Jimmy Lai, of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, to receive CPJ’s 2021 Gwen Ifill award

Jimmy Lai of Hong Kong's Next Digital media company and the now-shuttered Apple Daily is set to receive the Gwen Ifill Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Lai is a longtime critic of China and ruthless defender of Hong Kong journalistic freedom. He is currently imprisoned for violation of China's National Security Law and organization of unlawful protests.

Back in November, we did a webinar on Hong Kong journalistic freedom with Overseas Press Club of America joint press conference with Chris Yeung of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. See below.