A journalist working for a Chinese state broadcaster has been recognised alongside reporters from The Times and Buzzfeed in the Forbes 30 under 30 list of this year’s upcoming media stars.

The eight journalists featured on the 2019 list include Nicola Keaney of China Global Television Network, Buzzfeed senior political correspondent Alex Wickham and The Times and Sunday Times data-led investigations journalist George Greenwood. 

Former journalist Peter Humphrey filed a complaint with broadcast regulator Ofcom in November last year claiming the state-run English-language broadcaster filmed and aired a confession he was forced to make by Chinese authorities.