Former Reporter for Apple Daily Hong Kong; Independent Journalist; Asia Media Fellow of the Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University
Shirley Ka Lai Leung (She/Her) is currently the Asia Media Fellow of the Asian Studies Program, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She is an independent journalist from Hong Kong and has been working in several magazines and newspapers for 17 years, covering social and cultural features. During the 2019 social movement in Hong Kong, she worked as a senior reporter in Apple Daily and witnessed the closure of the company after the enactment of the National Security Law.
Since then Shirley has been working as an independent journalist, and began the project of documenting the post-movement era of Hong Kong, covering features and profile stories of the people involved in the movement. These are the people either under on-going trials or have already finished their sentences.
She has received her M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies in The University of Hong Kong, with her research focusing on Hong Kong literature. Her publications include 因自由之名 (In the Name of Freedom) which co-authored with other journalists about the 2019 social movement, and 榮光歲月 (Glory of Our Times) published by Apple Daily.