8 November 2012

Nov 13: Screening — Assignment: China – China Watching

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) will present a screening and discussion of the documentary Assignment China: CHINA WATCHING on Tuesday, November 13 in HKU’s Chow Yei Ching Building. About the film: A documentary film on […]
7 November 2012

Nov 9: Career Talk – How to Light a Prairie Fire: Engaging Across Social Media on a Mass Scale

Join us for a career talk this Friday with Ogilvy social media expert and former New York Times (NYT) correspondent Thomas Crampton, entitled: “How to Light a Prairie Fire: Engaging across social media on a mass […]
6 November 2012

British Parliamentarian Urges Law Reform in Hong Kong and UK to Protect Free Speech

Both Hong Kong law and the British laws on which it is largely based should be reformed to increase protection of “the fundamental right to freedom of expression and public information”, while still safeguarding individuals […]
27 October 2012

JMSC Alumnus Wins International Herald Tribune Award

Isak Ladegaard, a recent Bachelor of Journalism graduate from the JMSC, has won the International Herald Tribune’s , ‘Word (World) of Yours’ Writing Competition 2012 in the university category. Ladegaard won the prize for his […]
26 October 2012

Nov 10: Public Lecture ” Social Media for business: looking beyond the buzzword ” by Andrea Fenn of Fireworks, Shanghai

Social media is one of the most transformative phenomena of the new century, and this is especially true in China, where it has facilitated the emergence of a new urban civil society with faster and […]
25 October 2012

Oct 26: Talk – Communicating Science: The Stony Brook Experience

Richard Hornik, a distinguished former journalist who now teaches at Stony Brook University School of Journalism in the United States, will deliver a talk at the JMSC about the work of the Centre for Communicating […]
20 October 2012

JMSC Hosts Global Marathon 2012 for Data Visualization

The JMSC is hosting the Global Marathon for Data Visualization in Hong Kong between November 9 and 11, 2012. Students currently enrolled at the university level, either undergraduate or graduate, can compete individually or in a […]