24 September 2019

Video by JMSC undergrads selected for UN sustainable development initiative

Gabriel Fung  and Antonia Tang, both in their second year of the Bachelor of Journalism programme, were part of a HKU team whose mini-doc Diversity in Sham Shui Po was among nine entries selected for the MY World 360º […]
9 September 2019

JMSC alumnus Ko Swe Win among 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award honourees

JMSC alumnus Ko Swe Win (MJ 2009), editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, was among five recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award this year. He was lauded for “building the quality and force of media’s truth-telling.” The […]
4 September 2019

(16 Sep) U.S.-China Relations in the “America First” Era (VIDEO ONLINE)

  WATCH THE ENTIRE EVENT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm Date:  Monday, 16 September 2019 Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong, (Directions) All are welcome. CLICK HERE TO […]
3 September 2019

Incoming undergrad and graduate classes experience orientation days

By George Russell Neither intermittent rain nor the prospect of transport network disruptions dissuaded the incoming Bachelor of Journalism (BJ) and Master of Journalism (MJ) classes from their orientation days in the last week of […]
25 August 2019

Jeffrey Timmermans defines “Financial Journalism”

Dr. Jeffrey Timmermans defines “Financial Journalism” for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE) of Communication. From 28 August, the Encyclopedia will have a new 11,000-word entry on Financial Journalism that traces the long history of financial journalism and […]
12 July 2019

Lyn Yang named fifth winner of the Mick Deane Scholarship for Video Journalism

By George W. Russell With her video storytelling covering such diverse subjects as Hong Kong’s last traditional food stalls and a man who makes mahjong tiles, Lyn Yang (MJ 2019) pays attention to details. That […]
24 June 2019

Media-X Prototype Fund Announces Inaugural Winners for 2019

Hong Kong, 24 June 2019. The University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre has announced the two inaugural grantees for its Media-X Prototype Fund. The two awardees are “Sustainable Asia”, a podcasting team […]