Selina Cheng

{{Short description|Hong Kong journalist}}

{{hatnote|This is a Hong Kong name; Cheng is the surname.}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Selina Cheng

| image = Inmediahk - Selina Cheng (cropped).jpg

| caption = Cheng in 2024

| office = Chair of Hong Kong Journalists Association

| term_start = 1 July 2024

| predecessor = Ronson Chan

| occupation = Journalist

| alma_mater = Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-statement-selina-cheng-wsj|title=Statement from the Columbia Journalism School Faculty in Support of Press Freedom and Selina Cheng, '16 M.S. Stabile | Columbia Journalism School}}

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Selina Cheng ({{Lang-Chinese|t=鄭嘉如}}) is a Hong Kong journalist, serving as chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) press union since July 2024.{{Cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Amy |date=2024-07-17 |title=Wall Street Journal fires new chair of Hong Kong Journalists Association |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/17/wall-street-journal-fires-new-chair-of-hong-kong-journalists-association |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=The head of Hong Kong's leading journalist group says she lost WSJ job after refusing to drop role |url=https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-wall-street-journal-selina-cheng-1023942b9dbc41b9354b5cb8f3cec41b |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=New leaders for Journalists Association elected as outgoing chair defends body’s representativeness |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/217691/New-leaders-for-Journalists-Association-elected-as-outgoing-chair-defends-body%E2%80%99s-representativeness |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Selina |title=I pushed for press freedom in Hong Kong. The Wall Street Journal fired me. |url=https://www.cjr.org/first_person/selina-cheng-wall-street-journal-gershkovich-evan-china-hong-kong-apple.php |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}} Cheng has investigated editorial wars between Wikipedia editors,{{Cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/11/wikipedia-wars-how-hongkongers-and-mainland-chinese-are-battling-to-set-the-narrative/|title=Wikipedia wars: How Hongkongers and mainland Chinese are battling to set the narrative|first=Selina|last=Cheng|date=July 11, 2021|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|access-date=July 31, 2024|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321155626/https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/11/wikipedia-wars-how-hongkongers-and-mainland-chinese-are-battling-to-set-the-narrative/|url-status=live}} political censorship in Hong Kong's libraries, the Hong Kong government's attempt to lobby the U.S. Congress, and Chinese asylum seekers in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Selina |date=2021-04-19 |title=Exclusive: Inside the Hong Kong govt's multi-million dollar US lobbying operation |url=http://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/19/inside-hong-kong-govts-multi-million-dollar-lobbying-operation-on-capitol-hill/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Selina |date=2021-11-21 |title=Exclusive: Hong Kong public libraries purge 29 titles about the Tiananmen Massacre from the shelves |url=http://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/21/hong-kong-public-libraries-purge-29-titles-about-the-tiananmen-massacre-from-their-shelves/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}} Cheng previously served as Hong Kong reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering China's energy and automobile sectors from 2022 to 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=Hong Kong reporter says Wall Street Journal fired her over press freedom role |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3270845/hong-kong-reporter-says-wall-street-journal-fired-her-over-union-role |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} Cheng previously was a reporter at the Hong Kong Free Press and HK01.{{Cite news |last=May |first=Tiffany |date=2024-07-17 |title=Wall St. Journal Reporter Says She Was Fired Over Hong Kong Union Post |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/world/asia/wsj-reporter-fired-hong-kong.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}