14 February 2019
23 January 2019
Media-X to cultivate Asia’s next generation of media innovators and entrepreneurs Hong Kong, 23 January 2019 –The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at The University of Hong Kong today announced the creation of […]
21 December 2018
By Cal Wong It is with great sadness that we heard the news of the passing of Barry Kalb on Wednesday, 19 December 2018, at the age of 75. Barry was a long-time lecturer at […]
7 December 2018
Our journalism students were among those recognized for their achievements at the annual Faculty of Social Sciences Student Prize Presentation Ceremony. Director Keith Richburg presented certificates to seven JMSC students who were able to attend […]
26 October 2018
The Journalism and Media Studies Centre is co-organising the Institute for News Literacy Fellows in Asia again this year in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Hosted by the Faculty of Journalism and Communication at the […]
22 October 2018
The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) today announced the launch of a video series called Strapline: News Literacy for the Rest of Us on YouTube, Facebook, and Medium. Dr. Masato Kajimoto, Assistant Professor of Practice, is […]
18 October 2018
By Kari Lindberg The ethical challenges of producing and disseminating images were in the spotlight for the first Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) conference of the 2018-2019 term. Topics included the impact of social […]
15 October 2018
Thomas Abraham, former director of the Master of Journalism programme, was back in town to talk about his latest book, Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication, at the second of our writers-in-residence book talks. He was joined by Professor Keiji […]
14 October 2018
Keith Richburg was a guest on RTHK’s The Pulse, hosted by Steve Vines, along with Chris Yeung, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, for a discussion about press freedom. The episode was broadcast on 13 […]
10 October 2018
Over 440 journalists from 48 countries convened in Seoul, South Korea, from 4-7 October for Uncovering Asia 2018, the third Asian investigative journalism conference, co-hosted by Global Investigative Journalism Network, Newstapa, and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Dozens of JMSC staff, former lecturers and alumni, […]
6 October 2018
JMSC co-hosted with the HKU Sustainability Office a National Geographic Grants Seminar on 4 October, which gave students the opportunity to learn about the Explorer programme. Explorers Professor Yvonne Sadovy and Astrid Andersson of the HKU School of Biological Sciences […]
20 September 2018
It was a full house at the Main Library on 18 September for Ching Cheong’s book talk, the first in our series of JMSC writers-in-residence events co-organized with the HKU Libraries. Around 160 people came to hear […]