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MJ Presents Papers at Academic Conferences

MJ Presents Papers at Academic Conferences

Francis Yin, a Master of Journalism student from mainland China, has had two papers he wrote for the JMSC’s Media Research Class accepted for presentation at two separate academic conferences this summer.

Yin will present a paper titled ‘Evolution of…

Leo Goodstadt – Reluctant Regulators: Reporting the Global Financial Crisis

Reporting the Global Financial Crisis

Reporting the Global Financial Crisis

The economist, author and erstwhile government advisor, Leo Goodstadt, spoke to the JMSC about the reporting of the global financial crisis on Friday, May 27, 2011.

Goodstadt opened his talk by saying how nice it was to return to HKU,…

June 7-10: Fundamentals of Business & Financial Journalism Course by Jeffrey Timmermans

June 7-10: Fundamentals of Business & Financial Journalism Course by Jeffrey Timmermans

Jeffrey Timmermans is a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Tokyo and also a former managing editor for Dow Jones Newswires in Hong Kong and Singapore.  In his most recent role at Dow Jones, he directed the regional corporate

June 10-12: New Media Conference at JMSC

June 10-12: New Media Conference at JMSC

The JMSC will host a new media conference, co-sponsored and organised by the Asia Chapter of the Asian American Journalist Association, at The University of Hong Kong in mid-June. Update: View the real-time coverage of the conference online at http://jmsc.hku.hk/sites/jmsc-aaja/

JMSC Screens MJ Documentaries

JMSC Screens MJ Documentaries

A selection of four short documentaries made during Visiting Associate Professor, Nancy Tong‘s Documentary Video Production class were shown to JMSC staff and students on Friday, May 20, 2011.

Tong’s class contained 15 students; they joined together into teams to…

Professional Photographic Training A Draw For Postgraduate Students

Professional Photographic Training A Draw For Postgraduate Students

Award-winning photographer and Honorary Lecturer, Dr. Michael Coyne, is teaching Master of Journalism students photojournalism throughout the month of May.

The course is part of the JMSC’s month-long mini-semester held to enable postgraduate students to take optional extra classes…

May 20: Screening – MJ Short Documentaries

May 20: Screening – MJ Short Documentaries

Four of the documentaries made in Visiting Associate Professor, Nancy Tong‘s Documentary Video Production Class will be screened on Friday, May 20, 2011.

Tong’s class of 15 students all produced a documentary as a final project.

The four short…

May 27: Talk – How the West Created and China Survived the Global Financial Crisis

May 27: Talk – How the West Created and China Survived the Global Financial Crisis

Leo Goodstadt, Chief Policy Advisor to the Hong Kong government from 1989 to 1997, will give a public talk organised by the JMSC on Friday, May 27, 2011.

The talk has the same title as Goodstadt’s latest book: Reluctant

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