LIST OF COURSES OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT

General Courses:

• Data Journalism
• You CAN Write Better English
• Investigative Journalism
• Book Proposals that Work

Technical Courses:

• The Craft and Art of Documentary Filmmaking
• Basic Video Shooting and Editing
• Advanced Video Shooting and Editing
• Web building with WordPress for beginners
• Web management for self-hosted WordPress site (intermediate)
• Photo slideshow with audio for beginners
• Basic News Photography
• Documentary Video Production
• Information Architecture for Effective Outreach and Communications

For enquiries, please contact Matthew Leung at jmsccos@hku.hk / phone 3917 1155

Notes:

1. The JMSC reserves the right to cancel or amend course details.
2. Enrolment will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Enrolment will be confirmed upon full payment of fees.
3. Course fee will be refunded only if the JMSC cancels a course.
4. All courses will be held at HKU, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
5. A certificate will be issued upon satisfactory completion of a course
6. Applicants for JMSC public courses should be 18 years old or above.
7. Members of AAJA, SOPA and FCC, as well as HKU and JMSC staffs, students and alumni, are entitled to 10% discount on all courses. Please register for courses through “Registration with concession” and provide your membership name and number for verification. The JMSC reserves the right to cancel a registration if the membership details are invalid at the time of registration and no refund will be made.
8. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they have satisfied any pre-requisite requirements. In the interest of other participants, instructors will not take extra time to coach participants on what they should already know.

COURSES DETAIL

General Courses:

Data Journalism – Instructor: Irene Jay Liu

In this increasingly data-driven, electronic world, good reporting isn’t just about going to press conferences and developing sources. We no longer have to take the word of “experts” to crunch numbers or solely rely on their analysis/ spin – we can, and must, do it for ourselves.

Stories are buried in public data all over the world – from government records to census data to private company disclosures. Whether it is providing a few numbers for a breaking news story or making sense of a large government data dump for the huge exclusive, mastering basic computer-assisted reporting tools will give you the edge to unlock these stories ahead of the competition.

This course will teach you how to:

1. Find and ask for information.

2. Give you the basic computer-assisted reporting skills to make sense of the data.

3. Identify, report and write the stories for a general audience.

Class Size: 30 max | Hours: 36 | Time: Weekdays 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm; Saturday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | Date: May 7,9,11,14,16,18,21,23,24,28,29,30 | Fee: HK$6,500 | Register here | Course Details

You CAN Write Better English – Instructor: Barry Kalb

Barry Kalb, lecturer in journalism at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and author of the highly regarded handbook You Can Write Better English, will discuss the errors that native Chinese speakers routinely make when writing English, how these errors should be corrected, and why good written English is essential in today’s globalized world.

Class Size: 25 max | Hours: 6 | Time: 10am -1pm | Date: June 3,5 | Fee: HK$1,500 | Register here.

Investigative Journalism – Instructor: Chan Pui-king

Crime, corruption, environmental destruction, the flow of money, goods and people are now all cross-border issues. This course is designed to equip students with the skills to find and research original, ground-breaking stories. It will cover digital research, using public records and databases to find stories, computer-assisted reporting, in-depth interviewing, beating the competition, and writing stories that make an impact. It will feature guest lecturers and students will report on live, cross-border stories.

Pre-requisites:

Basic understanding of journalism; experience in dealing with the press, like answering press enquiries or preparing press releases or statements; knowledge on writing a news reports (basic concepts like inverted pyramid and lead must be familiar).

(This course will be conducted in Chinese)

Class Size: 20 max | Hours: 35 | Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm | Date: June 3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,13,14 | Fee: HK$6,500 | Register here | Course Details

Book Proposals that Work – Instructor: Lauren Dockett

Publishers are inundated each day with proposals from agents and experienced writers, not to mention first-time authors. This workshop identifies those components of a nonfiction proposal that inspire editors and agents to respond. This is a hands-on proposal workshop that covers all the elements of a good nonfiction proposal, teaches the language and needs of publishers in today’s media climate, and helps participants identify and market their strengths as authors and promoters. Participants can work from a finished nonfiction project or an early idea and by the end of the class will have a working draft of a proposal for a marketable book.

Class Size: N/A | Hours: 6 | Time: 10am – 1pm | Date: June 17,18 | Fee: HK$3,000 | Register here.

Technical Courses:

The Craft and Art of Documentary Filmmaking – Instructor: Ruby Yang

This course will guide you through the various stages of digital editing and post-production phase of documentary production. You will actively participate in the editing of your own material.

Course Synopsis/Description:

Editing, the final stage of documentary filmmaking, is probably the most creative and yet the most challenging phase of production. This is the phase where one breaks or makes a masterpiece. This course aims to fully immerse participants into the world of creating documented reality with raw materials – photographs, video and audio clips. Learning the editing software is elementary. Building on the basic principles of digital editing – organization of material and assembling a timeline, participants will experiment advance techniques of building rhythm, creating montage sequence, and various ways of working with images and sound. Screening of award-winning documentary films explores the art of documentary films through analyzing the use of music, sound effects, and various editing style and technique used by editors to create mood, tension, conflict and resolution.

Lecture Topics:

Various styles of documentary films

Working with directors and the role of editors

Introduction to several professional editing softwares: Final Cut, AVID, Premiere

Basic principles of digital editing – organization and structure, time lines, basic trim procedures, picture and audio effects

Working with archival material

Working with music: original composition and published music

Introduction to Pro-tools for sound edit and sound mix

Designing titles, inter-titles, subtitles, fonts and graphics

Class Size: 30 | Hours: 36 | Time: 10am – 1pm | Date: May 6,8,10,13,15,16,20,22,24,27,29,31 | Fee: HK$6,500 | Register here | Course Details

Basic Video Shooting and Editing – Instructor: Rob McBride

This course in digital video shooting and editing will enable students to enter the digital age of storytelling. It consists of on-location lessons in shooting, including shot composition, sequencing and continuity, as well as effective audio management. Participants will learn how to use Final Cut Pro digital editing on MacBook laptops, with an introduction to different types of storytelling formats, from breaking news to features. By the end of the course, participants will have created a short story.

Class Size: 20 | Hours: 9 | Date & Time: To be confirmed | Fee: HK$3,700 | Register here.

Advanced Video Shooting and Editing – Instructor: Rob McBride

This course is designed specifically for working journalists and aspiring story-tellers who already have a working knowledge of video news shooting and editing on Final Cut Pro. Participants will be expected to research, shoot and edit their own stories under the guidance of JMSC instructors. Participants will practice and develop working knowledge of the news-gathering workflow, through practical application of their skills in making a real news feature. They should come away from the course with a piece of television appropriate for a Hong Kong news channel.

Class Size: 15 | Hours: 35 | Date & Time: To be confirmed | Fee: HK$6,500 | Register here.

Web building with WordPress for beginners – Instructor: Masato Kajimoto

This hands-on workshop walks you through the process of setting up your own website with multimedia content on WordPress.com. You will learn how to

1) configure WordPress content management system,

2) take advantage of various widgets and plug-ins,

3) embed your audio visual content and

4) integrate your social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.

Please note that this workshop is for absolute beginners and we do not discuss self-hosted website.

Pre-requisites:

A working knowledge of web-based e-mailing services such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. Basic understanding of how popular web-based services such as YouTube and SoundCloud work.

Class Size: 15 | Hours: 6 | Time: 10am -1pm | Date: June 6,7 | Fee: HK$3,000 | Register here.

Web management for self-hosted WordPress site (intermediate) – Instructor: Masato Kajimoto

This workshop discusses various plug-ins, tools and strategies that would enhance your self-hosted, WordPress-based website. Topics range from social media integration to search engine optimization. Please note that this workshop is for those who already own their WordPress-based websites but have not gone beyond the basics.

Pre-requisites:

Administrators’ rights to an existing self-hosted website run by WordPress content management system.

Class Size: N/A | Hours: 6 | Time: 10am -1pm | Date: June 10,11 | Fee: HK$3,000 | Register here.

Photo slideshow with audio for beginners – Instructor: Masato Kajimoto

This hands-on workshop walks you through the process of producing a photo slideshow with sound for your website. You will learn the basics of photo shooting and editing (PhotoShop and Lightroom), audio recording and editing (Audition), and slideshow creation and presentation (SoundSlides). Please note that this workshop is for absolute beginners who know very little about photography, audio recording/editing and multimedia storytelling.

Pre-requisites:

Participants need to bring their own digital cameras and audio recording devices (smart phones are acceptable).

Class Size: N/A | Hours: 9 | Time: 2pm -5pm | Date: June 11,13,14 | Fee: HK$3,700 | Register here.

Basic News Photography – Instructor: Kees Metselaar

This course teaches participants basics skills of photography and how to make better news pictures with their camera. They will learn about focusing, exposure and composing, and how to improve their pictures. The participants will receive tips and advice on how to make better pictures of people, especially in the street, during interviews and other newsworthy situations. At the conclusion of the course, students will feel more confident about using their cameras in those situations and will see better photographic results.

Class Size: 20 | Hours: 9 | Time: 10am -1pm | Date: May 31, June 1,2 | Fee: HK$3,700 | Register here.

Documentary Video Production – Instructor: Nancy Tong

This is a hands-on practical course on the techniques of documentary video production. Students will be primed on the various styles of documentary videos. They will learn and practice all the necessary steps to produce a short documentary video.

At the end of the course participants should know how to:

• Develop and conceptualize a short documentary video
• Conduct research and identify themes for the video
• Perform on location interviews, video camera work and sound recording
• Execute video picture and sound edit
• Write proposal to seek funding for documentary video

Pre-requisites:

Not suitable for people with fulltime employment unless they can commit to completing the out-of-class assignments. Applicants for this course must submit videos they were involved in producing as part of the application process. Send portfolios to jmsccos@hku.hk for assessment of suitability for this course before enrolling online.

Class Size: 15 | Hours: 36 | Time: 1pm – 5pm | Date: May 6,9,13,16,20,23, 27,30, screening session (to be confirmed) | Fee: HK$6,500 | Register here | Course Details

Information Architecture for Effective Outreach and Communications – Instructor: Darcy Christ

In the digital age, organizations face the challenge of managing the ever-growing volume of information under their charge. They also need to find ways to share the information internally and publicly for the advancement of organizational goals. Websites are widely used for outreach and information dissemination, but they are just one piece of the puzzle in effective information delivery.

Information Architecture (IA) is the art and science of organizing information to make it both findable and usable by stakeholders. It is also the art of creating websites in ways that would maximize the potential of digital content delivery and outreach.

This course will introduce the main concepts behind IA, its history and role in web development. But it will also explore how the related fields of content strategy, usability design and social media strategy have enhanced the approach but not altered the principles of IA.

Class Size: N/A | Hours: 12 | Date and Time: 4, 11, and 18 June (6.30pm – 9.30pm), 22 June (10am – 1pm) | Fee: HK$5,000 |Register here | Course Details

A world-class international journalism degree – in the heart of Asia

Admissions – Master of Journalism (MJ)

The Master of Journalism course is a one year full-time or a two year part-time course. Students are taught the core skills of journalism – reporting and writing, television and video production, media law and ethics and multiple-media online journalism. They also have the opportunity to take elective courses in a broad range of subjects from business and finance to public health and digital media. They also have the opportunities for short-term internships.

Admissions – Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism (PDipJ)

The Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism course is a part-time course over one or two years. Students learn the core skills of journalism – reporting and writing, television and video production, media law and ethics and multiple-media online journalism. Students also have the opportunity to take elective courses in a broad range of subjects from business and finance to public health to digital media and to undergo short-term internships.

Admissions – MPhil / PhD

Please note that the application deadline for the main round of MPhil / Ph.D admissions for the 2013-14 academic year is December 1, 2012.

• Internship Programme
• International Student Body
• Research at the JMSC
• Alumni Stories

• Students' Experience 1

  
  

  Alumni Spotlight: MJ 2011 Justin Heifetz talks about being a web editor in Cambodia
  

• Students' Experience 2

  
  

  Student Spotlight: MJ 2012 Chloe Deng talks about her career goals
  

• Students' Experience 3

  
  

  Student Spotlight: MJ 2011 Vanessa Joanne Ko talks about her internship experience at The Phnom Penh Post
  

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.

Graduate Alumni Stories 

JMSC in numbers (2012-2013)

• Master of Journalism (full-time): 58
• Master of Journalism (part-time): 8
• Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism: 1
• MPhil and PhD: 3

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

 

Research and academic projects at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre

China Media Project

 

China Media Project

This project generates original, systematic, and multi-faceted research in the field of Chinese journalism. The project has extensive contacts with mainland Chinese media and works directly with editors, writers and producers to document and understand the transformation underway in China’s media.

For Details please visit: The China Media Project

 

Hong Kong Media Law

 

Media Law Project

This project is a unique research and training programme for journalists, students, academics, media lawyers and others in the communications industry in Hong Kong, mainland China and the region.

For details please visit: The Media Law Project

 

 

Project for Public Culture

 

Project for Public Culture

Founded in August 2007, the multi-disciplinary programme conducts research and studies on the media, humanities and culture, with a special focus on Hong Kong and the region.

For details please visit: The Project for Public Culture

 

 

Public Health Communication Programme

 

Public Health Communication Programme

The Public Health Communication Programme received two research grants during 2011.  One from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)  was for a white paper on a communications strategy for “One Health”, a disease prevention approach  that focuses on the links between humans and animals and the environment in the emergence of new diseases, and tries to use communication to reduce the risk of new diseases emerging. This communication strategy was presented by Thomas Abraham at a workshop organized at FAO headquarters in Rome, and attended by communication specialists from a number of UN organizations. Thomas Abraham also held workshops for the FAO in Bangladesh and Indonesia. He also served as an expert on a communication consultation meeting on the Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Infectious Diseases held at the WHO regional headquarters in Manila in October.

The second grant was from the University of Hong Kong’s University Development Fund to expand the current programme on risk communication. A major focus of work will be creating an on line risk communication programme targeting health communications officers in Ministries of Health in the region. This will help countries meet their obligations under the International Health Regulations to have risk communication capacity to respond to infectious disease threats and other disasters.

Thomas Abraham also spoke at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Qatar in June on polio as an “underground epidemic”.

His publications for the year include two peer reviewed journal publications: “The Chronicle of a Disease Foretold, Pandemic H1N1 and the Construction of a Global Health Security Threat” ( Political Studies, December 2011), and “Lessons from the Pandemic: The Need for New Tools for Risk and Outbreak Communication” (Emerging Health Threats Journal, October 2011).

For details please visit: The Public Health Communications Programme

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.

 

Open publication

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.

A world-class international journalism degree – in the heart of Asia

Admissions

The JMSC seeks intellectually curious students with a passion for learning. If you are keen to question, to explore and to be challenged, the JMSC welcomes your application.

About the JMSC

JMSC Campus @ HKU

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at The University of Hong Kong began as a graduate-level program in 1998 and later added a Bachelor of Journalism programme. At the undergraduate level, we offer 35 courses on topics including news reporting and writing for all forms of traditional and new media, media law and ethics, and journalism history and traditions from regional and global perspectives. The curriculum includes a strong element of instruction in digital media, which are changing the nature of journalism. Special courses are also available, including Independent Study and Chinese News Writing.

Journalists should have a broad education, so we require Bachelor of Journalism students to acquire a second major. We also require students to participate in internship programs. These requirements, along with exchange programmes with leading universities in the U.S., Europe, Asia and elsewhere, as well as other special programmes and seminars held throughout the year, help us equip our students with the abilities they need to become the next generation of leaders in the rapidly changing field of journalism.

Curriculum Structure

Why Seek a Bachelor of 
Journalism Degree at HKU?

• The University of Hong Kong is a world-class university located on the doorstep of China in the heart of Asia, one of the world’s most vibrant regions.
• The university offers English-language instruction in a multicultural environment.
• The JMSC boasts a faculty of distinguished international journalists and educators.
• The course leads to a dual-major, communications-focused degree that is highly valued by employers.
• The course includes integrated training in print, broadcast and online media.
• The programme features small, skills-oriented classes and personal career guidance.
• There are exclusive seminars with experts and newsmakers.
• HKU offers exchange programmes with universities in U.S., Europe and elsewhere.

Download BJ programme brochure (PDF)

• Download BJ programme brochure (PDF)

• Update – Thank you to all who applied.  The application window is now closed.  We are reviewing applications.  Recipients will be announced soon.
• How to Apply - Deadline May 31, 2012
  

  Master of Journalism students Jaime Chua and Yu Xinyan – class of 2012

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, for the 2012-13 academic year, are designed to teach journalism to computer scientists and specialists in related disciplines who are interested in pursuing a media-related career.

The emphasis is on developing digital journalism tools for news gathering, storytelling, data analysis and data visualisation.

“As technology develops at break-neck speed, the industry needs developers and programmers who are knowledgeable about journalism,” said Professor Ying Chan, Director of the JMSC.

“We need them to help develop new ways of telling stories, analyze massive amounts of data and develop web and mobile applications for news delivery.”

As part of the programme, successful candidates will participate in JMSC data journalism research projects.

The scholarships will cover full tuition for the 2012-13 academic year, and will be awarded on the basis of academic merit or outstanding experience.

“We are grateful for the support from Google, which helps the JMSC advance the frontiers of journalism education,” Chan said.

How to Apply

Applicants should have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, information engineering or a related discipline, and must demonstrate competency in computational problem solving, computer programming and database management.

Applicants with knowledge of data mining, data visualisation and digital storytelling will have a definite advantage. Those with innovative ideas or entrepreneurial talents are particularly encouraged to apply.

Scholarship holders will study the core and elective courses offered by the JMSC and may also take elective courses offered by the Faculty of Engineering’s Electronic Commerce and Internet Computing Programme.

The application deadline is May 31, 2012.

For further information, visit http://jmsc.hku.hk/mjadmissions.

To apply for a scholarship, please contact Jason Hui at 2219-4113 or e-mail jmscmj@hku.hk.

MJ Curriculum

The Master of Journalism course is a one year full-time or a two year part-time course. Students learn the core skills of journalism – reporting and writing, television and video production, media law and ethics and new media. Students also have the opportunity to take elective courses in a broad range of subjects from business and finance to public health to digital media. Candidates shall complete no fewer than 33 and no more than 36 course units.

Core courses: Reporting and writing (3 Units) Critical issues in journalism and global communications (3 Units) Media law (3 Units) Online journalism (3 Units) Television news writing (3 Units) Video news production (3 Units) Elective courses: General courses Advanced reporting and writing (English) (3 Units) Advanced reporting and writing (Chinese) (3 Units) Cultural studies of the media (3 Units) Literary journalism (3 Units) Media law II: comparative studies (3 Units) Special topics in journalism I (3 Units) Special topics in journalism II (3 Units) Master’s project (6 Units) Special topics in journalism III (3 Units) Special topics in journalism IV (3 Units) International news (3 Units) Media research: concepts and methods (3 Units) Legal reporting (3 Units) Media, politics and public affairs (3 Units) Entertainment, arts and culture journalism (3 Units) News editing (3 Units) China courses Covering China (3 Units) Reporting Hong Kong (3 Units) How the media tell China’s story (3 Units) Special topics in covering China I (3 Units) Special topics in covering China II (3 Units) Chinese Non-fiction Writing (3 Units)

Adjunct Lecturer Rob McBride and Video News Production Students   Business and finance courses Interpreting and using business journalism in a global era (3 Units) Global financial journalism (3 Units) Global economic journalism (3 Units) Readings in global business journalism (3 Units) Special topics in global business journalism I (3 Units) Special topics in global business journalism II (3 Units) Multi-media courses Photojournalism (3 Units) Advanced online journalism (3 Units) Documentary film appreciation (3 Units) Documentary video production (3 Units) Radio news (3 Units) Science, health and environmental courses Reporting the environment (3 Units) Reporting the big issues in science (3 Units) Reporting health and medicine (3 Units) (*2011-2012 syllabus)

 

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

Postgraduate Alumni Stories (download the brochure to see what our alums are doing now)

JMSC in numbers (2010-2011)

• 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.

 

Open publication

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.

 

通傳媒，識中國

1949以來的傳媒命運與國事風雲

錢鋼

《唐山大地震》作者

香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心 中國傳媒研究計劃主任

課程簡介

2012年是觀察中國政治生態、研究傳媒處境的窗口。本課程以新聞自由在當代中國的命運為脈絡，解讀傳媒與政治的變遷；從新聞傳媒的角度，縱觀1949年以來的中國歷史；在中國政治的大背景下，審視中國新聞自由的坎坷遭遇。課程强調知識的系統性、重視現實觀照，深入剖析內地傳媒生態，探討中國國情和發展走向。

上課日期：二零一二年三月十七日至六月二日，週六上課，共十講
時間：下午二時三十分至六時
地點：香港大學本部
教學語言：普通話
學費：港幣3,800元
凡香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心的畢業生、香港大學全日制學生、現職新聞工作者，均可獲八折學費優惠（港幣3,040元），需提供學生證、工作證副本或名片作證明。

 

講者介紹

錢鋼，中國大陸著名傳媒人、作家，內地和香港業界熟知的新聞教育工作者。他親歷文革、改革開放、六四等歷史事件，見證中國媒體的變遷。他曾是《解放軍報》記者，在1986年發表代表作《唐山大地震》。離開軍隊後，他參與創辦《中國減災報》、《三聯生活週刊》等媒體，並任中央電視臺《新聞調查》欄目總策劃，在1998至2001年，擔任中國著名報紙《南方週末》常務副主編。自2004年至今，擔任香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心中國傳媒研究計畫主任。期間，他出版了《大清留美幼童記》、《舊聞記者》、《中國傳媒與政治改革》、《如此盛世》等著作。他的新聞史課程，將國家歷史、傳媒歷史和個人經歷融合交織，別具一格。

 

課程大綱

17/3 第一講 縱論：時政、國情與傳媒

24/3 第二講 中國的民主自由之夢
解析中國新聞自由的薪火傳承，解讀中共建政初期的新聞傳媒——高唱「讓一切不民主的制度死亡」，靠「民主自由」擊敗國民黨的中共，能否真正建立「民主政府」？ 曾向國民黨奮力爭取言論自由的中共，在執政後實行了什麽樣的新聞制度？

31/3 第三講 毛澤東時代的傳媒：從反右運動到大饑荒
1957年的反右運動，將中國傳媒的自由主義傳統，幾乎連根斬除。從整風、鳴放，到反右：爲什麽毛主席號召批評，轉眼却將批評者打翻在地？發生於1958至1962年的大饑荒，禍起何處？理解反右和文革的鑰匙在哪里？

14/4 第四講 毛澤東時代的傳媒：文革
文化大革命是民主運動嗎？紅色浩劫的年代黨媒制度發展到極致，演化出「兩報一刊」這種極權宣傳機器。紅色口號的飈升如何應和了文革的發動？全面專政時代的極權傳媒是什麽面貌？

21/4 第五講 鄧小平時代的傳媒：解凍與交鋒
短暫的華國鋒時代，守舊和改革的較量，艱難的破冰歷程。在隨後的鄧小平時代初期，中國傳媒能否突破重圍？要走出毛的陰影，難！難！難！

5/5 第六講 鄧小平時代的傳媒：天安門
1985至1989年，政治體制改革呼聲漸漲，而執政黨舉棋不定。伴隨兩任總書記的悲劇命運，中國傳媒將經歷怎樣的大起大落、血淚洗禮？

12/5 第七講 江澤民時代的傳媒：在金錢與權力之間
鄧小平「南巡」後，中國擱置政治改革提議，繼而「悶聲發大財」，在經濟起飛的同時，社會和傳媒走上了畸形的發展道路。

19/5 第八講 江澤民時代的傳媒：大博弈
江澤民時代的中國傳媒，新聞專業主義開始成長，但仍無力突破市場和專權的雙重鉗制。直至沙士（SARS）爆發，國家和民衆付出慘痛代價。

26/5第九講 胡溫時代的傳媒：如此盛世
這是權貴資本主義瘋狂生長的時代，也是資訊科技和公民社會快速成長的時代。 中國傳媒在爭取自由的路上，有何不為人知的甘苦？新媒體時代的公民運動，展示了什麽樣的前景？

2/6 第十講 總結：社會轉型期的傳媒人和知識分子

 

學員參考書目

《墓碑》 (楊繼繩著 香港天地圖書公司)
《改革歷程》 （根據趙紫陽錄音整理 香港新世紀出版社）
《歷史的大爆炸》（張萬舒著 香港天地圖書公司）
《熱昏的年代》 （張萬舒著 香港天地圖書公司）
《改革漩渦中的人民日報》 （祝華新著 香港天地圖書公司）
《中國傳媒與政治改革》 （錢鋼著 香港天地圖書公司）
《中國傳媒風雲錄》 （陳婉瑩、錢鋼主編 香港天地圖書公司）
《出大事了》（即將出版）（陳婉瑩、錢鋼主編 香港天地圖書公司）
《中國傳媒銳思錄》（即將出版）（陳婉瑩、錢鋼主編 香港天地圖書公司）
《如此盛世——錢鋼的中國觀察》（錢鋼著 香港天地圖書公司）
《中國猛博》 （陳婉瑩、錢鋼主編 香港天地圖書公司）
《政治改革大博弈——溫家寶七談政改風波》（錢鋼 編著 香港天地圖書公司）

參考影片
《八九點鐘的太陽》《尋找林昭的靈魂》《天安門》《記憶》系列

 

報名詳情

報名方法

1.網上報名及繳費，請登錄
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入學條件及錄取方式

1.凡熱愛新聞、關心中國國情及通識教育的人士均可報讀。歡迎大專院校學生報名，更歡迎高中教師、傳媒人、文化工作者修讀。
2.申請者必須具備基本中文書寫與普通話聽講能力，上課可以廣東話提問。
3.中心將以「先到先得」方式錄取學員，並將儘快通知申請者是否獲錄取，名額70人。
4.不被錄取的申請者將獲退還已繳交之學費。
5.申請者須年滿18歲。

學費：港幣3,800元
凡香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心的畢業生、香港大學全日制學生、現職新聞工作者，均可獲八折學費優惠（港幣3,040元），需提供學生證、工作證副本或名片作證明。

修讀證明書

中心將在課程完結三個月內，發出修讀證明書給予出席達八講或以上的學員。

截止報名日期

2012年3月13日（星期二）
逾期申請，只在本課程名額未滿的情况下，才被考慮接納。

索取報名表地點

課程詳情及報名表格可在以下地點索取：
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• Time: 2-4 pm
• Venue: The Fringe Club Studio, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong
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The Amazing Race. Photographers had to be in the right place at the right time … Photo: AJ Libunao

The assignment would make a hardened war correspondent tremble: cover a pair of science camps spent locked up overnight in a museum with 300 teenagers.

But student journalists from the JMSC picked up the challenge and produced a fine multi-media file documenting the activities of hundreds of high school students in what the University of Hong Kong (HKU) organisers described as “No ordinary field-trip”.

 

Dubbed A Night at the Science Museum, the pioneering two-part festival of hands-on science and engineering activities plus inter-school competitions was not an easy event to report.

• View a selection of reports here
• View the website produced for the event here

Key to success rested on choosing the right tools for the job and meticulous planning. Reporting more than 12 hours of continuous activity — and keeping track of video, text, photos and audio files — posed a logistical challenge.

Students were required to build a tower from spaghetti, tape and string, topped by a marshmallow. The tallest won.

 

Making sense of a team challenge involving uncooked spaghetti, string, duct tape and a marshmallow required dexterity with words as well as strong images.

Covering a competition that sent 300 students hurtling around all four floors of the museum collecting clues lent itself to video and stills photography — and required careful positioning to catch more than blurred images of sprinting teens.

In between all this mass activity, students attended workshops providing hands on experiments, enjoying a range of often bizarre activities.

One group tossed eggs off a balcony. Another raised finger-prints from a series of potential murder weapons ranging from a baseball bat to a wine bottle.

Some students flailed around in darkness — experiencing a Hong Kong without the glare of light pollution that has become ubiquitous. That was not a workshop that lent itself to photography.

LIVE ON THE WEB – NO ROOM FOR ERROR

 

Tutor Kevin Lau (left) and MJ Charles Lui stream the opening hour live

The organisers, HKU’s faculties of Engineering and Science, wanted the opening hour or so of both evenings covered live.

No problem.

That job fell to MJ Charles Lui, supervised by JMSC lecturer Kevin Lau. See his streamcasts here.

The rest of the team got busy photographing, audio-and video-recording and writing up the antics of the youthful participants.

They recorded and captured footage for a short video wrap to be ready before breakfast and clips for a longer documentary to be put together afterwards.

They shot still photographs, wrote up quotes, taped audio soundbites, filed text, photos and video to Facebook and compiled audio-visual reports.

Speed was of the essence but patience was required. Coaxing meaningful quotes from teenagers was no easy task as any parent can attest.

Say something! JMSC Student Journalist Elisa Chan interviews teens

In a temporary newsroom set up in the Science Museum’s Ground Floor computer room, JMSC faculty news edited and filed material as the student reporters checked in and out to edit, upload and tag their material on  a set of labelled laptops.

Kevin Lau ran video. Teaching Assistant and multi-media producer AJ Libunao directed photography.

Teaching Consultant Masato Kajimoto ran the social media effort and Senior Teaching Consultant Diane Stormont coordinated the web side of things and pulled the project together.

 

 

Audio: JMSC Student Reporter Lareina Choong collects Vox Pops

Masato Kajimoto engages in Mobile Journalism (MoJo) to update Facebook live

Student reporter Varia Bortsova covers a hands-on science workshop

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AT WORK

Undergraduate Elisa Chan was so engrossed that she did not notice the Vice Chancellor peering over her shoulder

“I’m pleased to see experiential learning at work!” — HKU Vice Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui

 

 

Vice Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui  (4th from left) after inspecting the newsroom. The Museum Night was part of HKU

Experiential learning — or learning through doing — is a hallmark of the JMSC experience.

Both graduate and undergraduate students put into practice what they had learned in class during the museum assignment.

The Vice Chancellor, who visited the news room on the second night and inspected work in progress, declared himself impressed.

Professor Tsui arrived just at one of the busiest parts of the evening.

Half the JMSC team were out reporting but the other half had hunkered down to write, process, edit and file their material.

 

NO TIME TO SLEEP … WELL NOT MUCH

 

Not all the teens managed to keep their eyes open for the entire night

The idea behind the nightcamps at the Science Museum, said Professor Paul Cheung of HKU’s Engineering Department, a driving force in getting the unprecedented event off the ground, was to give students a taste of what awaited those who planned to go on to study science subjects at college.

“Youngsters like to stay up all night and sleep all day so this was thought to be an ideal way of reaching them,” Cheung said.

Many teens did in fact grab some sleep. But only a handful of the JMSC student journalists got much more than a quick catnap on the newsroom floor. But only once their work was done. The others meanwhile, worked on until the sun rose over Kowloon.

Click on the appropriate tab to see some of their efforts:

The Website

Click to enlarge:

 

The website set up at http://jmsc.hku.hk/sites/science-museum/ showcased all the reporting. The JMSC journalists wrote up their articles and embedded photos, video, soundslides and social media elements.

The Facebook page, created and directed by Masato Kajimoto, was embedded on the home page.

 

 

Video

This video wrap had to be shot, captured, edited and output before breakfast. It was broadcast to the student body as the science camp wound down.

 

A Night at the Science Museum HKU 100 from JMSC HKU on Vimeo.

Throughout the night, student-journalists needed to remember to shoot video footage both for the wrap and for a longer documentary to be edited afterwards. JMSC tutor and web video specialist Kevin Lau had to edit the wrap fast in order to meet such a tight deadline.

Livestreaming the opening segments fell to MJ Charles Liu, who put his height to good use:  View his videostreams here.

 

Social Media

Masato Kajimoto led the charge on Facebook, uploading story snippets, photo albums and video clips recorded on his now alas no longer manufactured Flip mini videocam.

His page, http://www.facebook.com/hkusciencemuseum, captured more than 300 followers before the science camp was out — underscoring the importance of Facebook to teens.

Student journalists received crash-course in fast reporting skills, a particularly important technique to master, especially for those contemplating a career with the wire services or 24-hour revolving news broadcasters. Flickr, the photosharing site, proved useful in keeping track of hundreds of photographs.

View The Night At the Museum Facebook Page

 

Soundslides

 

A useful tool for displaying audio-visual stories, but far faster to compile and upload than video, Soundslides can prove a powerful reporting tool. Song Yang, a doctorate student in education who attended JMSC online classes as part of her thesis research, ventured into hands-on journalism at the event by producing two fine soundslides:

One is embedded below. The other can be seen at Icebreaker Challenge: Take This Spaghetti and Marshmallow …

 

Photography

Shooting powerful photos was only part of the job; photographers, under the direction of AJ Libunao, also had to edit, caption, tag and upload their work for matching with stories and as stand-alone chronicles of the events of the two nights.

Two social media sites proved useful for this task: the Facebook photo albums utility and the Flickr photo storing and sharing site.

 

JMSC Student Participants

Professor Cheung served as MC and took a lead role in organising the event.

November 11:
Kai Wang
Sylvain Gharbi
Varia Bortsova
Elisa Qiu
Charles Liu
Ellen Chueng
Emma Dong
Michael Kim

“The JMSC did a fantastic job. Very professional.” — Professor Paul Cheung

November 18:
Michael Kim
Charles Liu
Elisa Chan
Phoebe Yuen
Lareina Choong
Sanday Chongo Kabange
Yang Song

 

 

November, 2011.

 

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JMSC Students check out audio visual equipment to document the wheelchair challenge. Photo: Lionel Mok.

Students taking Online Journalism were set a challenge: experience life as a wheelchair-bound user of the University of Hong Kong campus.

They were divided into groups, issued with a wheelchair and given a route to negotiate.

As this selection of reports shows, the student reporters found the university’s facilities for wheelchair users fell far short of the ideal.

View a selection of reports:

1. Eliot Hall to the Canteen in the Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre

2. The Run Run Shaw Building to the Lily Pond

3. The HSBC Cashpoint to the Main Library

4. The East Gate to the Swire Building

1. Eliot Hall to the Canteen in the Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre
Soundslide: Jalasaya Federoff
Narration: Jalasaya Federoff
Photos: Lionel Mok, Zahira Danda, Sergio Held and Jalasaya Federoff
*Note: There is a wheelchair ramp from Eliot Hall but the team could not find it

2. The Run Run Shaw Building to the Lily Pond
Soundslide: Lareina Choong
Audio/Narration: Lareina Choong, Stephanie Li, Natalie Wang
Photos: Natalie Wang, Stephanie Li, Lareina Choong

3. The HSBC Cashpoint to the Main Library
Soundslide: Robert Kemp
Audio/Narration: Tracy Lam, Apple Lam, Robert Kemp
Photos: Tracy Yang, Apple Lam, Robert Kemp

4. The East Gate to the Swire Building
Soundslide: Connie Tse
Audio/Narration/Photos: Jaime Chua, Jingting Peng, Connie Tse and Xinyan Yu

Reports produced with Soundslides

“The photograph itself doesn’t interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”

– Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism

Photojournalism is an integral element of the journalism skills taught at the JMSC.

In an increasingly convergent media environment, the ability of journalists to illustrate a story with images is essential.

From autumn 2011, the JMSC presents Photojournalism @ HKU, a year-long tour of photojournalism from its history as a documentary medium to its present as a key element of both traditional and on-line interactive journalism.

The programme includes a student exhibition, a short course for the public by an award-winning photojournalist and a lecture series by masters of photojournalism from around the world.

The lecture series features Liu Heung Shing, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and an expert on the archiving of photos and Nick Ut, also a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who took the Vietnam War-era Napalm Girl photo.

Others speakers include Dutch photojournalist Kees Metselaar, who has covered the fall of dictators Marcos and Suharto, Michael Coyne, a veteran photojournalist who as covered conflict in many of the world’s hotspots, and Shahidul Alam, who uses photography and new media in support of social activism.

For more information about Photojournalism @ HKU events, please contact Kylie Chan at kyliec@hku.hk or 2219-4416

For updates, bookmark and visit our website frequently: http://jmsc.hku.hk

Masters Lecture Series

 

Photojournalism @ HKU Masters Lecture Series

The lecture series is part of the JMSC’s Photojournalism @ HKU year-long series, which includes masters lectures, public courses and an exhibition of works by JMSC students at the Fringe Club.

• SHAHIDUL ALAM
• MICHAEL COYNE
• LIU HEUNG SHING
• KEES METSELAAR
• NICK UT

 

 

COMING UP …

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KEES METSELAAR – Dutch Eyes, 25 years of photojournalism in Asia

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Time: 3:30pm
Venue: Foundation Chamber
Free admission, all are welcome

Kees has covered the fall of two dictators in Asia, Marcos in the Philippines and Suharto in Indonesia, got his feet wet in numerous floods and walked with the mujahedin in Afghanistan. He will speak about his experiences and the big changes in photojournalism since the mid-eighties when he began.

 

Kees Metselaar graduated as a scientist from the Free University in Amsterdam before he became a full time photojournalist in the mid eighties. His first big story was the fall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines in 1986. He photographed famine in the Sudan and the mujahedin in Afghanistan. In the early 1990s, he moved his base to Hong Kong to concentrate on Asia. He was in Bangladesh when a giant cyclone killed more than 100,000 people and those pictures went around the world.

He was in Indonesia during the fall of another dictator, President Suharto, and has travelled ith his cameras all over the vast archipelago. He is represented by the Dutch agency, Hollandse Hoogte. He has exhibited in Europe and Hong Kong. More recently in Hong Kong, he has been documenting the disappearing street markets and life styles of Central and Western Districts.

Blog: http://photokees.blogspot.com/

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MICHAEL COYNE: Tell Me A Story

Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Fringe Studio, The Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central
Free admission, first-come, first-served

 

Michael Coyne will talk about the importance of visual literacy in an image-saturated world. He will discuss the elements of visual literacy and how a powerful picture can tell a story. Michael’s talk will be illustrated by photographs from his international assignments.

Michael Coyne is an award winning photojournalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Time, Life, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Vogue and more. He has won awards from such organisations as the American National Press Photographers Association, the Overseas Press Club of America and the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong.

Website: http://www.michaelcoyne.com.au/

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PAST  MASTERS LECTURES

 

NICK UT: From Hell to Hollywood

 

 

Date: Friday, September 23, 2011
Time: 5 pm
Venue: Hui Pun Hing Lecture Theatre (Library Building LE1), The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam

Nick Ut, the legendary Associated Press photographer, is the author of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a nine-year old girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam War. He will speak about his photography career which has bought him from the battle fields of Vietnam to the glamour of Hollywood.

Nick Ut, also known as Ut Cong Huynh, was born in Vietnam.  He began to take photographs for the AP when he was 16, just after his older brother, another AP photographer was killed in combat in 1965.

He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for his photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, an iconic image which helped turn American public opinion against the war. Ut has since worked for the AP in Tokyo, South Korea, and Hanoi and is now based in Los Angeles. He maintains contact with Kim Phuc, who now lives in Canada.  Ut is also known for his portraits of Hollywood movie stars.

 

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LIU HEUNG SHING – The Power of Images and The Road to 1911
影像的力量－1911「大道之行」辛亥革命百周年影像展公開講座
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Time: 6 – 7.30 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
Language: Putonghua

Liu Heung Shing is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and former foreign correspondent.

His talk coincides with the opening of a five-week exhibition at the HKU Museum, The Road to 1911: A Visual History, marking the centennial anniversary of the 1911 Revolution in China, and the launch of the book on the same subject, In Revolution: 1911 and Beyond.

The exhibition features 86 photos, brought together by Liu for the first time from collections worldwide.

The photographs run from the Second Opium War in 1860 to the end of the Warlord Era in the early 1920s, and provide an insight into the origins of modern China, in which Hong Kong played a key role.

They illustrate the social conditions and attitudes of the era, the atmosphere inside the imperial court in the dying days of the Qing Dynasty, the lives of the mighty and the poor and various events that helped shape the transition of China from an empire to a republic. Liu will recount his experiences in compiling this visual history.

Website: http://jmsc.hku.hk/sites/1911/

 

 

 

 

 

Public Course

BEYOND BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL COYNE

 

This course explores different photographic techniques, purposes and outcomes. It will enable you to identify good techniques and minimize bad photography.. Students will learn how to produce effective portraits, which illuminate the subjects’ personality as well as their appearance. By the end of the course you will be able to effectively tell a story or illustrate an issue through photography.
Date: December 2–4, 2011 (Fri–Sun)
Time: 10am – 1pm
Venue: Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Eliot Hall, HKU
Fee: $3,500
Syllabus: see here.
Limited space, register now.
Register for Beyond Basic Photography

 

Exhibition at the Fringe

 

The JMSC presents journalism students’ works at an Photography Exhibition at the Fringe Club

Photojournalism @ HKU

Visual Moments

 

 

November 29 – December 7
Presented by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong
The Anita Chan Lai-Ling Gallery, and Fotogalerie

“The photograph itself doesn’t interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism.

 

Come explore the reality of everyday life in Hong Kong, as seen through the lenses of The University of Hong Kong’s journalism students and graduates.

The photos are a mishmash of ideas, visions and realities of what life in Hong Kong is, some from master photographer Michael Coyne’s photojournalism class at HKU, others by graduates who have become established photojournalists in their own right.

攝影本身並不吸引我。我只想捕捉現實的瞬間。——Henri Cartier-Bresson 現代新聞攝影之父

 

就如香港大學新聞系的學生和舊生，透過鏡頭去探索香港的現實生活，這些照片混雜著創意、願景，並展現著香港的真實。

照片來自攝影大師 Michael Coyne在港大教授的「新聞攝影班」學生；及新聞系的畢業生，在他們當中不乏出色的新聞攝影者。
http://jmsc.hku.hk

 

 

 

 

Student Works

Selected Student Works