This year, 20 MJ students received scholarships to help them with their studies at the JMSC.
The scholarships are either full, half or quarter and come from a variety of donors including the South China Morning Post Wah Kiu Yat…
Archive for ‘January, 2011’
Twenty JMSC Students Awarded Scholarships
Jan 31, 2011
Students and Alumni Working at TVB
Jan 31, 2011
Hong Kong free television station, TVB, is one of the largest largest terrestrial networks in Hong Kong.
The station is divided into TVB Pearl, which broadcasts predominantly English language news and current affairs programming, and TVB Jade, a…
Feb 22: Talk – Kristie Lu Stout of CNN International
Jan 28, 2011
Kristie Lu Stout is an award-winning journalist for CNN International and the host of News Stream, a nightly 9 pm news programme broadcast from CNN’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. She will give a talk to the JMSC on…
JMSC’s Nancy Tong’s New Film Documents Trail-Blazing Nuns
Jan 27, 2011
Trailblazers in Habits is a historical documentary currently in production by JMSC Visiting Associate Professor, Nancy Tong, and fellow academic, Vivien Ng, examining the history behind, and the social impact of pioneering nuns, the Maryknoll Sisters.
Publisher Chen Yizhong Addresses JMSC Students
Jan 21, 2011
The first priority in running a newspaper is to establish social credibility, said Cheng Yizhong, founder and former chief editor of Southern Metropolis Daily and The Beijing News.
The mainland publisher shared his reflections on the newspaper industry in contemporary…
JMSC Internships Lead to Published Work
Jan 21, 2011
Over the winter break, more than 50 students from the JMSC completed internships in media organisations in Hong Kong, China and round the Asia Pacific Region.
Companies taking JMSC students included Time Out HK, the South China Morning Post, China Daily, Al Jazeera,…
Jan 26: Lecture – Nancy Tong on The Maryknoll Sisters
Jan 21, 2011
JMSC Visiting Associate Professor, Nancy Tong, and her fellow academic, Vivien Ng, will talk about their upcoming documentary film Trailblazers in Habits on Wednesday, January 26, 2011.
The documentary
In 1922, six Maryknoll Sisters in sweeping grey…
MJ Alumnus – Three Months Reporting from Kabul
Jan 18, 2011
Bethany Matta, a Master of Journalism student at the JMSC who graduated in 2010, has spent the past three months freelancing in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
Here is her update of how she’s been getting along:
“I am going…
Jan 20: Lecture – Reflections of a Mainland Publisher
Jan 17, 2011
Cheng Yizhong, Former Chief Editor of Southern Metropolis Daily and The Beijing News, will give a talk to JMSC students on Thursday 20 January.
The lecture is called Reflections of a Mainland Publisher and will be delivered in…
Reporting the Haiti Earthquake Aftermath: Radio and Mobile Phones Were Crucial
Jan 13, 2011
Anne Nelson, co-author of Media, Information Systems and Communities: Lessons from Haiti, gave a lecture to JMSC students and staff on Thursday 13 January about the innovative use of both new and traditional media after last year’s earthquake in Haiti.
Her…
