Doreen Weisenhaus

Doreen Weisenhaus  is director of the Media Law Project and an assistant professor teaching media law and ethics at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong. She is author of Hong Kong Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals (Hong Kong University Press 2007) and founder of http://hongkongmedialaw.net.  Formerly, Weisenhaus was an assistant district attorney in New York; city editor of The New York Times, law and political editor of The New York Times Magazine and editor-in-chief of the U.S.-based National Law Journal. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University’s School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Medill School of Journalism, also at Northwestern. Her research areas also include media law developments in the People’s Republic of China and elsewhere in Asia, media ownership trends, journalism history and newsroom practices.