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13 February 2014

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Dan Gillmor to speak on media entrepreneurship

Dan Gillmor, noted journalist, author and educator, will give a talk at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre on February 14 entitled “Imagining Journalism’s Future: Conversation, Data and Entrepreneurship.” Date: 14 February 2014, Friday Time: […]

28 January 2014

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JMSC Professor Calls for More Transparency in Hong Kong Courts

The Hong Kong courts’ practice of limiting public access to court documents undermines open justice and journalists’ ability to accurately report on court cases, Associate Professor Doreen Weisenhaus recently told the South China Morning Post.

8 January 2014

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Research Staff

David Bandurski BA (Indiana), MSJ (Northwestern) Research Associate dbandurs@hkucc.hku.hk Audrey Chen Research Assistant audrey6@hku.hk Emma Dong Research Assistant emmad@hku.hk Phoebe Peng Research Assistant phoebeqp@hku.hk Wang Rui Research Assistant ruiwang@hku.hk Karen Zhang Research Assistant karencw@hku.hk

5 January 2014

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JMSC Suggestions Cited by Government in Report on Copyright Law Reform

A JMSC position paper urging increased legal protection for creators of parodies and similar literary or artistic expression was repeatedly cited by the Hong Kong government in its report on a recently concluded public consultation on copyright law reform.

26 November 2013

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A Q&A session on environmental photojournalism with Alex Hofford, award-winning conservation photojournalist – CANCELLED

Award-winning photojournalist Alex Hofford will speak at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Centre this Thursday, Nov. 28, from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon. The occasion will be an informal Q&A session with the students of Associate Professor Miklos Sukosd's "Environmental Communication" class, Room 101, Eliot Hall.

22 November 2013

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You develop a critical mind through the studies of Journalism

You learn to be smart. You learn to be a good communicator. You become very knowledgeable in current affairs. And most importantly, you develop a critical mind through the studies of Journalism.

21 November 2013

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This is the place to study study Journalism, if you want to cover China

This is the place to study Journalism, if you want to cover China. The JMSC really gave me the skills to do in-depth investigative journalism in China. It was Ying Chan’s Covering China class. […]

21 November 2013

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JMSC Research Seminar: Challenging official propaganda? Public opinion leaders on Sina Weibo

This is a public lecture on the work of Dr. Joyce Nip, who focused on the exposure of a series of corrupt officials on Sina Weibo after the 18th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, and examines the social positions of opinion leaders in these cases. The relative roles of official agencies, mainstream news media and citizens are discussed in public opinion formation in these cases.