Gwyneth Ho

Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam (Chinese: 何桂藍; born 24 August 1990) is a Hong Kong social activist and former reporter of the news outlet Stand News, who rose to prominence for her frontline reporting in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[1][2]

Gwyneth Ho
何桂藍
Personal details
Born (1990-08-24) August 24, 1990
Political partyIndependent
ResidenceHong Kong
OccupationFormer journalist
Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam
Traditional Chinese何桂藍
Simplified Chinese何桂蓝

Early career

Ho was educated at Ho Fung College and Tsinghua University.[1] Ho studied at the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained a master's degree in Journalism through the Erasmus Mundus programme.[3][4] She joined Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) as an intern reporter in 2011.[5] Ho worked for various media outlets, including BBC Chinese and The Reporter.[6][7] She was also employed as a reporter for House News, the predecessor of Stand News.[8]

Journalist career
The moment when Gwyneth Ho was attacked in Yuen Long.[9]

Ho gained recognition as a frontline reporter for Stand News in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, acquiring the nickname "Stand News Sister" (立場姐姐).[10][11] On 1 July 2019, Ho was one of the reporters present inside the Legislative Council Complex, where she reported on the storming of the Legislative Council. She interviewed a young pro-democracy activist who expressed solidarity with other Hong Kong protesters, which garnered Ho a lot of attention for her reporting.[12]

On 21 July, Ho reported on the 2019 Yuen Long attack, where swarms of suspected triad gangsters assaulted pro-democracy protesters at the Yuen Long MTR station.[13][14] She had been live streaming the attack, which showed one of the violent assailants striking protesters over the barrier of a train's passenger gantry.[15] The assailant suddenly ran towards Ho and started hitting her.[9][16] Ho continued filming even after she was struck and knocked to the ground, capturing footage of paramedics attending to the injured.[17] She was hospitalized after the attack, suffering from minor head, hand, and shoulder injuries.[18][19] Ho's video footage went viral internationally, shocking the audience about the horrors of the night.[20]

Legislative Council bid

On 18 June 2020, Ho announced her intention to run for the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election after quitting her journalism career.[11] In July 2020, she participated in the pro-democracy primaries within the New Territories East constituency. With 26,802 votes, Ho had the highest number of votes among the candidates, securing a nomination ticket in the general election.[14] On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Ho had been disqualified, along with several other pro-democracy candidates, from running.[21]

References
  1. "眾新聞 | 【立會選戰】「立場姐姐」何桂藍：從政為了「行前啲、做到盡」 一旦落選不會做回記者". 眾新聞 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  2. Pierson, David; Tang, Wai Yin (2020-05-30). "Deleting Facebook, downloading VPNs: How Hong Kongers are preparing for a draconian law". Los Angeles Time. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. "我等香港人：海外研究生就法院有關雨傘佔領者判決之聲明 | 獨媒轉載". 香港獨立媒體網. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. "Bluebook 2018-2020" (PDF). Mundus Journalism. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  5. "港台電視 31 鏗鏘說 - 直播的真相". www.rthk.hk (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  6. Ho, Gwyneth (2017-09-05). "Australia universities caught in China row". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  7. "何桂藍 - 報導者 The Reporter". www.twreporter.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  8. "【立會選戰】何桂藍專訪 — 除下記者證後，還有人與她同行嗎？ | 立場人語 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  9. "證據確鑿 - 小牛農場負責人陳志祥襲擊立場記者". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  10. "The Face of Protest in Hong Kong". Popula. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  11. "立法會選舉後浪湧現：「立場姐姐」劉穎匡張崑陽初試牛刀". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  12. "【佔領立法會】堅持「一齊走」 數十示威者冒清場死線 重返會議廳勸離留守者 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  13. "Hong Kong police criticised over mob violence". BBC News. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  14. "Hong Kong democrat primaries in full: Young 'localist resistance camp' come out on top". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  15. "Hong Kong journalist live streams being attacked at train station". CNA. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  16. "Attacks on the media in Hong Kong threaten democracy". thestar.com. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  17. "Horrifying moments as Hong Kong journalist live-streams being attacked". Reuters. 22 July 2019.
  18. Ramzy, Austin (2019-07-22). "Mob Attack at Hong Kong Train Station Heightens Seething Tensions in City". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  19. Wang, Alice Fung and Yanan (2019-07-20). "Clashes involving Hong Kong's protest movement grow violent". CTVNews. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  20. "Horrifying Footage Shows Masked Thugs Beating Pro-Democracy Protesters With Metal Rods In Hong Kong". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  21. "Twelve pro-democracy figures barred from Legco poll". RTHK. 30 July 2020.
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