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22 January 2012

Thirteen JMSC Students Awarded Scholarships

Thirteen MJ students from a variety of countries have received scholarships for the 2011-2012 school year to help them with their studies at the JMSC. The scholarships are either full, half or quarter and come from donors including the […]

12 January 2012

JMSC Welcomes New And Returning Staff

The JMSC has added three new adjuncts to its highly experienced teaching staff, and two familiar faces are returning for the spring semester. The new members of the teaching staff are Mike Meyer, Matt Walsh and Danny Gittings. Meyer, who has […]

12 January 2012

JMSC Designated Administrator of SOPA Awards for Second Year Running

The JMSC has been designated the administrator of this year's Society of Publishers in Asia Awards. Rusty Todd, Visiting Professor and Director of Business Journalism at the JMSC, will serve as Head of Judges.

11 January 2012

An MJ’s CNNGo Internship: Part Fun, Part Bootcamp

Lareina Choong, a Master of Journalism student from Singapore, spent 10 weeks interning at CNNGo in Hong Kong this winter, working on its travel and lifestyle news web site. An account of her experience:

10 January 2012

Academic “Through Train” Pays Off For Recent JMSC Alumni

JMSC alumni who entered the master’s programme fresh from their undergraduate studies have chalked up some remarkable early career successes. The merits of getting work experience before returning to university or spending another year or two […]

20 December 2011

MJ Recounts Her Internship Experiences at The Jakarta Post

The JMSC’s Master of Journalism students serve rewarding internships at news organisations all over the world, from cross-border outfits such as CNN and the Wall Street Journal Asia to national newspapers such as the Phnom […]

18 December 2011

JMSC Students Interviewed on RTHK’s “Hong Kong Connection”

Two Bachelor of Journalism students were interviewed on RTHK’s long-running public affairs programme, Hong Kong Connection, about archives law and its importance in everyday life. The students, Nicky Ng (BJ Year 2) and Leanne Lee […]

15 December 2011

JMSC Student Writes Front Page Story for the Phnom Penh Post

JMSC graduate student Alexis Lai has dived right into her internship at the Phnom Penh Post with a front-page story on the Cambodian government’s year-old Anti-Corruption Unit. The article, in which she shares a byline with two […]