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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…

Academic “Through Train” Pays Off For Recent JMSC Alumni

Academic “Through Train” Pays Off For Recent JMSC Alumni

JMSC alumni who entered the master’s programme fresh from their undergraduate studies have chalked up some remarkable early career successes.

The merits of getting work experience before returning to university or spending another year or two at college is often fiercely…

JMSC Alumni Form Marathon Running Partnership

JMSC Alumni Form Marathon Running Partnership

The JMSC breeds more than just journalists — it’s also helped foster the birth of an unusual marathon-running partnership.

Marco Lui and Monami Yui both graduated with a Master of Journalism degree in 2009, and both found jobs with the…

JMSC Students Secure Prestigious Winter Internships

JMSC Students Secure Prestigious Winter Internships

More than 40 of this year’s full-time Master of Journalism students have been placed in internships at prestigious media organisations over the winter break.

The placements are in a wide range of organisations spread over a large geographical area.  They…

JMSC Alumnus Runs Social Media at Phnom Penh Post

JMSC Alumnus Runs Social Media at Phnom Penh Post

Justin Heifetz (MJ 2011) has been appointed to work as a journalist and social media editor at the Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia’s main English language newspaper.

“The role is unique in that I write stories and sub-edit only half the…

MJ Converts Internship At The Economist Intelligence Unit Into Job

MJ Converts Internship At The Economist Intelligence Unit Into Job

Richard Schuster (MJ 2011), who spent four months with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) this summer, was recently offered a fixed-term position.

As the sister company of The Economist magazine, a member of the Economist Group, the EIU is…

JMSC Alumni Network

JMSC Alumni Network

Keep in touch with your fellow JMSC Alumni via the JMSC Alumni Network. Click here for details.

MJ Alumni Cover Boao Forum in Hainan

MJ Alumni Cover Boao Forum in Hainan

More than 800 international journalists converged on Hainan Island last week for the Boao Forum For Asia, where leaders in government, business and academia shared their visions of the most pressing issues facing Asia and the world at large.…

JMSC Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Coverage

JMSC Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Coverage

JMSC alumni and students are among those who have been reporting the recent tragedy in Japan caused by the earthquake and tsunami.

Diego Laje (MJ 2009) lives in Hong Kong and freelances for CNN Spanish and CNN.com. He…

Students and Alumni Secure Positions With Financial Times Publications

Students and Alumni Secure Positions With Financial Times Publications

The Financial Times (FT) is a world renowned, international British newspaper, which is published in London and 23 other cities round the world.

Known for its distinctive salmon-coloured newspaper, the FT is often consumed via tablets like the iPad or…

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