18 November 2016

From Zimbabwe to Hong Kong: training to become a humanitarian journalist

Thandiwe Moyo—who comes from a small town called Chiredzi in the southern part of Zimbabwe—has just started her Master of Journalism degree at the JMSC. She hopes to use the course as a stepping stone […]
3 November 2016

Workshop at HKU on Media Law and Policy in Asia brings together media professionals and defence lawyers for legal and practical training

By Tamsyn Burgmann, Master of Journalism 2016–17 Lawyers and journalists converged at The University of Hong Kong amid two typhoons to share strategies and develop solutions to the maelstrom of threats to press freedom swirling […]
3 November 2016

Bulgarian media get backpack journalism tips from JMSC Associate Professor

Former backpack war correspondent and JMSC Associate Professor of Practice Kevin Sites recently conducted five days of training for Bulgarian journalists on the basics of digital mobile journalism—the concept of self-reliant individuals shooting, writing and […]
1 November 2016

JMSC’s new broadcast studio and media production facilities now in full operation

The JMSC’s new multipurpose newsroom and live production facility, built around a professional broadcast studio, is now in full operation. The facility’s control room has been designed in line with professional media production practices, giving […]
28 October 2016

Darkened Screen: Constraints on Foreign Journalists in China

DATE: Thursday 3 November 2016 TIME: 4:30-6:00 p.m. VENUE: MWT4 (Meng Wah Complex, 1/F) ABSTRACT: On September 22, PEN America, the largest of more than 100 centres of PEN International, released Darkened Screen, a report detailing […]
27 September 2016

Innovative social media ‘crowd translation’ project helps tell China’s story to the world

(Feature image credit: 上海明室) An innovative project at the JMSC has experimented with translating censored Chinese social media posts into English in an effort to tell China’s story to the wider world. The two-week pilot […]
20 September 2016

JMSC teaching assistant wins Hong Kong arm wrestling competition and VIP package to meet Arnie

She is known at the JMSC as a teaching assistant for the Media Law and Ethics course. But in her spare time, Sharron Fast is a boxer and a weightlifter―and more recently a champion arm […]