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.

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):

• This geoweb application maps all the news organisation in China’s GAPP database
• It tracks recent

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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.

JMSC-China Media Project Publications

The JMSC’s China Media Project regularly publishes books documenting and commenting on the evolution of the media in China written and edited by its staff and fellows. View them here.

Wheelchair Challenge: Watch JMSC Students Attempt to Negotiate the HKU Campus

Students taking Online Journalism were set a challenge: experience life as a wheelchair-bound user of the University of Hong Kong campus. They were divided into groups, issued with a wheelchair and given a route to negotiate.
Share their experiences.

Download the JMSC iOS App

Stay in touch with the JMSC with the JMSC App on your iPhone or iPad. In the app you will find the latest news and events from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, plus locations of events.

The Road to 1911: A Visual History

The “1911” exhibition, a programme to mark the centenary of The University of Hong Kong, features an extraordinary selection of 86 photographs brought together for the first time from collections worldwide by Liu Heung Shing, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo-journalist.

Global Mix of MJs Admitted to JMSC for 2011-12

Sixty students will attend the MJ course from 2011-12 and this year’s admission includes candidates from places as far flung as Tanzania and Colombia.

MJs Excel at JMSC Specialist Subjects in Journalism

More than half of last year’s master’s intake chose to specialise in one of three specialist areas of study introduced for Master of Journalism students in 2010-2011. Twenty-six students specialised in Business and Financial Journalism, four took Environmental, Health and Science Journalism and opted for China Studies.