No news is good news: A study in Tin Shui Wai

In the information age, news consumption has undeniably become an indispensable part of our daily lives. However, a worrying trend is emerging in Hong Kong’s community journalism landscape. This report explores the widespread problem of too much negative news and the dominance of single-source reporting in Tin Shui Wai. This research shows that media organizations are excessively focused on reporting negative events, covering positive community developments. Negative events are not only amplified and prioritized in coverage, but this negativity bias paints a harsh picture of a community. In addition, reliance on single-source news reporting, especially over-reliance on information provided by the public sector, has led media organizations to question the diversity and reliability of information disseminated to the community. The lack of diverse perspectives may lead to a biased understanding of events, affecting society's perception of the community of the truth, thus giving rise to prejudice.