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1 October 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 1 October 2014

Student-run page that vets protest rumours swamped with ‘likes’

The bi-lingual site, called VerifiedHK, provides fact-checked protest information including reliable news reports, photos and logistics updates through Facebook and Twitter, and also responds to individual requests for verified information through Google.

30 September 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 30 September 2014

JMSC students provide live coverage of HK democracy protests

As thousands of pro-democracy activists block Hong Kong streets to demand the right to choose their own Chief Executive, students from the JMSC have formed on-the-ground news teams to cover this historic event.

29 September 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 29 September 2014

JMSC teaching goes global with launch of HKU MOOC

Education in health risk communication has been made accessible to a global audience with the launch of the University of Hong Kong’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Epidemics, developed in conjunction with the Journalism […]

11 August 2014

Published by masato at 11 August 2014

JMSC Programme Extends News Literacy in Asia

How do you verify information on the web? Has a picture on a website been photoshopped? Is a tweet reliable? For the third straight year, the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at The University […]

5 August 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 5 August 2014

Scholarship in Video Journalism Created in Memory of Veteran Cameraman

Asia Pacific Vision, in partnership with the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong, has established a fund for the education of broadcast journalists and video professionals. The Mick Deane Scholarship […]

17 June 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 17 June 2014

JMSC Alums Take SOPA Awards

Three JMSC alumni took top prizes at this year's Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, joining a growing number of JMSC winners.

8 June 2014

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Ming Pao Journalist Kevin Lau Statement on His Attack

In an exclusive two-minute video, former Ming Pao editor Kevin Lau called on the Hong Kong police to continue to investigate the violent attack on him and to uncover the mastermind behind the attack. He […]

28 May 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 28 May 2014

JMSC Alum Publishes New Fiction Set in India

A JMSC alumnus has just published a new fictional story set in Mumbai about a young adult who embarks on a mission to get her single mother dating again.

29 April 2014

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Academy Award Winning Faculty Member Gives Inaugural Talk

Academy Award winner and JMSC faculty member Ruby Yang delivered her inaugural talk, titled “Becoming American, Becoming Chinese: A Personal Journey Through San Francisco, Beijing and Hong Kong,” as HKU’s new Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities on April 25. She showed clips of her documentaries, short subjects and public service announcements, and gave a tour d’horizon of her career.

28 April 2014

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JMSC Student Awarded Prestigious Cambridge Scholarship

Billy Wong Shing-keung, a second year Bachelor of Journalism student from Hong Kong, has been awarded the Pembroke-King Programme Scholarship at the University of Cambridge, one of four students in the world to receive the summer programme scholarship.

28 April 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 28 April 2014

JMSC Student Wins International New York Times Competition

Joyce Xu, a third year Bachelor of Journalism student from Hong Kong, has won the International New York Times “Word (World) of Yours” Writing Competition 2013 for her article, “The Impact of Social Media on Global Awareness,” which was published April 1 in the INYT’s Hong Kong and China print editions.

14 April 2014

Published by jmsccoms at 14 April 2014

JMSC Singled Out For Its Teaching of News Literacy

Once the provenance of American universities, the subject of news literacy is now expanding abroad where new models of teaching are gaining attention. One such course at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre was recently highlighted in the Columbia Journalism Review for its innovative approach to de-Americanizing the news literacy curriculum for a more global student body.