Sept 9: Public Talk – Poor English: Why Should Hong Kong Care?

JMSC Honorary Lecturer, Barry Kalb, will be talking about the importance of writing in good English at the Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library on September 9th.

China has become a major player in global business, and Hong Kong and its…

Sept 3: Book Launch – Eileen Chang’s The Book of Change

The JMSC’s Project for Public Culture and Hong Kong University Press will co-host a book launch for Eileen Chang’s semi-autobiographical novel The Book of Change《易經》on September 3, 2010.

The book launch also marks the 90th birthday and 15th…

ABC News on Campus Project Enters Second Year

The ABC News on Campus Project – a joint venture between the American Broadcasting Company and the JMSC – has been given the green light to continue this academic year.

JMSC Book Launched: Investigative Journalism in China

Investigative Journalism in China: Eight Cases in Chinese Watchdog Journalism uses eight case studies of Visiting Fellows. Through their stories, it looks at how investigative journalism flourished in China despite state censorship and other political control in the decade running up to 2003.

Our Home at Historic Eliot Hall

The JMSC is housed in Eliot Hall, which was built in 1914, three years after the founding of HKU. In 2001, the university transformed Eliot Hall into a state-of-the-art facility for training journalists that features the latest computer and multi-media technology while preserving Eliot Hall’s rich heritage.