media Studies Center in July 1999. She set up the Master of Journalism programme, launched Hong Kong's first fellowships for working journalists, and forged extensive ties between HKU and the news industry.
Chan’s honors include a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism and a CPJ International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
[edit] Liu Tai-ying libel action
In 1996, Chan collaborated with Shieh Chung-liang, the Taiwan bureau chief of the Hong Kong-based magazine Yazhou Zhoukan to investigate possible Taiwanese contributions to US President Bill Clinton's re-election campaign. The pair wrote an article that appeared on October 25 reporting that Liu Tai-ying, the business manager of Taiwan's Kuomintang political party, had offered $15 million to Mark Middleton, an ex-Clinton White House aide.[1] The article also printed a denial from Liu that he had offered the money.[2] Liu went on to file a criminal libel suit against the pair on 7 November.[3] Chen Chao-ping, a political consultant named as the source of the story, was added as a co-defendant.[4] Liu also filed a civil suit for $15 million in damages.[5]
Calling the trial "a test case for press freedom in Asia", The Committee to Protect Journalists filed an amicus brief on their behalf, as did ten major US media companies.[1] The Kuomintang called a special meeting to endorse the libel suit and condemn Chan and Shieh.[4] However, a Taiwanese district court ruled in the pair's favor on 22 April 1997.[1] The ruling was "hailed as a landmark decision" for press freedom by media watchdog groups, in part because Judge Lee Wei-shen's decision acknowledged the constitutional right to a free press for the first time in Taiwanese judicial history.[5]
In November 1997, The Committee to Protect Journalists gave Chan and Shieh its International Press Freedom Award,[1] "an annual recognition of courageous journalism".[6] The award citation stated that "[Chan and Shieh's] courage sets an example in a region noted for both widespread self-censorship and government intervention in the functioning of the press."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Ying Chan and Shieh Chung-liang". Committee to Protect Journalists. 1996. http://cpj.org/awards/1997/chan.php. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ Anthony Lewis (6 December 1996). "Writing a Crime". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/06/opinion/writing-a-crime.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Criminal libel suit filed against two journalists". International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 5 December 1996. http://www.ifex.org/taiwan/1996/12/06/criminal_libel_suit_filed_against/. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b Stephen Vines (20 December 1996). "Taiwan sues over Clinton slush-fund claim". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/taiwan-sues-over-clinton-slushfund-claim-1315335.html. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b Cheung Chui Yung (16 June 1997). "Landmark Libel Case Up For Appeal". Inter Press Service. http://ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=101195. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "CPJ International Press Freedom Awards 2011". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2011. http://cpj.org/awards/. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- BRIEF OF ABC, Inc., Associated Press, CBS., DAILY NEWS LP, Dow Jones & Company, INC., Los Angeles Times AND THE TIMES MIRROR COMPANY, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., The New York Times Company, Time Inc., The Washington Post Company, and The Committee To Protect Journalists, AS FRIENDS OF THE COURT IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS, April 10, 1997: http://www.cpj.org/defamation/Taiwan_brief.pdf
- "Building the Infrastructure for a Free Press" published in "South China Morning Post" on January 27, 1998:http://jmsc.hku.hk/works/Ying1-27-98_01.htm
- "A champion of diverse Asian voices" on South China Morning Post Classifield Post Nov 2006: http://classifiedpost.scmp.com/jsarticledetail.php?arttype=WOMEN&articleid=3000016865&communitycode=
[edit] External links
- Journalism and Media Studies Center, The University of Hong Kong: http://jmsc.hku.hk/cms/component/option,com_magazine/func,show_edition/id,10/Itemid,33/
- Cheung Kong School of Journalism & Communication, Shantou University: http://media.stu.edu.cn/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=178&Itemid=
- George Polk Awards for Journalism, 1993: http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prev/prev90.html#93
- Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Alumni Fellows Class of 1996:
- http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#1996
- The China Files 1997, as co-producer: http://www.chinatownfiles.org/production.html
- Asian Week Feb 27, 1997 article from HighBeam Research archive: Ying Chan battles a libel suit filed by the. Taiwanese government: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3630726.html
- CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists 1997, on Libel Suit against Chan: http://cpj.org/awards/1997/chan.php
- International Press Freedom Award, 1997: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Press_Freedom_Award#1997
- Ying Chan: China censors adopt agenda setting on YouTube 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Ad-dGxvI4
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