20 March 2013
A group of students at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) has launched a new online journalism program called the Domestic Worker Project, the first of its kind in Hong Kong. The program will […]
20 March 2013
Four JMSC Bachelor of Journalism students helped cover the recent leadership changes in Beijing for two leading Hong Kong newspapers. The four final-year students were in Beijing between March 1 and 8 for the sessions of China’s […]
18 March 2013
The global search for the next director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) has been reopened by The University of Hong Kong. Heidrick and Struggles, an international executive search firm, has been hired […]
17 March 2013
Trailblazers in Habits, a new documentary by JMSC Visiting Associate Professor Nancy Tong, has been accepted by the Sarasota Film Festival to be screened during its 2013 festival. “We’re absolutely thrilled about it”, said Tong, an […]
16 March 2013
The American artist Andy Warhol once famously said, “In the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes”. JMSC Bachelor of Journalism (BJ) students recently gave over 600 teenagers from 56 Hong Kong Secondary Schools […]
15 March 2013
George Brock, Professor and Head of the Department of Journalism at City University London, will deliver a talk at the JMSC on Tuesday, March 19 on the impact that declining newspaper circulation and the News […]
13 March 2013
China in Africa, a term encompassing all aspects of China’s growing relationship with the countries of Africa, is “among the top uncovered but important stories of our time”, says Professor Ying Chan, the Director of the JMSC. […]
26 February 2013
Seven students in the JMSC’s Bachelor of Journalism programme have launched a weekly podcast covering Hong Kong from unusual points of view. Hillary Kong (BJ, 2013), Nicholas Leung (BJ, 2013), Raymond Yeung (BJ, 2014), Quiteria Leung […]
23 February 2013
Press coverage of recent acts of sexual violence against women in India has led to calls for major changes in criminal laws and social attitudes in the country, says Anjani Trivedi, a Master of Journalism […]
22 February 2013
Social media and other technological advances are changing journalism dramatically and helping journalists tell deeper, more complex stories in ways that were not possible in the past, two veteran broadcasters for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation say. […]
11 February 2013
The University of Hong Kong is proud of its journalism programme and is committed to supporting it and helping it grow, says Deputy Vice Chancellor Roland Chin. He made the pledge recently at a gathering of HKU’s journalism alumni, hosted by HKU Vice Chancellor Lap-Chee Tsui and Professor Ying Chan, founding director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC).
8 February 2013
Graduate students at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre recently returned from winter internships all over the world with a lot of experience and quite a few published articles under their belts. JMSC students had their […]