Founder and sole operator Lam Yin-pong has worked as a journalist for Hong Kong Cable Television, Hong Kong Economic Times, TVB, and Stand News for sixteen years.

[3] He chose to operate the outlet alone to avoid implicating others in potential investigations.

[1][4] The outlet was named "ReNews", signifying a repackaging and reinterpretation of significant but overlooked news from mainstream media.

[4] It releases three to four reports per day, all authored and photographed by Lam, with 70% focused on daily news and 30% consisting of opinion pieces and interviews, covering topics that he believes mainstream media may overlook or avoid.

[1][4][5] The outlet is completely free to read,[4] relying entirely on reader subscriptions via Patreon for its funding.