The University of Hong Kong – Master of Journalism

Internship Programme

Students Share Their Internship Experiences

The JMSC faculty’s networks with leading international media organizations have helped build one of the most dynamic
journalism internship programs in the world.

While many MJ students work in Hong Kong and key cities in mainland China such as Beijing and Shanghai, they also have had opportunities to intern in such far-flung places as Jakarta, Manila, Singapore, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore, Karachi, Melbourne, Cape Town, Copenhagen, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

In many cases, these global internships have led to full-time employment.

Our internship partners include: (partial listing)

Overseas media: New York Daily News (New York City), New American Media (San Francisco), WGBH TV (Boston), KCTS TV (Seattle), WNYC Public Radio (New York), WRTI-FM (Philadelphia), The Jakarta Globe, Phnom Penh Post , CNN (Beijing), CBS News (Beijing), NBC News (Beijing), AI Jazeera (Cairo), Bloomberg (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Berlin), Pakistan Press Foundation (Karachi), Malaysiakini.com (Kuala Lumpur), Taipei Times, The Hindu (New Delhi), Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg), Newsbreak (Manila).

Local English and international media: News Corporation, CNN, BBC, CCTV (Hong Kong), CNBC Asia, Voice of America,
Associated Press, Thomson-Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News & Television, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post, The Standard, The Wall Street Journal Asia, Time Asia, Financial Times, Forbes.

Local Chinese media: TVB, ATV, Cable TV, NOW (Business News Channel), Phoenix TV, Radio Television Hong Kong, Commercial
Radio, China Daily, Hong Kong Economic Times, Ming Pao , MingPao.com, Sing Tao Daily, Apple Daily, Wen Wei Po, Headline Daily, AM730, Metropolis Daily, Yazhou Zhoukan, Cup, City Magazine, Next Magazine, East Week .

PRC media: CCTV (Beijing), Shanghai Media Group, China Radio International (Beijing), China Daily (Beijing), Shanghai Daily, Southern Weekend (Guangzhou), 21st Century World Herald (Guangzhou), Caixin Media.

International Student Body

• Master of Journalism (full-time): 54
• Master of Journalism (part-time): 29
• Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism: 3
• MPhil and PhD: 5

University backgrounds of MJ students 2001-2010 (partial listing)

USA

• City University of New York
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Harvard University
• John Hopkins University
• Northwestern University
• Princeton University
• Smith College
• Stanford University
• UC Berkeley
• UCLA
• University of Chicago
• Wellesley University
• Yale University

Canada

• McGill University
• Queen’s University
• University of British Columbia
• University of Toronto
• University of Western Ontario
• York University

Mainland China

• Beijing Foreign Studies University
  
• Communications University of China
• Fudan University
• Peking University
• Renmin University

Europe

• Cambridge University
• London School of Economics
• Oxford University
• University of Warwick
• Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Science Po)

Hong Kong

• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• City University
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• The University of Hong Kong

Job placement at companies (partial listing)

• Bloomberg
• CCTV
• China Daily
• CNN
• Forbes
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Reuters News
• Shanghai Media Group
• South China Morning Post
• Wall Street Journal

Research at the JMSC

Research and academic projects at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre

- Computational Journalism and Data-mining of Online Social Media
- China Media Project
- Media Law Project
- Public Health Communication Programme
- ABC News on Campus
- Project for Public Culture

Alumni Stories

View the the latest edition of the JMSC’s booklet, Postgraduate Alumni Stories, which showcases the career progression of 25 graduates of the JMSC, all alumni of the Master of Journalism, Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Philosophy programmes.

Click on the pamphlet to read in full-screen mode.

The alumni featured include:

Sarah Chakales, MJ 2009, now a writer for CNN International in Hong Kong.

“As a Hong Kong based-writer for CNN International, I script television stories on business and market related developments in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as around the world. Asia is quickly becoming a powerful economic force on the global stage, so it’s exciting to have the opportunity to follow that action so closely.”

Lorea Solabarrieta, MJ 2010, Business News Anchor and Reporter for CCTV News in Beijing.

“Taking my Masters at the JMSC was one of the best things to have happened to me!”

Stuart Biggs, MJ 2004, reporter for Bloomberg News in Tokyo.

“The JMSC experience has been invaluable,” he said. “Years into my professional life, my opinion of the programme hasn’t changed. Perhaps the opposite is true. The more I find myself in complex situations, the more I remember the importance of understanding the issues, ethics and our responsibility as journalists that the professors drilled into us.”

Caroline Malone, MJ 2008, of Al Jazeera English in Doha.

“As Senior Producer, I’ll be both output producing (researching, writing, editing pictures, commissioning graphics) and package producing (putting own stories together and voicing). In the future I may also be doing the same out in the field,” she said.

Olga Wong, MPhil 2005, Senior Reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.

“My days with the JMSC are memorable. The wide-range of learning opportunities offered is precious to both my personal and career development,” she said of her time at HKU. “I was also overwhelmed by the chance of meeting veteran journalists and experienced research fellows from around the world, with whom I was encouraged to exchange ideas on a daily basis.”

Kiu Lam, MJ 2003, Internal Communications Associate Manager at Hong Kong Disneyland.