Jarrod Watt
@jaywatt.bsky.social
Australian journo in Hong Kong; podcast editor/producer; Aus news correspondent RTHK3; journalism lecturer HKBU; ex SCMP, ABC, PBSFM, RRR; reformed music journo and bartender - https://jarrodwatt.com/
Really interesting analysis from journalist @yaling.bsky.social on how disasters in mainland China and Hong Kong differ in fundamental levels of institutional response: open.substack.com/pub/chinesec...
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Really interesting analysis from journalist @yaling.bsky.social on how disasters in mainland China and Hong Kong differ in fundamental levels of institutional response: open.substack.com/pub/chinesec...
As to be expected from the multi-award winning infographics team at the SCMP - an excellent multimedia report on how the Hong Kong tower complex fire spread catastrophically multimedia.scmp.com/infographics...
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
As to be expected from the multi-award winning infographics team at the SCMP - an excellent multimedia report on how the Hong Kong tower complex fire spread catastrophically multimedia.scmp.com/infographics...
Harry Harrison’s cartoon for Hong Kong: there’s a lot to ponder
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Harry Harrison’s cartoon for Hong Kong: there’s a lot to ponder
One of these has two journos on it that used to reside in Hong Kong - they *should know* better - how many bamboo scaff fires did they see in their time here? Also: ever seen steel scaff on the 35th floor bending in 200km/h typhoon winds? Nah me neither mate. Seen bamboo do it but… #Mangkhut
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
One of these has two journos on it that used to reside in Hong Kong - they *should know* better - how many bamboo scaff fires did they see in their time here? Also: ever seen steel scaff on the 35th floor bending in 200km/h typhoon winds? Nah me neither mate. Seen bamboo do it but… #Mangkhut
Is it herd mentality? The dregs of Orientalism? Lazy journalism? Why do western media orgs just blindly publish ‘the fire started because of the bamboo’ stories? If Hong Kong has bamboo scaffolding for 100 years surely there is a history of fires every other week? www.instagram.com/reel/DRlhAjG...
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Is it herd mentality? The dregs of Orientalism? Lazy journalism? Why do western media orgs just blindly publish ‘the fire started because of the bamboo’ stories? If Hong Kong has bamboo scaffolding for 100 years surely there is a history of fires every other week? www.instagram.com/reel/DRlhAjG...
For Hong Kong: today’s Harry Harrison cartoon
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For Hong Kong: today’s Harry Harrison cartoon
There is a huge story breaking from folks I produce podcasts with - were the Tai Po housing estate buildings in Hong Kong under-insured? Are the victims about to get more bad news - about the value of their homes and the payouts they may/may not receive? insuranceasianews.com/hong-kong-ho...
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There is a huge story breaking from folks I produce podcasts with - were the Tai Po housing estate buildings in Hong Kong under-insured? Are the victims about to get more bad news - about the value of their homes and the payouts they may/may not receive? insuranceasianews.com/hong-kong-ho...
New taxis in Hong Kong: yay!
Electronic payments in Hong Kong taxis? Yeah nah.
Electronic payments in Hong Kong taxis? Yeah nah.
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New taxis in Hong Kong: yay!
Electronic payments in Hong Kong taxis? Yeah nah.
Electronic payments in Hong Kong taxis? Yeah nah.
Yes we do celebrate #ausmusictshirtday in Hong Kong - rock on!
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Yes we do celebrate #ausmusictshirtday in Hong Kong - rock on!
Hong Kong tower fire disaster: bodies are still being retrieved from the buildings, but there is now more clarification on where the blame is being focused. We are yet to hear any formal comment on how the fire started. www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Hong Kong tower fire disaster: bodies are still being retrieved from the buildings, but there is now more clarification on where the blame is being focused. We are yet to hear any formal comment on how the fire started. www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Images from the Tai Po fire earlier this morning from reporter Gigi Ho-wing chi for Hong Kong’s oldest student newspaper, The Young Reporter
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Images from the Tai Po fire earlier this morning from reporter Gigi Ho-wing chi for Hong Kong’s oldest student newspaper, The Young Reporter
No word on the cause, but police have arrested staff from the engineering company who installed foam in the buildings, “which led to the incident and caused the fire to spread rapidly…”
Also: oldmates still on the scene report a tsunami of misinformation washing through Hong Kong social media
Also: oldmates still on the scene report a tsunami of misinformation washing through Hong Kong social media
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No word on the cause, but police have arrested staff from the engineering company who installed foam in the buildings, “which led to the incident and caused the fire to spread rapidly…”
Also: oldmates still on the scene report a tsunami of misinformation washing through Hong Kong social media
Also: oldmates still on the scene report a tsunami of misinformation washing through Hong Kong social media
Eight hours in, dozens of flats still blazing and another fire has broken out near Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, located about eight minutes’ walk from Wang Fuk Court and across the Tai Po River. sc.mp/9nemc?utm_so...
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Eight hours in, dozens of flats still blazing and another fire has broken out near Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, located about eight minutes’ walk from Wang Fuk Court and across the Tai Po River. sc.mp/9nemc?utm_so...
Just in case you wanted to credit the Hong Kong journalist Tyrone Siu you stole from... even filled in the ALT tag for you
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just in case you wanted to credit the Hong Kong journalist Tyrone Siu you stole from... even filled in the ALT tag for you
Some Google maps perspective to add to the graphic posted on the SCMP story of the apartment tower fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po neighbourhood sc.mp/9nemc?utm_so...
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Some Google maps perspective to add to the graphic posted on the SCMP story of the apartment tower fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po neighbourhood sc.mp/9nemc?utm_so...
Harry Harrison checks in on the new Bruce Lee monument in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Harry Harrison checks in on the new Bruce Lee monument in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
Another great reminder of Hong Kong-Australia connections: the parent company which owns the 100-year old Yallourn coal fired power plant in the LaTrobe Valley has decided to convert it into a renewables hub as it limps towards its 2028 closure date. www.afr.com/companies/en...
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Another great reminder of Hong Kong-Australia connections: the parent company which owns the 100-year old Yallourn coal fired power plant in the LaTrobe Valley has decided to convert it into a renewables hub as it limps towards its 2028 closure date. www.afr.com/companies/en...
A great song and dance about getting people with no representation to vote in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A great song and dance about getting people with no representation to vote in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
One fine Autumn day in Hong Kong: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One fine Autumn day in Hong Kong: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
Another great journalist who used to work in Hong Kong, who had her working visa refused renewal... Sue-Lin Wong onstage at a journalism conference in Malaysia, discussing her latest (superb) investigative podcast, this one into scam farms in south east Asia podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Another great journalist who used to work in Hong Kong, who had her working visa refused renewal... Sue-Lin Wong onstage at a journalism conference in Malaysia, discussing her latest (superb) investigative podcast, this one into scam farms in south east Asia podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
They're called moon discs and are supposed to go on really cool cars...
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
They're called moon discs and are supposed to go on really cool cars...
With elements of stuntman and... truly heroic courage
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
With elements of stuntman and... truly heroic courage
“Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them, at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them, at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”
One fine day with the white collar lads as AI looms: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One fine day with the white collar lads as AI looms: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
Harry Harrison experiences personal growth with the news of FoodPanda’s success in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Harry Harrison experiences personal growth with the news of FoodPanda’s success in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon