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Archive for ‘October, 2011’

Nov 11: Pulitzer Prize Winner Peter Arnett Lecture on War Reporting

Nov 11: Pulitzer Prize Winner Peter Arnett Lecture on War Reporting

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett will talk about interviewing bad guys, including Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, at the JMSC on Friday, November 11, 2011.

In a lecture called Video and Villains, Arnett will discuss his post-Vietnam career with CNN

World Watch Website Chronicles International Reporting By JMSC Students

World Watch Website Chronicles International Reporting By JMSC Students

Master of Journalism students who are taking Assistant Professor Thomas Abraham‘s JMSC 6048 International News class are recording their articles on a newly-established class website, World Watch.

“The international news class trains students to report on the global issues…

MJ Converts Internship At The Economist Intelligence Unit Into Job

MJ Converts Internship At The Economist Intelligence Unit Into Job

Richard Schuster (MJ 2011), who spent four months with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) this summer, was recently offered a fixed-term position.

As the sister company of The Economist magazine, a member of the Economist Group, the EIU is…

Monday Morning Lecture Series – Key Industry Insiders Talk at JMSC

Monday Morning Lecture Series – Key Industry Insiders Talk at JMSC

A series of Monday morning lectures by key industry insiders will kick off after Reading Week.

Organised by the JMSC’s Director of Broadcasting Programme, Jim Laurie, the lectures were arranged for his undergraduate Introduction to Television class but will…

Understanding Wall Street – Inside Job Reviewed

Understanding Wall Street – Inside Job Reviewed

Against a backdrop of protesters taking on Wall Street in the United States, the JMSC screened the thought-provoking documentary Inside Job on October 7.

Inside Job was the 2010 Academy Award Best Documentary Feature winner.

It examined what happened…

JMSC Students Published in HKU’s Environmental Sustainability Website

JMSC Students Published in HKU’s Environmental Sustainability Website

Four JMSC Master of Journalism students have contributed to the University of Hong Kong’s sustainability website, Sustainability@HKU.

Anne Renzenbrink, Elisa Qiu, Lionel Mok and Alexis Lai, all MJs 2012, are taking Miklos Sukosd‘s Environmental Communication course.

They reviewed…

Oct 7: Screening of Award Winning Doc – Inside Job

The JMSC will screen the award winning documentary Inside Job on Friday, October 7, 2011.

Inside Job won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

It looks at the shocking truth behind the global economic crisis of 2008…

Photojournalism at HKU

Photojournalism at HKU

 

“The photograph itself doesn’t interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”

– Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism


Photojournalism is…

Meet New Teaching Assistant Lauren Dockett

Meet New Teaching Assistant Lauren Dockett

Meet Lauren Dockett, the JMSC’s new Internship Coordinator and Teaching Assistant:

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