Welcome to the JMSC

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre brings professional journalism education to Hong Kong’s premier university, creating an environment for vibrant interaction among students from Hong Kong, mainland China, Asia and the rest of the world. From day one, students develop convergent skills enabling them operate comfortably in all aspects of the industry, ranging from print, audio, video, multi-media to interactive online journalism.

JMSC Scholarship Winners Enjoy Professional Success

Winners of Master of Journalism scholarships have had great success in getting their work published this year.

Sanday Chongo Kabange of Zambia was among 13 students to receive a scholarship this year. The scholarships are given to talented students who…

Joint Conference Between the Asian American Journalist Association and JMSC Announced

The Asian American Journalist Association (AAJA) and Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) have set the date for the second New Media Conference: May 12, 2012.

Revisit last year’s conference here.

Obituary: Diane Stormont

Diane Stormont, a much loved Senior Teaching Consultant at the JMSC and well-known journalist, died in Hong Kong after a long fight with cancer on Wednesday, March 14, aged 52.

Director’s Message: Ying Chan           Slideshow:Over The Years

Shanghai Summer Programme 2012: Career Discovery in Communications for High School and College Students

The JMSC is offering a two-week summer programme in Shanghai for high school and college students on digital communications. It will run from July 2 – 13. Course Fee: HK$9,500 (HK$8,000 for HKU alumni and their immediate family by 15 May)

Data Journalism Scholarships Funded By Google Now Open

Google will fund two full-tuition scholarships for Master of Journalism candidates with solid computer technology backgrounds. The scholarships will provide support for the field of data journalism, one of the new areas of focus at the JMSC.

An MJ’s CNNGo Internship: Part Fun, Part Bootcamp

Lareina Choong, a Master of Journalism student from Singapore, spent 10 weeks interning at CNNGo in Hong Kong this winter, working on its travel and lifestyle news web site. An account of her experience:

Track Developments in the China Media Via the CMP China Media Map

Stay abreast of developments within the China media via the China Media Map produced by the JMSC’s China Media Project (CMP)

JMSC Students Secure Prestigious Winter Internships

More than 40 of this year’s full-time Master of Journalism students have been placed in internships at prestigious media organisations over the winter break.

The placements are in a wide range of organisations spread over a large geographical area.  They…

Overnight At The Museum – A Reporting Assignment Like No Other

The assignment would make a hardened war correspondent tremble: cover a pair of science camps spent locked up overnight in a museum with 300 teenagers on two consecutive Fridays.