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17 July 2012

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JMSC Awards Scholarships to a United Nations of Students

The JMSC is awarding 19 scholarships to this year’s intake of Master of Journalism students, including individuals from Afghanistan, America, Ghana, Nepal, New Zealand and Zambia. More than half of the scholarship recipients are from […]

15 June 2012

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The Truth is Complicated – Foxconn fact checking

Conditions at the Shenzhen factory of the hi-tech manufacturer Foxconn are not exactly ideal, according to journalist Rob Schmitz. A digital voice repeats “OK” every time one of the hundreds of workers completes a single […]

13 June 2012

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JMSC Alumni Win Record Number of Awards at SOPA

Six JMSC alumni were among the winners at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for Editorial Excellence, which took place on Thursday, June 7. The awards cover traditional and new media in the […]

7 June 2012

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Sat June 9: Shanghai Lecture Series – Fact-checking Foxconn

Rob Schmitz, Marketplace’s China correspondent in Shanghai, will give a talk titled “Fact-checking Foxconn: The Evolving Labour Story in China” at Hong Kong University’s Shanghai Study Centre on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2pm. Rob Schmitz joined […]

5 June 2012

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Alumnus Wins Postgraduate Research Award

Alison Hui (BJ 2011) has won an award for Best Oral Presentation at the 12th Annual HKU Research Postgraduate Conference. Her topic was using the media to encourage those suffering from depression to seek help. “I […]

25 May 2012

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Alumnus Wins Two Awards in San Francisco

Saul Sugarman, who graduated from the JMSC’s Master of Journalism Programme in 2009, has won two awards for his reporting for a legal affairs newspaper, the Daily Journal, in San Francisco. The awards were given on […]

23 May 2012

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Skills Workshops Add to Students’ Portfolios

The JMSC offered a series of two-hour-long workshops teaching on-line, photography and video editing skills. The worshops, which accommodated 10 to 15 people each, were run during the University of Hong Kong’s reading weeks or at the […]

17 May 2012

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JMSC Summer Mini-Semester Gives MJs More Skills

Master of Journalism students are completing their credit requirements this month during the one-month long summer mini-semester. They’ve had the choice of Reporting the Big Issues in Science, Documentary Video Production, News Editing, and Global […]