1 June 2013
The Journalism and Media Studies Centre hosted a journalism jobs fair last week, and both job-seekers and employers were impressed. “I was really impressed with the talent and enthusiasm of the students at the job […]
31 May 2013
The Maryknoll Mission sisters, an order established in early 20th century America, have travelled to exotic locations and have often been at the centre of important geopolitical events. A documentary about the order, Trailblazers in […]
30 May 2013
When professional journalists from all over Asia and North America arrived at Hong Kong University for the New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con) last weekend, they were greeted by a press corps of JMSC students. The N3Con team – which consisted […]
23 May 2013
Ruby Yang, an Oscar-winning filmmaker, is at the JMSC this month teaching a course on the craft and art of documentary filmmaking. The course, which ends May 31, is guiding students through the process of […]
21 May 2013
Five JMSC students recently got the chance to work on an international project that has an audience in the millions when they interned at TEDxVictoriaHarbour, an annual travel and tourism conference in Hong Kong. The conference […]
20 May 2013
The JMSC’s Careers and Internships department will periodically profile a regional media outlet as part of a series aimed at helping JMSC alumni with career decisions. Every summer, journalism students leave the JMSC with […]
13 May 2013
Two students in the JMSC’s Master of Journalism programme have been awarded an HKU Social Inclusion Activities Grant. Anjani Trivedi (MJ, 2013) and Olivia Rosenman (MJ, 2013) won the grant, worth HK$26,000, for their proposal to raise public awareness of […]
2 May 2013
JMSC alumni Alex Hofford (MJ, 2012) and Daniel Goodman (MJ, 2011) have both won awards from the National Press Photographers Association. Alex Hofford, who is the European Pressphoto Agency’s Chief Representative in Hong Kong, won […]
19 April 2013
JMSC alumna Reenita Malhotra Hora will be hosting a book launch and signing of her new book, Forever Young: Unleashing the Magic of Ayurveda, at Dymocks bookstore in the International Finance Centre from 6:30pm to 8:00pm on Thursday, April […]
10 April 2013
The Internet has created a new kind of celebrity, turning writers who are able to produce compelling content and build vivid online identities into superstars. Xeni Jardin, who spoke by Skype to the Journalism and Media […]
31 March 2013
The future of journalism is good despite the dislocations caused by the Internet, says veteran newspaper editor George Brock. Journalism is like any other industry and has to adjust to changes in the market and […]
27 March 2013
Art can speak more directly to people than essays or political speeches, says an award-winning American filmmaker. “If you are getting your message out in only one way or in a more direct political way, […]