29 October 2018

Eduard Fernández

MJ 2018, Eduard Fernández, Publishing Editor, Dow Jones Newswires, Barcelona

After years of working as a journalist in Asia, I felt I needed to strengthen my skills to move forward in my career path. JMSC courses helped me to finally be able to shoot and edit my own video stories, have a better grasp of all kind of multimedia online tools, and gain an expertise in financial journalism, a skill that has helped me find my current job as a reporter for a financial publication in Hong Kong.

26 October 2018

Call for applicants to the 2018 Institute for News Literacy Fellows in Asia

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre is co-organising the Institute for News Literacy Fellows in Asia again this year in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Hosted by the Faculty of Journalism and Communication at the […]
22 October 2018

JMSC launches Strapline, a video series all about news literacy

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) today announced the launch of a video series called Strapline: News Literacy for the Rest of Us on YouTube, Facebook, and Medium. Dr. Masato Kajimoto, Assistant Professor of Practice, is […]
22 October 2018

Suhas Bhat

MJ 2018, Suhas Bhat, Copywriter, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
The MJ programme has something for everyone. It is also a great learning environment under established practitioners for a diverse club of young journalists from around the world. In particular, I was amazed by the level of empathy on display among the faculty at Elliot Hall. It's a family.
18 October 2018

(VIDEO ONLINE) The Ethical Image conference

By Kari Lindberg  The ethical challenges of producing and disseminating images were in the spotlight for the first Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) conference of the 2018-2019 term. Topics included the impact of social […]
15 October 2018

(VIDEO ONLINE) JMSC writer-in-residence series: Thomas Abraham

Thomas Abraham, former director of the Master of Journalism programme, was back in town to talk about his latest book, Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication, at the second of our writers-in-residence book talks. He was joined by Professor Keiji […]
14 October 2018

Keith Richburg on RTHK’s The Pulse to discuss press freedom in Hong Kong

Keith Richburg was a guest on RTHK’s The Pulse, hosted by Steve Vines, along with Chris Yeung, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, for a discussion about press freedom. The episode was broadcast on 13 […]
10 October 2018

JMSC at the Uncovering Asia 2018 conference in Seoul

Over 440 journalists from 48 countries convened in Seoul, South Korea, from 4-7 October for Uncovering Asia 2018, the third Asian investigative journalism conference, co-hosted by Global Investigative Journalism Network, Newstapa, and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Dozens of JMSC staff, former lecturers and alumni, […]