It's getting harder to be a journalist in Hong Kong, survey finds

Mainland Chinese tourists take photographs as Chinese and Hong Kong flags are strung to mark the 26th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China in Hong Kong, on June 27, 2023. [AP Photo]

Working conditions for reporters in Hong Kong have grown more challenging over the past 18 months, according to a new survey, with surveillance and wary sources among the issues that are making the reporting environment more difficult.

Of the survey's 66 respondents, 55 people - or 83% - said the landscape for reporters has worsened in the past 18 months.