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RTHK to Air Radio News Packages Produced by JMSC Students

RTHK to Air Radio News Packages Produced by JMSC Students

The JMSC will partner with public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to produce Cantonese news content for a weekly radio programme during the spring semester.

The University of Hong Kong, the JMSC’s parent institution, is one of five…

An MJ’s CNNGo Internship: Part Fun, Part Bootcamp

An MJ’s CNNGo Internship: Part Fun, Part Bootcamp

Lareina Choong, a Master of Journalism student from Singapore, spent 10 weeks interning at CNNGo in Hong Kong this winter, working on its travel and lifestyle news web site. An account of her experience:

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…

MJ Recounts Her Internship Experiences at The Jakarta Post

MJ Recounts Her Internship Experiences at The Jakarta Post

The JMSC’s Master of Journalism students serve rewarding internships at news organisations all over the world, from cross-border outfits such as CNN and the Wall Street Journal Asia to national newspapers such as the Phnom Penh Post and the…

JMSC Student Writes Front Page Story for the Phnom Penh Post

JMSC Student Writes Front Page Story for the Phnom Penh Post

JMSC graduate student Alexis Lai has dived right into her internship at the Phnom Penh Post with a front-page story on the Cambodian government’s  year-old Anti-Corruption Unit.

The article, in which she shares a byline with two others, looks at the political…

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…

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 Alumnus Sets Up Spanish Bureau at CNN Hong Kong

JMSC Alumnus Sets Up Spanish Bureau at CNN Hong Kong

Diego Laje (MJ 2009) is setting up CNN en Español‘s Spanish bureau at the media company’s Asian headquarters in Hong Kong.

Laje, who is from Argentina, has freelanced for CNN en Español since 2007.  He has also worked for…

MJ Internship Leads to Job at Bloomberg

MJ Internship Leads to Job at Bloomberg

Maha Shah (MJ 2011) has been employed to work on Bloomberg TV’s Assignement Desk in Hong Kong following a summer internship.

Shah worked on the News Desk at Bloomberg TV Hong Kong over the summer. Hong Kong is Bloomberg’s head quarters…

JMSC Alumni Network

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