10 March 2010

Web Writing Workshop

Barry Kalb, Honorary Lecturer at the JMSC, normally teaches news writing to BJs and MJs at the JMSC, but over the last year he’s held half a dozen writing workshops for university staff. He starts off […]
1 March 2010

ABC Project — On Air and Online

What began as an assignment last year for adjunct Rob McBride’s video production class by students Li Li, Chen Yuanni, and Lorea Solabarrieta has become the first broadcast package for the ABC News project. The […]
1 March 2010

ABC Story: Bird’s Nest in Winter

he JMSC News on Campus team had another story accepted by ABC. MJ student Li Li came up with the idea of reporting on the National Stadium in Beijing's transformation into a winter wonderland.
22 February 2010

JMSC – A Decade of Experiential Learning

Experiential learning -- learning through doing -- has been an integral part of the JMSC since the School's inception in 1999, through its practical, hands-on classes and its extensive internship programme.
22 February 2010

ABC Campus News — Focus on the Philippines

A team from ABC Campus News, the JMSC group tasked with providing content for the American Broadcasting Company, has just returned from its first international shoot in the Philippines. The JMSC’s video journalism lecturer and […]
10 February 2010

Media Academy for Pros

Fifteen working media professionals have just completed the JMSC’s Online and Video Skills Course which was tailored for members of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong. The JMSC offers courses to outside media professionals and other interested parties as […]
10 February 2010

Team JMSC and George Soros – Behind the Scenes

“The JMSC gets some pretty awesome speakers coming in quite regularly, but when we secured George Soros to come to speak at an audience at HKU, we didn’t know what to expect.” Kylie Chan, JMSC […]
9 February 2010

From Journalism to Medicine

JMSC Master of Journalism alumni, Wong Man-Yee, has now graduated again with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at HKU. Her third degree in fact, as she received a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies in 1998. Her story ....
4 February 2010

To Tweet Or Not To Tweet: that is the question

When the German sociologist and philosopher Jürgen Habermas started tweeting recently, the subject he chose was the internet. Or was it? The 81 year old academic and intellectual is often cited as one of the most influential […]
2 February 2010

JMSC’s Thomas Abraham defends the WHO

Thomas Abraham, Director of the Public Health Communication Programme and Assistant Professor at the JMSC, has struck back at sceptics attacking the World Health Organisation for the way it’s handled the H1N1 pandemic. Accusations have included a […]
30 January 2010

Fighting for Press Freedom in Southeast Asia

The recent conviction of Vietnamese human rights attorney, Le Cong Dinh, in Ho Chi Minh City is a blow to press freedom in South East Asia. Dinh was found guilty with three others of trying […]