A book about Chinese architectural design by Sylvia Chan, a graduate of the JMSC’s Master of Journalism programme – Writing In(to) Architecture: China’s Architectural Design and Construction Since 1949 – is due for publication in March.
The bilingual (English and…
The opportunities for print reporters are greater in Asia today than in America or Europe.
That’s according to Lauren Dockett, JMSC teaching assistant and internship consultant.
Dockett, who joined the JMSC staff in September 2011, hails from New York,…
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.
Thirteen MJ students from a variety of countries have received scholarships for the 2011-2012 school year to help them with their studies at the JMSC.
The scholarships are either full, half or quarter and come from donors including the South China Morning Post-Wah Kiu…
Cedric Sam is a programmer and researcher at the JMSC working in the field of data and computational journalism.
Cedric is the main coder behind the JMSC’s social media data project and its WeiboScope. He is also…
Director & Professor
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Ying Chan, an award-winning journalist and Hong Kong native, established The University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre in September 1999.
She set up the first professional postgraduate journalism programme in Hong Kong, launched Hong Kong’s first fellowships for working journalists, and forged extensive ties between HKU and the news industry.
Chan’s honours include a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, a George Polk Award for journalistic excellence and an International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
She taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and was on the board of the Asian American Journalists Association.
Chan has a bachelor’s degree (social sciences) from HKU and a Masters from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The JMSC has added three new adjuncts to its highly experienced teaching staff, and two familiar faces are returning for the spring semester.
The new members of the teaching staff are Mike Meyer, Matt Walsh and Danny Gittings.
Meyer, who has won the Lowell Thomas…
The JMSC has been designated the administrator of this year’s Society of Publishers in Asia Awards. Rusty Todd, Visiting Professor and Director of Business Journalism at the JMSC, will serve as Head of Judges.
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:
JMSC alumni who entered the master’s programme fresh from their undergraduate studies have chalked up some remarkable early career successes.
The merits of getting work experience before returning to university or spending another year or two at college is often fiercely…
