Student articles – Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

4 June 2018

Published by JMSC at 4 June 2018

Local identity issues in focus in student documentaries

By Yiduan Wu Identity issues in Hong Kong were the subject of this year’s documentaries produced by journalism postgraduates at the University of Hong Kong. Four documentaries, each lasting around 15 minutes, showed the stories […]

7 May 2018

Published by JMSC at 7 May 2018

Work by JMSC students featured in FCC photography exhibit

By Tongtong Li Photographs of street views and political activists dominated the photographs displayed in the “Young Lenses” student photography exhibition held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club from 2-11 May. The exhibition displayed photographs […]

23 November 2017

Published by JMSC at 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

Published by JMSC at 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

Published by JMSC 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 […]

3 August 2017

Published by JMSC at 3 August 2017

Retiring in the East: dean of social sciences faculty achieves 40 years with HKU

By Tamsyn Burgmann John Burns watched nervously out his window on 30 June 1997 as British military ships and helicopters made a final inspection tour of the East Lamma Channel, contemplating the era about […]

6 April 2017

Published by JMSC at 6 April 2017

Senior HKU students breakfast more often than younger students

By Xinyue Ji | A quick ( and not necessarily scientific) survey by this website found that HKU students above the age of 22 tend to eat breakfast more than four times a week compared […]

5 April 2017

Published by JMSC at 5 April 2017

Could skipping breakfast be good for you?

By Queenie Wong “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Is that true? A recent study published by Frontiers showed that skipping breakfast could be beneficial. Skipping breakfast could be a way to force […]