Hong Kong’s national security law, introduced in 2020, makes it easier to prosecute protestors, and reduces the city’s autonomy. Journalists have been arrested and news organisations forced to close. While authorities insist that the press can continue to operate freely, critics say the government is treating journalism as a crime. One of Hong Kong’s most popular newspapers, Apple Daily, no longer exists; its founder sits behind bars. ‘Apple Daily would tell you what you need to know. They gave you a different side of the news. And that’s just not allowed by the government’, says Kris Cheng, a journalist. Virginia Mak, a former journalist, left Hong Kong after receiving harassment for her posts criticising the government. ‘At first I didn’t think it was a big deal. But then I started getting weird phone calls… I started thinking, if I continue being a journalist, how far can I go?’ ‘It is now a very dangerous thing to be a journalist in Hong Kong’, says Steve Vines, who has worked in Hong Kong since 1987.