
Hong Kong Free Press has won backing from Google’s News Equity Fund in recognition of its original reporting on the city’s underrepresented communities.
The sum of HK$105,615 will be largely be spent on new multimedia gear and marketing for a fundraising campaign, as we expand the team and invest further in our local coverage.

The News Equity Fund is part of the Google News Initiative. It seeks to “further empower a diverse news ecosystem, and specifically support small and medium sized publishers creating original journalism for underrepresented audiences around the world.”
HKFP is among 450 newsrooms across 52 countries and territories that received backing.
This year, HKFP expanded its team with two new recruits, and will add a third new staffer next week – our first, full-time in-house photojournalist. We also invested heavily in video and graphics in 2022, and revamped our newsletter and Instagram presence.
It is the second time HKFP has won support from the tech giant. It secured over HK$613,000 in 2019 to help build an open source fundraising tool, usable by all newsrooms and NGOs. NewsStream was launched last year and made available to the public.
Editor’s note: As with previous support, funding is only accepted by HKFP on the basis of a formal agreement which forbids any editorial interference. This policy is baked into our Ethics Code and applies to all contributors and advertisers.
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