Playing Game Seven
Episode 4, Jan 23, 2022, 05:57 PM
Playing Game Seven
We meet members of the tech team Gary Liu has assembled from places around the world to design and build the technical infrastructure needed to transform The SCMP into a global media player. They’ll share their excitement about the challenge of moving to Hong Kong, what they hope to do, and their perspectives on the risks involved, both personal and professional.
Background Reading:
- Game 7 explained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_seven
- Hamilton “Not Throwing Away my Shot”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEHKBckBcr4
- Donald Graham’s interview with CNN September, 2017: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/media/jeff-bezos-donald-graham/index.html
- “Journalism that Stands Apart,” New York Times, January 2017 (referred to as the NYTimes “manifesto” https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2020-report/index.html