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28 April 2014

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Summer Institute for News Literacy Fellows in Asia 2014

Become a News Literacy Fellow this summer at the University of Hong Kong. Help pioneer a new course for university students on how to evaluate information coming from the news media! Work and study with […]

2 April 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 2 April 2014

Asia Lacks an Effective Investigative Journalism Network, Expert Says

While investigative reporting has exploded around much of the world in recent years, Asia still lacks networks of investigative journalists and nonprofit groups to support them. This was the view of David Kaplan, Executive Director of the Global Investigative Journalists Network, during a talk at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre on March 28.

28 March 2014

Published by admin at 28 March 2014

We Are Not Alone… Investigative Journalism Goes Global

Speaker: David E. Kaplan
Executive Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network, Friday, March 28, 2014, 1:00 to 2:00 PM

26 March 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 26 March 2014

JMSC Undergraduates Cover China’s Top Political Meetings

Four Bachelor of Journalism students from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre got a rare chance earlier this month when they covered meetings of China’s highest organs of state power.

14 March 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 14 March 2014

JMSC Professor and Filmmaker Featured in SCMP Profile

Trailblazers in Habits, a documentary film about an American order of nuns, continues to make waves in Hong Kong and abroad. Its director and producer, JMSC's Nancy Tong, was recently profiled in the South China Morning Post.

21 February 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 21 February 2014

In the New Media Good Journalism and Experts Will Be in Demand

Today’s new generation of journalists is entering a media environment where “everything is possible, up for grabs, and nothing is certain.” But the new media will also require more trusted journalists with expertise.

21 November 2013

Published by admin at 21 November 2013

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.

18 November 2013

Published by Martin Murphy at 18 November 2013

Veteran Bloomberg Reporter on the Skills Today’s Journalists Need

A veteran Bloomberg reporter tells JMSC students that today's journalists should have passion, talent, and tenacity and that business news is no different from any other kind of reporting beat -- business journalists still need to have strong writing skills, be good listeners, and do their homework. Doing live TV interviews, however, required a certain skill set.