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Lucy Hornby

@HornbyLucy

Lucy Hornby, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, reported from China for 20 years, most recently serving as deputy bureau chief in Beijing for the Financial Times. She has reported from every Chinese province and region for the FT and Reuters on topics ranging from elite politics to the trade war and environmental pollution.

Veteran China Reporters on Increasing Restrictions on Journalists — and the Toll on Truth-Telling

Veteran China Reporters on Increasing Restrictions on Journalists — and the Toll on Truth-Telling

After the World Health Organization declared that coronavirus was a global pandemic, news organizations became entangled in the increasingly hostile battle between China and the United States for global influence.…
October 19, 2020
On the Outside Looking In: China Expels American Journalists

On the Outside Looking In: China Expels American Journalists

On Tuesday, China announced it would rescind reporting credentials for more than a dozen American journalists. The news felt like a punch in the gut.As many as 13 journalists from…
March 20, 2020