Journalism and Media Studies Centre - The University of Hong Kong » J-Focus Asia http://jmsc.hku.hk World Class Journalism Degree in the Heart of Asia Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 JMSC Designated Administrator of SOPA Awards for Second Year Running http://jmsc.hku.hk/2012/01/jmsc-designated-administrator-of-sopa-awards-for-second-year-running/ http://jmsc.hku.hk/2012/01/jmsc-designated-administrator-of-sopa-awards-for-second-year-running/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:09:58 +0000 admin http://jmsc.hku.hk/?p=15079 The JMSC has been designated the administrator of this year’s Society of Publishers in Asia Awards; Rusty Todd, Visiting Professor and Director of Business Journalism at the JMSC, will serve as Head of Judges.

This is the second year in a row that the JMSC has been chosen to administrate the awards, and the third time that Todd has led the judging panel.

SOPA is dedicated “preserving freedom of the press in the Asia region and to ensuring that independent, quality journalism is observed, encouraged and acknowledged.”

The JMSC has enjoyed a long partnership with the SOPA Awards and faculty members have served as Head of Judges since 2004.

“The mission of the JMSC is to pursue excellence in journalism and foster Asian voices in the international media,” said Professor Ying Chan, Director of the JMSC. “This aligns with the mission of SOPA and the search for editorial excellence of the SOPA Awards.”

Todd said that since 1999, the SOPA Awards have become “the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes in Asia.”

“The awards encourage and recognise courageous, high-quality journalism in the Asia-Pacific,” he said. “Recognising that kind of coverage helps keep journalism vibrant in a region where critical news coverage is badly needed. I’m always willing to help with the SOPA Awards because they are so important to journalism in this part of the world.”

SOPA’s Awards for Editorial Excellence recognise a range of skills, including Excellence in Investigative Reporting,  Reporting Breaking News, Business Reporting, Human Rights Reporting, Reporting on the Environment, Feature Writing and Opinion Writing.

Prizes are also awarded for News Photography, Feature Photography, Special Coverage, Editorial Cartooning, Information Graphics, Newspaper Design, Magazine Design, Multimedia News Presentation, The Scoop Award, and Journalist of the Year.

As Awards’ administrator, the JMSC’s duties include finalising the rules and entry requirements, establishing judging panels, managing hundreds of entries from all over Asia, and collecting and tabulating results.

Todd and his team are busy assembling the judging panels and receiving entries before the deadline of February 15, 2012. The Awards Ceremony will be held on June 7, 2012 at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong.

]]> http://jmsc.hku.hk/2012/01/jmsc-designated-administrator-of-sopa-awards-for-second-year-running/feed/ 0 Oct 27-29 – 2nd SEA Media Legal Defense Litigation Conference http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/oct-27-29-2nd-sea-media-legal-defense-conference/ http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/oct-27-29-2nd-sea-media-legal-defense-conference/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:12:37 +0000 admin http://jmsc.hku.hk/?p=470

SPEAKER LINEUP  – FOR FURTHER DETAILS CLICK HERE

Robert BALIN, Partner and Vice Chair, Media Law Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine, New York, N.Y.

Alfred DODWELL, Partner, Clifford Law, Singapore

David HELLER, Staff Attorney, Media Law Resource Center, New York, N.Y.

Chin Leng LIM, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

Peter LOW, Partner, Colin Ng & Partners, Singapore

T. Mulya LUBIS, Founder and Senior Partner, Lubis, Santosa & Maulana Law Offices, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Robert BALIN, Partner and Vice Chair, Media Law Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine, New York, N.Y.

Alfred DODWELL, Partner, Clifford Law, Singapore

David HELLER, Staff Attorney, Media Law Resource Center, New York, N.Y.

Speakers include:

Chin Leng LIM, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

Peter LOW, Partner, Colin Ng & Partners, Singapore

T. Mulya LUBIS, Founder and Senior Partner, Lubis, Santosa & Maulana Law Offices, Jakarta, Indonesia

Peter NORLANDER, Legal Director, Media Legal Defense Initiative, London.

Sejal Parmar, Senior Legal Officer, Article 19, the Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression, and Visiting Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London

Timothy Robertson, barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney, Australia

H. Harry L. Roque Jr., Partner, Roque and Butuyan Law Offices, Makati City, Philippines

Dr. Peter Schiwy, media lawyer and Professor at the German School of Administrative Sciences, Munich, Germany.

Sejal Parmar, Senior Legal Officer, Article 19, the Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression, and Visiting Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London

Timothy Robertson, barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney, Australia

H. Harry L. Roque Jr., Partner, Roque and Butuyan Law Offices, Makati City, Philippines

Dr. Peter Schiwy, media lawyer and Professor at the German School of Administrative Sciences, Munich, Germany.

]]> http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/oct-27-29-2nd-sea-media-legal-defense-conference/feed/ 0 China’s censorship arms race escalates – Rebecca MacKinnon http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/chinas-censorship-arms-race-escalates-rebecca-mackinnon/ http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/chinas-censorship-arms-race-escalates-rebecca-mackinnon/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:51:28 +0000 admin http://jmsc.hku.hk/?p=440 Last week the China Digital Times reported that the photo above (click here to view full size original) has been making the rounds in Chinese blogs and chatrooms. It is an image of a “computer science float” for Thursday’s National Day parade, onto which somebody has photoshopped a screenshot of the Internet Explorer error message familiar to anybody who has ever tried to access a blocked website in China: “This page cannot be displayed.” – Read on

]]> http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/chinas-censorship-arms-race-escalates-rebecca-mackinnon/feed/ 0 June 8 – Shanghai aims to become ‘Broadway of the East’ http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/june-8-shanghai-aims-to-become-broadway-of-the-east/ http://jmsc.hku.hk/2009/10/june-8-shanghai-aims-to-become-broadway-of-the-east/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:30:15 +0000 admin http://jmsc.hku.hk/?p=438 David Bandurski, JMSC Research Associate, is quoted in an article by Agence France Press, dated June 8, 2009.

Shanghai aims to become ‘Broadway of the East’

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