Chinese journalist freed after four years in prison for COVID reporting
Voice of America
FILE - This image taken from an undated video on Dec. 28, 2020, shows former Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan as she broadcasts via YouTube at an unidentified location in China.
In early 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a handful of citizen journalists emerged as voices from the epicenter.
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