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2 February 2018

JMSC students broaden their skills, cultural horizons with winter internships

By George Russell From stray dogs to censorship, JMSC’s Master of Journalism candidates encountered a range of real-world issues during their exciting winter internships, in which 55 students were placed in newsrooms around Hong Kong, […]

30 January 2018

Jeff Timmermans hosts talk with The Wall Street Journal Asia editor

Dr. Jeff Timmermans, Associate Professor of Practice, hosted a talk with Andrew Dowell, Asia Editor of The Wall Street Journal, on 30 January at Eliot Hall. They discussed how the Internet age has forced dramatic […]

20 January 2018

Q&A with JMSC director at “The Post” screening

Dozens of JMSC students and staff were treated to a preview of The Post at a theatre in Kowloon on 19 January, followed by a Q&A session with JMSC director Keith Richburg and Lecturer Matt Walsh. Keith, who […]

10 January 2018

JMSC talks: Soft Power, Hard Reality: China’s Global Ambitions

PEN Hong Kong and the Journalism and Media Studies Centre jointly present: Soft Power, Hard Reality: China’s Global Ambitions Speakers: Natasha Khan and Louisa Lim Moderator: Ilaria Maria Sala Date: Wednesday, 17 January 2018 […]

8 December 2017

Time to move on

By Thomas Abraham In the autumn of 2003, I stepped into a classroom on an upper floor of Meng Wah Complex with all the confidence of a condemned man being delivered to an executioner. I was […]

23 November 2017

A film journey between the East and West: A dialogue with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Shuibo Wang

By Carmel Yang Soft-spoken and bespectacled, Shui-Bo Wang looks every bit like an artist. In Hong Kong for a seminar at the University of Hong Kong, curated by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang as part of […]

27 October 2017

Hong Kong Police stress accuracy in media at HKU talk

By Suhas Bhat A senior inspector from the Hong Kong Police spoke to students at the University of Hong Kong on Thursday, 26 October 2017, and stressed the importance of accuracy in the media. At […]

6 October 2017

JMSC faculty share research about “fake news” and techniques on how to navigate the media

By Martin Choi The Journalism and Media Studies Centre held its first series of lunchtime talks this year titled “Journalism in the Age of ‘Fake News’” over the course of three weeks, at a time […]