Daniel Suen is a visual journalist and video expert based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining the South China Morning Post, he spent four years at Agence France-Presse as a video journalist and a TV producer covering the Asia-Pacific region. His videos and photos have been used on screen and in print by renowned international media, including BBC, Al Jazeera and the New York Times.

At the office of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on 24 June 2021, after the paper printed its last edition. Photo by Chung Kin-wa.

 

Daniel currently shoots videos for SCMP’s original content team in Hong Kong, producing short-form stories and documentaries about everything from politics to cultural events.

His video expertise has also been utilised in the production of promotional materials for the company’s anniversary events and shooting of various business interviews.

He also regularly contributes to breaking news monitoring and turns around quick, responsive edits of news video clips for SCMP’s YouTube channel. His contribution in both original production and breaking news clips has exceeded 5 million views on YouTube.

His previous work at AFP involved shooting and planning video coverage in Hong Kong. He also coordinated video from across Asia-Pacific and edited daily news clips for the video wire.

He covered the city’s pro-democracy protests extensively on the ground, and the subsequent political turmoil the follows. Other than politics, he also covers art and cultural topics.

Outside of Hong Kong, he covered the 2019 Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, Vietnam and the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand.

He also previously worked for Radio Television Hong Kong as a producer, when he shot video news and edited daily news coverage for the public broadcaster’s English news service.

He obtained his bachelor degree from The University of Hong Kong with double majors in Journalism and English literature.

He prefers to shoot with his Panasonic S5IIX and S1 cameras and is adept with drones and other secondary cameras to tell an extensive range of visual stories. He is also an expert with professional broadcast camcorders for different coverage needs.

What Daniel posts on Instagram

Catching the end of the 🌸 season. #sigma #sigmafp #travelgram #visitjapanhknow
The 42nd Guangdong-Hong Kong cup, first leg. Hong Kong 2–0 Guangdong. Mong Kok Stadium. 31 January 2024. #sigma #sigmafp
Rallies in Taiwan, January 2024.
As always, here’s to a better next year.
A malfunctioning lamppost Hong Kong’s busy Nathan Road–Argyle Street intersection on September 9, 2023 — damaged from what?
Completing a row of yellow headgear👷🏻: A band of firefighters remove branches of a giant weeping fig fallen during #TyphoonSaola in Causeway Bay on September 2, 2023. #videojournalism #motionpictureperfect #lumixs5iix #lumix #capturehongkong #dis
Forgot to bring a lens wipe. Workers rush to clear a tree fallen during #TyphoonSaola’s early onslaught in Tseung Kwan O on September 1, 2023. #scmp @scmpnews #videojournalism #motionpictureperfect #lumixs5iix #lumix #capturehongkong #discove
Young students holding Chinese flags surround the Shang Bronze Sun-Shaped Object, a grade-one Chinese national treasure excavated from the Sanxingdui ruins, in Sichuan’s Sanxingdui Museum on August 15, 2023. #scmp #scmpnews #videojournalism
A whale carcass found drifting off Shelter Island in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung waters on July 31, 2023. @scmpnews
Hong Kong and Chinese flags on display in celebration of the city’s 26th handover anniversary on July 1, 2023.
A toddler plays with a man in front of #YayoiKusama’s A-Pumpkin (BAGN8) on show at @sothebys Hong Kong 2023 spring sales.
Among all the people walking across the city.
Upon the sacred mountain we all gaze. 🌅🗻🦅🐈🐈‍⬛🐕🐕
When the sun sets in front of the school. 🌅🚃