Eric Wishart


Honorary Lecturer
ewishart@hku.hk

Eric Wishart is standards and ethics editor, and former editor-in-chief, of Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world’s oldest news agency that traces its origins back to 1835. He is the author of the book Journalism Ethics: 21 Essentials from Wars to Artificial Intelligence

Eric joined the JMSC as an honorary lecturer in 2017. He is also the external examiner for Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, as well as a member of the professional standards and ethics committee of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Organisation of Ombudsmen and Standards Editors.

A native of Glasgow, Scotland, he became the first non-French editor-in-chief in the history of AFP. As a member of AFP’s global news management, he drew up the AFP Charter setting out the agency’s guiding principles; its code of code of ethics,  which has been published in English, French, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese; and the agency’s 20 Principles of Sourcing. He also edits the AFP Stylebook.

Eric is a judge for the Hong Kong News Awards and the SOPA (Society of Publishers in Asia) Awards, and a former president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong. He is also a member of PEN America and the Asian American Journalists Association.