2 December 2025

SFM students win China Daily Campus News Awards

Congratulations to our students for earning multiple awards at the 2025 China Daily Campus News Awards. Featuring Hong Kong's push for green burials and people's evolving attitude towards death and funerals, MJ student Yonger Shen's article earned second runner-up in the "Best News Reporting" category.
24 November 2025

Growing into the School of Future Media, a letter to the JMSC community

I am thrilled to share with you a major strategic advancement of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC): our transformation into HKU’s School of Future Media. I am delighted to bring this news to you ahead of our public launch in the coming months.
20 November 2025

SFM hosts book talk featuring AI expert Karen Hao

On 13 November, the JMSC hosted a book talk featuring AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao, who discussed her latest publication, "Empire of AI", with JMSC AI innovation concentration programme lead and lecturer Yolanda Ma.
6 November 2025

JMSC cohosts French journalism workshop with Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau

On 3 November, the JMSC co-hosted "Journalisme à la Française" with the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau to celebrate French journalism and the value of studying journalism and media in France.
30 October 2025

A Book Talk with Karen Hao: Empire of AI

"Over the years, I've found only one metaphor that encapsulates the nature of what these AI power players are: empires." — Karen Hao, Empire of AI. JMSC is hosting a book talk with AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao, where she will delve into the scepticism surrounding OpenAI, the most valuable private company with a $500 billion valuation that once claimed to be "nonprofit" and had safety as its core mission.
21 October 2025

JMSC Alumni Joins HKU Sociologist to Discuss Digital Empowerment of US Politics

The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong (FCCHK) is hosting a panel discussion featuring Isak Ladegaard, JMSC alumnus and HKU Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Paul Joosse, Associate Professor, on the digital empowerment of the American far right, examining its capacities and challenges in the current political climate.