$elling the Truth
$elling the Truth
Selling the Truth

$elling the Truth

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From wf360 Productions: Big stuff is happening. Everywhere. While two world powers-- China and the U.S.—are at swords points, we’re awash in misinformation, biased news, outright lies. As it happens, a young Chinese-American now leads Hong Kong’s local English language newspaper which claims it can lead the conversation about China globally, with news we can trust.  But first, it must not only transform from a traditional print newspaper into a digital media powerhouse.

Listen as we unwind a unique story of entrepreneurship and journalistic freedoms.
6: The New SCMP, circa 2018
11 March 2022

6: The New SCMP, circa 2018

2018 was a year of triumph for the SCMP. New offices in Hong Kong’s Times Square were just one step in an entire rebranding of the SCMP, and they provided a dramatic departure from the dark, dingy headquarters where SCMP had spent years as the flagship newspaper of Hong Kong. Most importantly, the new space acknowledged the importance SCMP’s leadership placed on providing a “diverse, joyful,...
5: Breaking News
14 February 2022

5: Breaking News

We meet the editorial team tasked with the challenge of creating the content that SCMP’s new digital platform plans to deliver in innovative ways to the world at large. What kind of mind shift is necessary to move from an analog method of putting out news to a digital 24/7 “all news all the time” format? What are their concerns and how do they measure their efforts against that of the big boys in...
4: Playing Game Seven
23 January 2022

4: Playing Game Seven

Playing Game SevenWe meet members of the tech team Gary Liu has assembled from places around the world to design and build the technical infrastructure needed to transform The SCMP into a global media player. They’ll share their excitement about the challenge of moving to Hong Kong, what they hope to do, and their perspectives on the risks involved, both personal and professional.Background...
3: The Reluctant Hero
30 December 2021

3: The Reluctant Hero

In this episode, we meet Gary Liu, the young Chinese American who packs up and leaves New York for a new life in Asia. He takes over Hong Kong’s 114-year-old newspaper not only to transform it from an analog operation into a digital tech-based phenom but to shift it from a locally based paper into a global source of information garnered from locations around the world. Can he inspire the...
2: Mission Impossible
02 December 2021

2: Mission Impossible

In this episode, Susan Bird introduces the story of an audacious attempt to reconfigure a local newspaper into a global media powerhouse and the challenges that effort presents both in terms of journalistic goals and the need for profitability. The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s flagship newspaper, says it wants to lead the global conversation about China in a neutral and balanced way...
1: $elling the Truth Teaser
02 December 2021

1: $elling the Truth Teaser

Want to hear a story about the struggles of business, journalism and the struggles of transforming to the digital age in China? Give us a listen.
1: An Introduction to $elling the Truth
02 December 2021

1: An Introduction to $elling the Truth

Big stuff is happening. Everywhere. While two world powers-- China and the U.S.—are at swords points, we’re awash in misinformation, biased news, outright lies. As it happens, a young Chinese-American now leads Hong Kong’s local English language newspaper which claims it can lead the conversation about China globally, with news we can trust. But first, it must not only transform from a...