29 October 2014

Documentary by JMSC’s Ruby Yang raises over $900,000 for scholarships

The gala premiere of "My Voice, My Life", a film directed by JMSC documentary teacher, Ruby Yang, that follows the personal journey of four under-privileged Hong Kong high school students, has raised over $900,000 for the University of Hong Kong's First-in-the-Family Education fund.
23 October 2014

New grants fund JMSC social media and censorship research

JMSC Assistant Professor Fu King-Wa has been awarded two new grants to continue his work investigating the behaviour of social media users in China and Hong Kong and assessing the extent of Chinese government censorship. […]
1 October 2014

Student-run page that vets protest rumours swamped with ‘likes’

The bi-lingual site, called VerifiedHK, provides fact-checked protest information including reliable news reports, photos and logistics updates through Facebook and Twitter, and also responds to individual requests for verified information through Google.
30 September 2014

JMSC students provide live coverage of HK democracy protests

As thousands of pro-democracy activists block Hong Kong streets to demand the right to choose their own Chief Executive, students from the JMSC have formed on-the-ground news teams to cover this historic event.
29 September 2014

JMSC teaching goes global with launch of HKU MOOC

Education in health risk communication has been made accessible to a global audience with the launch of the University of Hong Kong’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Epidemics, developed in conjunction with the Journalism […]