The new head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Selina Cheng was fired from her job at the Wall Street Journal after being elected to the position. She says her editors asked her not to the role owing to a conflict of interest in covering press freedom in the territory.
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00:00A Wall Street Journal reporter says the newspaper fired her for taking a leadership role in
00:05the Hong Kong press union.
00:07Selena Zheng was elected to head the union, which advocates for press freedom, in June.
00:12Zheng said editors warned her that taking the role would be, quote, incompatible with
00:17her job at the journal.
00:18Zheng reported on China's automobile industry and said senior editors told her the dismissal
00:23was part of a restructuring move.
00:25Dow Jones, which owns the journal, confirmed personnel changes but would not comment on
00:30Zheng's case.