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The Standard
March 24, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=109421&sid=31766216&con_type=1&d_str=20110324&fc=4
A journalism student from Hong Kong Shue Yan University requested an interview with environmental group Green Sense, and was told he would be granted one under the condition he agreed to work for the group as a volunteer.
Later, Shue Yan authorities accused Green Sense of violating the principles of journalism. The group's chairman, Tam Hoi-pong, countered that the university is "a crooked stick throwing a crooked shadow."
Tam issued a statement saying he will no longer accept interview requests from Shue Yan students.
This has aroused a lot of discussion in the education sector. Recently, a student wrote in the Chinese University Student Press that if the information acquired through the exchange is factual, then there's nothing wrong. The writer said working as a volunteer would allow the reporter to learn more.
I read the latest issue of the student magazine, in which the writer gave an alternative viewpoint, saying many scoops have actually come from conditional exchanges.
Sometimes, they involve personal relationships and even money but, even when they are of an exchange in nature, the integrity of the news is not affected.
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