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	<description>A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals by Doreen Weisenhaus with contributions by Jill Cottrell and Yan Mei Ning (HKU Press 2007)</description>
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		<title>Advocating courtroom Twitter reporting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jan 23, 2011 &#8211; South China Morning Post reported on developments in the UK, Australia, Canada and the U.S. allowing reporters to &#8220;tweet&#8221; live from courtrooms in covering ongoing cases and quoted Doreen Weisenhaus, Associate Professor and Director of the Media Law Project, who advocated that Hong Kong reporters be allowed to conduct Twitter reporting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2011/01/23/advocating-courtroom-twitter-reporting/</link>
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		<title>Weisenhaus named Head of Judges for 2011 SOPA Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doreen Weisenhaus, Associate Professor and Director of the Media Law Project of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at HKU, has been named Head of Judges for the Society of Publishers in Asia 2011 Awards for Editorial Excellence.  The JMSC has been named Administrator of the Awards. For more details, see story here.]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2011/01/06/weisenhaus-named-head-of-judges-for-2011-sopa-editorial-awards/</link>
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		<title>Government proposals on obscenity law reform flawed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Journalism and Media Studies Centre has told the Hong Kong government that some of its proposed changes to the obscenity ordinance could pose additional dangers to freedom of expression and the operation of a free press in the SAR. The JMSC’s comments came in a position paper presented to the government on January 31.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2009/02/12/government-proposals-on-obscenity-law-reform-flawed/</link>
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		<title>Commonwealth Lawyer journal reviews book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Lawyer, the Journal of the London-based Commonwealth Lawyers Association, reviews Hong Kong Media Law in its current December 2008 issue. It cites the book&#8217;s &#8220;comprehensive coverage&#8221; and says that &#8220;this book deserves to be the first port of call for anyone seeking guidance on free speech and media law in Hong Kong.&#8221; The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2009/02/02/commonwealth-lawyer-journal-reviews-book/</link>
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		<title>New reviews for Hong Kong Media Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several new reviews of Hong Kong Media Law have been published. They include: In an article &#8220;Hong Kong Media Law Explained,&#8221; by Chris Dillon in the June/July 2008 issue of The Correspondent, a publication of the Foreign Correspondents Club Hong Kong, the book was lauded as &#8220;an accessible guide&#8221; that would be &#8220;particularly useful for correspondents who have recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2008/08/23/new-reviews-for-hong-kong-media-law/</link>
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		<title>Latest data breaches prompt reform calls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the June 2008 issue of Privacy Laws and Business, Doreen Weisenhaus writes about how the latest personal data breaches in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia are prompting calls for reform of existing laws.  The article (\&#8221;Hong Kong DP reform calls: Data breaches and Internet sex scandals in Hong Kong and other Asian countries\&#8221;) details [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2008/08/21/latest-data-breaches-prompt-reform-calls/</link>
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		<title>Hong Kong Law Journal reviews &#8220;Hong Kong Media Law&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its Spring 2008 issue (Volume 38, Part 1), Hong Kong Law Journal reviews Hong Kong Media Law. Author Danny Gittings says, &#8220;This is an important book that goes a long way to filling a serious vacuum as far as the Hong Kong media is concerned. If it helps educate Hong Kong journalists and editors enough for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2008/06/02/hong-kong-law-journal-reviews-hong-kong-media-law/</link>
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		<title>Ruling upholds RTHK broadcasting rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A court ruling upholding the broadcasting rights of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to present a report on same sex marriages is discussed by Doreen Weisenhaus, director of the Media Law Project, on RTHK radio program, &#8220;Backchat.&#8221; A High Court judge held that the Broadcasting Authority&#8217;s censure of an RTHK program on gay marriages was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2008/05/27/ruling-upholds-rthk-broadcasting-rights/</link>
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		<title>Celebrity sex scandal raises many legal issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doreen Weisenhaus, Assistant Professor and Director of the Media Law Project, is interviewed by CNN in a story  that aired on 5 February 2008 and by ABC News on 25 February 2008 on some of the legal ramifications of a controversy involving the Internet publishing of intimate photographs involving Hong Kong celebrities.  Weisenhaus also wrote about the controversy in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2008/02/13/celebrity-sex-scandal-raises-many-legal-issues/</link>
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		<title>Weisenhaus addresses events in London, Taipei</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director of the JMSC’s Media Law Project, Doreen Weisenhaus, recently spoke at two international seminars in September 2007 where she discussed Asian media developments, including those detailed in her book, Hong Kong Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals.  Weisenhaus was an invited speaker Sept. 17 at the biennial London conference organized by the Media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/hongkongmedialaw/2007/10/09/weisenhaus-addresses-global-events/</link>
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