8 May 2012
JMSC students and alumni are getting a realistic lesson in starting their own media company, courtesy of digital media expert Dan Gillmor. A seven-day class taught by Gillmor looks at the culture of start-up companies […]
2 May 2012
This year’s graduating Bachelor of Journalism students celebrated the end of their studies in style at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong. The party was organised by JMSC Honorary Lecturer, Jeff Timmermans, and held […]
19 April 2012
Professor Timothy Garton Ash wants to get the whole world talking about freedom of speech. The journalist, author and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University came to talk at the JMSC on Thursday, April […]
16 April 2012
The JMSC has partnered with public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to produce Cantonese news content for a weekly radio programme this semester. Students applied the skills learned from the JMSC’s Radio News and […]
29 March 2012
The JMSC has added Documentary Studies to the specialist areas available for Master of Journalism students. The course will be offered alongside Business and Financial Journalism; Environmental, Health and Science Journalism; and China Studies, the […]
27 March 2012
A group of JMSC undergraduates have just enjoyed an experience normally reserved for professional journalists: covering an international event, planning and producing their own stories, and seeing their work published by major international news organizations. […]
18 March 2012
Diane Stormont, a much loved Senior Teaching Consultant at the JMSC and well-known journalist, died in Hong Kong after a long fight with cancer on Wednesday, March 14, aged 52.
Director's Message: Ying Chan Slideshow:Over The Years
15 March 2012
Our beloved teacher and colleague Diane Stormont passed away Wednesday night at Queen Mary Hospital after a brave battle with cancer. She was 52. We'll miss her dearly.
Slideshow: Diane Over The Years
14 March 2012
Four JMSC Bachelor of Journalism students covered the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) meetings in Beijing in March for two of Hong Kong’s leading newspapers. Andrea Chen (BJ […]
7 March 2012
The “social media,” like Facebook, Sina Weibo and Twitter, have allowed millions of formerly anonymous individuals to broadcast their opinions to the broad public. Now, a researcher at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (https://hkums.hku.hk) is combining […]
21 February 2012
Seven JMSC undergraduates will head to Japan next month to cover the first anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami for international news organisations. The March 7-12 trip has been organised by JMSC Teaching Consultant, […]
20 February 2012
A JMSC student team assigned to cover a recent conference arranged by the medical faculty’s Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine impressed the organisers with their professionalism. The six, chosen from JMSC Associate Professor Thomas […]