19 July 2010

You Can Write Better English

You Can Write Better English is the title of JMSC Honorary Lecturer Barry Kalb’s new book. It sets out some rules of good writing and focuses in particular on the routine mistakes that native Chinese speakers […]
16 July 2010

Conference Probes Communication Challenges During Swine Flu

A two-day JMSC conference titled One Year into the Pandemic: Perspectives on Risk and Crisis Communication, explored the public communication challenges that arose during H1N1 (swine flu) coverage. Speakers at the event on July 12 […]
14 July 2010

JMSC Wins Two Major Research Grants

The JMSC has won two significant awards from the Research Grants Council for 2010-2011. The Council allocates research money annually from the Hong Kong government. The JMSC’s Associate Professor, Dr Miklos Sukosd, gained a grant […]
14 July 2010

Is Chinese English-language Journalism Credible?

The JMSC’s Director, Ying Chan, the Director of the JMSC’s Broadcasting Programme, Jim Laurie, and Hu Shuli, editor of Caixin Media have been debating the credibility of Chinese state-run English-language media in the New York […]
12 July 2010

Initiative Pays Off For Phnom Penh Post Intern

Daniel Pordes has just graduated from the JMSC’s Master of Journalism programme. He is three weeks into a five-week internship at the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia, organised by the JMSC. He tells the JMSC […]
2 July 2010

JMSC Conference: One Year into the Pandemic

July 12-13: The international conference One Year into the Pandemic: Perspectives on Risk and Crisis Communication was hosted by the JMSC and brought together communication specialists, academics, journalists and public health officials.
29 June 2010

Professor Ying Chan Comments on Creative Commons Hong Kong

Professor Ying Chan, JMSC Director, was quoted in an article by the Hong Kong-based English-language daily, the South China Morning Post, about the slow uptake of Creative Commons here. A flexible copyright licence enables anyone […]
29 June 2010

JMSC Alumnus Wins Top Consumer Rights Reporting Award

JMSC Alumnus Ivan Broadhead won the top Gold Award for radio reporting in the 2010 Consumer Rights Reporting Awards for his documentary Shellfish Habit, which he produced and presented for Hong Kong public broadcaster, RTHK.