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Hong Kong Daily News, a Chinese language newspaper, ceased publication as of Saturday.
After 50 years, the paper said that it had been losing money due to a change in reader habits and competition from free papers.
The Chai Wan-based newspaper was founded in 1959 and had a pro-Beijing stance. In 2013, it had a circulation of 70,000.
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Tom founded Hong Kong Free Press in 2015 as the city's first crowdfunded newspaper. He has a BA in Communications and New Media from Leeds University and an MA in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. He previously founded an NGO advocating for domestic worker rights, and has contributed to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Al-Jazeera and others.
Tom leads HKFP – raising funds, managing the team and navigating risk – whilst regularly speaking on press freedom, ethics and media funding at industry events, schools and conferences around the world.
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