The reporter said she was told to retract her candidacy to lead a group advocating press freedom.
Ms Selina Cheng accused the US newspaper’s editors of dismissing her because she refused requests to step down from her role at the HKJA.
She said the press group advocates for the rights and interests of reporters in the former British colony, where such freedoms have steadily diminished after a Beijing-backed national security crackdown following months of pro-democracy protests in 2019. A spokesperson for Dow Jones, the newspaper’s publisher, acknowledged it made personnel changes on July 17 but declined to comment on specific individuals.
The editor also told her to quit the board, a position the newspaper had previously approved when she joined the newspaper in 2022, she said.
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