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Feb 10: Talk – Paid Internships at Bloomberg

Feb 10: Talk – Paid Internships at Bloomberg

Two ranking Bloomberg staffers will talk on Friday, February 10 about paid summertime internships at the financial news service.

Jasper Wong, Asia Pacific campus recruiter for Bloomberg, and Hwee Ann Tan, Bloomberg Hong Kong bureau chief, will describe the service’s ten-week…

Feb 13: Screening — Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World

Feb 13: Screening — Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World

The JMSC and the Department of History will screen documentary Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World on Monday, February 13 in HKU’s Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall.

Feb 10: Research Seminar – Media Representations of Fukushima

JMSC Teaching Consultant Masato Kajimoto will discuss the difference between Japanese and Western media representations of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday, February 10.

In a seminar called Framing of ‘heroes’ in time of crisis:

Google to Fund Data Journalism Scholarships for 2012-13 at the JMSC

Google to Fund Data Journalism Scholarships for 2012-13 at the JMSC

Google will fund two full-tuition scholarships for Master of Journalism candidates with solid computer technology backgrounds.  The scholarships will provide support for the field of data journalism, one of the new areas of focus at the JMSC.

The scholarships are…

RTHK to Air Radio News Packages Produced by JMSC Students

RTHK to Air Radio News Packages Produced by JMSC Students

The JMSC will partner with public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to produce Cantonese news content for a weekly radio programme during the spring semester.

The University of Hong Kong, the JMSC’s parent institution, is one of five…

Alumnus Marries Love of Words With Love of Architecture in New Book

Alumnus Marries Love of Words With Love of Architecture in New Book

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…

Print Still Alive in Asia Says JMSC Internship Consultant

Print Still Alive in Asia Says JMSC Internship Consultant

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.

Lauren DockettDockett, who joined the JMSC staff in September 2011, hails from New York,…

Thirteen JMSC Students Awarded Scholarships

Thirteen JMSC Students Awarded Scholarships

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

JMSC Welcomes New And Returning Staff

JMSC Welcomes New And Returning Staff

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

JMSC Designated Administrator of SOPA Awards for Second Year Running

JMSC Designated Administrator of SOPA Awards for Second Year Running

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.

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