jmsccoms, Author at School of Future Media

10 February 2014

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JMSC Graduates Earn Advanced Degrees With High Rankings

Three graduate students from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre recently earned advanced degrees in journalism – a PhD and two Master of Philosophy degrees. PhD graduate Abdur Razzaque Khan, from Bangladesh, completed his thesis […]

29 January 2014

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Academy Award Winner Ruby Yang Joins JMSC

Ruby Yang, the Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, has joined the Journalism and Media Studies Centre as Hong Kong University’s Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities. In addition to teaching a course on documentary video production, the Chinese-American filmmaker will be running the “Ruby Yang Workshop.” Both the documentary course and the workshop will be available to all HKU students.

28 January 2014

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JMSC Professor Calls for More Transparency in Hong Kong Courts

The Hong Kong courts’ practice of limiting public access to court documents undermines open justice and journalists’ ability to accurately report on court cases, Associate Professor Doreen Weisenhaus recently told the South China Morning Post.

8 January 2014

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Research Staff

David Bandurski BA (Indiana), MSJ (Northwestern) Research Associate dbandurs@hkucc.hku.hk Audrey Chen Research Assistant audrey6@hku.hk Emma Dong Research Assistant emmad@hku.hk Phoebe Peng Research Assistant phoebeqp@hku.hk Wang Rui Research Assistant ruiwang@hku.hk Karen Zhang Research Assistant karencw@hku.hk

5 January 2014

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JMSC Suggestions Cited by Government in Report on Copyright Law Reform

A JMSC position paper urging increased legal protection for creators of parodies and similar literary or artistic expression was repeatedly cited by the Hong Kong government in its report on a recently concluded public consultation on copyright law reform.

17 December 2013

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Two Veteran Journalists from Top U.S. News Organizations Join JMSC Faculty

Two seasoned journalists from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have joined the Journalism and Media Studies Centre as Adjust Professors. Adam Najberg (WSJ) will be teaching a course on financial journalism, while Brian Zittel (NYT) will teach opinion writing. Both stress the importance of "telling a good story."

16 December 2013

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Winter Internships Put JMSC Students on the Front Lines

This year’s Master of Journalism students have landed winter internships at many of Asia's leading media news organizations.

26 November 2013

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A Q&A session on environmental photojournalism with Alex Hofford, award-winning conservation photojournalist – CANCELLED

Award-winning photojournalist Alex Hofford will speak at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Centre this Thursday, Nov. 28, from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon. The occasion will be an informal Q&A session with the students of Associate Professor Miklos Sukosd's "Environmental Communication" class, Room 101, Eliot Hall.