AU, Allan K. L.
Professional Consultant

Ph.D.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Knight Fellow
Stanford University

M.A.
University of Hong Kong

B.S.Sc.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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  Research Interests:

• Media Censorship and Self-censorship
• Newsroom Social Control
• New Media Evolution

 Current Research:

• Constitutive Censorship
• New Media Autonomy

 Teaching Interests:

• Journalism Studies
• Storytelling
• TV News Documentary
• Current Affairs Analysis
• Media Ethics

  Advice to students:

Luck is for those who are prepared.

 Professional Experience:

• (2010-2016) Host in RTHK talk shows and programs (Open Line Open View 《自由風自由phone》, This Morning《早辰早晨》, 《山水搜記》, 《天人之際》, 《七百萬人的先鋒》)
• (1990-2010) Reporter, documentary producer, senior executive producer in TVB News, filming various documentaries and programs on current affairs and historical issues in Mainland China and Hong Kong.
• (2001-2008) Host of News Magazine in TVB News (《新聞透視》) 

Professional Awards (highlights):

2015
Hong Kong Book Prize 香港書獎 (《傘聚》, Umbrella Union) 

Hong Kong Golden Book Awards 香港金閱獎 (《傘聚》, Umbrella Union)

(Please note that most of the following awards are program-based and merits should go to the whole production team in TVB. The bracket at the end of each line shows the working title in that particular project.)

2011
A New Tale of Two Cities: Now and Then, (Merit, Best Documentary, New York Film Festivals 2011) [新雙城記︰今昔, 美國紐約電影電視節最佳紀錄片優異獎 2011] (Executive Producer, Producer)

2010
60 years, A Nation: 60 years in a meal, (Silver World Medal, Best Documentary, New York Film Festivals 2010) [《六十年家國》系列之《溫飽以後》, 美國紐約電影電視節最佳紀錄片銀獎 2010] (Executive Producer)

2009
Reforming China: 30 Years On: Path of No Return 《變革三十年：不走回頭路》 Human Rights Award (人權新聞獎大獎); RTNDA the Edward Murrow Award; Best Television Programmes Award, Television Programmes Appreciation Index Survey. (Executive Producer)

2008
Notables, Quotables《新聞話事．人》。明報周刊, 最突出電視幕後精英大獎(Executive Producer, Producer)

2005
Dam or Damned / Shiing-shen Chern, A Life in Mathematics, 《霸業》,《數學大師陳省身》, CUHK Journalism Award (Executive Producer, Producer)

2005
Outstanding Employee Award, TVB

2002
Asian Economy: Japan, Winner of Best News/Current Affairs, Asian Television Award. (Executive Producer)

2001
WTO Challenge, The Peabody Award. (Executive Producer)

1997
Hong Kong: The End of An Era, Bronze World Medal, Documentary, TV Programming, The New York Festivals. (Producer/Reporter)
Tung Chee-hwa: The Chief Executive, Bronze World Medal, Biography/Profiles, The New York Festivals (Producer/Reporter)

Publication List (Highlights):

《假新聞之戰：我要真，又要贏》。《因自由之名：香港反送中運動誌》，頁291-296。香港: 毫末書社，2020.06.

《同悲同喜網絡直播連續劇》。《因自由之名：香港反送中運動誌》，頁297-302。香港: 毫末書社，2020.06.

《廿二歲的你，聽說生於一九九七》。《因自由之名：香港反送中運動誌》，頁367-370。香港: 毫末書社，2020.06.

《那一天，我只是一個實習小記者》。《我是記者——六四印記》 陳慧兒, 郭達俊, 張結鳳, 楊健興, 陳伯添, 林褀娟，頁316-319。香港：香港記者協會，2019

《二十道陰影下的自由》，邊城思想者系列，頁1-324，香港：中大出版社, 2017

網絡新聞再界定：一個新媒體的民俗志研究。《傳播與社會學刊》，頁103-133，第25期，2013

《年代小說‧記住香港》 (Our City, Our Decades)。香港︰Kubrick，2016

《傘聚》 (Umbrella Union)。香港︰天窗出版，2014

《我的奇幻國情教育》 (My Mysterious National Education)。香港：天窗出版，2012

《他他巴 走在絢麗與荒涼》 (Tata Bus)。香港：藍藍的天，2011

《潮池 浪遊二十國度的故事》 (Tidepools)。香港：藍藍的天，2009