Brian Rhoads

    Managing Editor, The South China Morning Post

    Brian Rhoads joined the South China Morning Post as Managing Editor in September 2012 after a 16-year career with Reuters. At Reuters, he led the news coverage across Greater China for much of his tenure and also held senior management positions in Asia and the United States, serving as Managing Editor for the Americas in New York from 2008 to 2010 before moving to Hong Kong as Reuters’ Managing Editor for Asia. Before that, Mr Rhoads reported for Reuters from China from 2000 to 2008. He joined Reuters in 1996 as a subeditor on the Reuters Asia production desk, first serving in Hong Kong and later Singapore. Before Reuters, he has worked on newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area as a staff writer or correspondent for five years. He spent 1988 to 1990 teaching English in China while learning Mandarin. He holds a Bachelor degree in political science from Stanford University.

    All Sessions by Brian Rhoads

    • Day 1

      Fri, Aug 28

    • 13:00  - 14:00
      The year 2020 redefined newsrooms and news reporting around the world. The coronavirus pandemic upended the news business and fundamentally changed how we gather and deliver the news. New outlets in Asia are also contending with press restrictions and risks brought about by Hong Kong's new security law. Top news executives share how their newsrooms are planning for the future and the changes ahead for Asia's media.
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    • ㅣNewsroom Talks

      Thurs, Aug 27

    • 10:30  - 11:30
      Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post is an English-language media platform that serves more than 50 million monthly readers, a mostly international audience. The company owned by Chinese tech giant Alibaba has announced its new digital subscription service beginning in August. In this exclusive chat with The Post’s Managing Editor Brian Rhoads, you will be able to ask questions about how the newsroom continues its commitment to cover Hong Kong and China, while facing challenges such as the city’s political turmoil, the newly promulgated national security law and Covid-19 pandemic."




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