26 June 2024

Kirsten Johnson

Documentary Filmmaking Specialisation Mentor Kirsten Johnson is a New York-based documentary producer, director and principal cinematographer. She has worked on more than 40 feature-length documentaries.  Her Academy-shortlisted film Cameraperson (2016) premiered at Sundance Film Festival and […]
26 June 2024

Alexander Beyer

Honorary Lecturer abeyer@hku.hk Alexander Beyer has worked on numerous films as editor and assistant editor after graduating from the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, in Potsdam, Germany, Between 2012 and 2015, he worked as […]
26 June 2024

Axel Schneppat

Honorary Lecturer axel@axelschneppat.de Axel Schneppat is an award-winning German cinematographer who has worked on both documentaries and feature films. His works are regularly screened at major international festivals.  Axel started to work with photography at […]
30 January 2024

Hui Siu Fun

Honorary Lecturer huisf@hku.hk Hui Siu Fun, a 2011 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, is a veteran journalist with decades of experience in the local Hong Kong media industry.  She specialises in writing feature stories and […]
31 August 2023

Andrew Lau

Honorary Lecturer Prior to practising law, Andrew Lau was a bilingual reporter for TVB News, where he also anchored the flagship news programmes News at 6:30 (六點半新聞) and Late News (晚間新聞). Upon joining the Bar, […]
24 August 2022

Jennifer Deayton

Lecturer jdeayton@hku.hk Jennifer Deayton joined the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (currently HKU School of Future Media) in 2022 after more than 20 years working in print and broadcast media in Asia.  She worked for […]
23 July 2018

Diana Jou

Honorary Lecturer and Capstone Coordinator dianajou@hku.hk Diana Jou is a video journalist and photographer with more than 10 years of experience in news production. As a multimedia editor and video journalist at The Wall Street […]
12 September 2017

Eric Wishart

Honorary Lecturer ewishart@hku.hk Eric Wishart is standards and ethics editor, and former editor-in-chief, of Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world’s oldest news agency that traces its origins back to 1835. He is the author of the book Journalism Ethics: […]
12 September 2017

Marianne Bray

Honorary Lecturer mfbray03@hku.hk Marianne Bray has worked as a reporter and editor in Hong Kong and New York for CNN, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters, Bridge News, and Bloomberg. Her stories have appeared in newspapers around […]
25 August 2016

Patrick Yu

Honorary Lecturer patrick.yu@fleishman.com Patrick Yu is general manager, senior vice president and senior partner at FleishmanHillard Hong Kong and head of financial and professional services in Asia Pacific for the public relations firm. Patrick has […]