jmsccoms, Author at School of Future Media

14 December 2015

Published by jmsccoms at 14 December 2015

Amendment of the Copyright Bill in Hong Kong (Talk on 18 Dec.)

The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014 recently ignited severe controversy before a legislative debate. Netizens are worried that the Bill will further undermine internet freedom, yet the Government insists that it still provides sufficient protection to […]

1 December 2015

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Writing business news – insights from the front line

Reporters can focus on a human story or explain a process in detail to produce compelling financial stories, said Yumiko Ono, Asia Digital Editor for The Wall Street Journal.

23 November 2015

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‘Be entrepreneur journalists’: CNN anchor Kristie Lu Stout talks to JMSC students

‘You can be entrepreneur journalists—you don’t have to be limited to one platform or even company,’ CNN International news anchor, Kristie Lu Stout, told students during a recent visit to the HKU campus. Kristie met […]

18 November 2015

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Learn to be a smart news consumer: MOOC ‘Making Sense of News’, running again in February 2016

With social media and a 24/7 news cycle, how do we—as news consumers—make sense of what we hear and read? Online course ‘Making Sense of News’, seeks to answer that question. The five-week course—starting in […]

17 November 2015

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Video journalism innovation workshops at HKU (4 Dec.)

Journalists, newsroom managers and innovators are invited to attend a series of workshops on the latest developments in video journalism this Friday, 4 December.

13 November 2015

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CNN bureau chief and Master of Journalism alumni gives career development advice to students

Diego Laje, bureau chief for CNN en Español in Buenos Aires, gave students his top tips for developing a career in journalism when he visited the HKU campus recently. Diego met with students and talked […]

10 November 2015

Published by jmsccoms at 10 November 2015

Register now: MOOC on Infographics and Data Visualisation (with English subtitles)

Journalists and members of the public are invited to register for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization,’ conducted by Professor Alberto Cairo, Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the […]

7 November 2015

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Full house for the JMSC’s Bachelor of Journalism admission talk at the 2015 HKU Information Day

Undergraduate students performed a live news broadcast production demo to a standing-room only crowd of HKU hopefuls as part of the Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions on 7 November. JMSC faculty and alumni also talked […]

6 November 2015

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Documentary screening: Mystery monkeys of Shangri-la (Sunday 15 November)

It’s a story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world produced by award-winning filmmaker Xi Zhinong. A group of filmmakers from Wild China Film Studio, led by […]

26 October 2015

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Arshiya Khullar

MJ 2014, Editor, Global Publishing, McKinsey & Company
'As someone who was working as a journalist in New Delhi before joining the Master’s programme at The Journalism and Media Studies Centre, I entered the programme with the idea of strengthening my reporting skills and expanding my network in the region. I ended up leaving with much more. With experienced working journalists as faculty members and JMSC alumni in every major news organisation in Hong Kong, the programme helped me gain inroads into the competitive world of financial journalism.'

26 October 2015

Published by jmsccoms at 26 October 2015

Kevin Dharmawan

MJ 2014, Photo Editor, Asia Photo Desk, Bloomberg
'I joined the JMSC seeking to move into a career working with images. It wasn't the easiest path to take but I was confident that with my experience and with the JMSC laying out the foundations I would be in a good position. Following graduation from the programme, I joined the photo team at The International New York Times as an intern. Newsrooms are looking for specialists, but they also want someone who is well versed in a lot of things.'

25 October 2015

Published by jmsccoms at 25 October 2015

Joyce Liu

MJ 2015, Joyce Liu, Video Producer/ Camera Operator, BBC News Beijing
"Studying at the JMSC was the best time of my life. I got a better understanding of democracy and justice, and became more determined to be a journalist. At the JMSC, I honed my filming and video editing skills, and learned how to discover and produce human-interest stories and documentaries.