14 March 2012
Han-Teng Liao, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, will give a talk titled “All the News That’s Fit to Click: Journalism on the Web” at the JMSC on Friday, March 23, 2012. Liao […]
14 March 2012
Four JMSC Bachelor of Journalism students covered the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) meetings in Beijing in March for two of Hong Kong’s leading newspapers. Andrea Chen (BJ […]
11 March 2012
Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to U.S.Secretary of State of Hillary Clinton, will deliver a speech titled “21st Century Statecraft: U.S. Diplomacy in a Networked Era” at the University of Hong Kong on Monday, […]
7 March 2012
The “social media,” like Facebook, Sina Weibo and Twitter, have allowed millions of formerly anonymous individuals to broadcast their opinions to the broad public. Now, a researcher at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (http://jmsc.hku.hk) is combining […]
29 February 2012
Drawing on data collected from a set of online forums and social media, Dr King-wa Fu will explore the characteristics and patterns of public opinion about the Hong Kong government in this public seminar. Fu […]
21 February 2012
Seven JMSC undergraduates will head to Japan next month to cover the first anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami for international news organisations. The March 7-12 trip has been organised by JMSC Teaching Consultant, […]
20 February 2012
A JMSC student team assigned to cover a recent conference arranged by the medical faculty’s Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine impressed the organisers with their professionalism. The six, chosen from JMSC Associate Professor Thomas […]
17 February 2012
Google will fund two full-tuition scholarships for Master of Journalism candidates with solid computer technology backgrounds. The scholarships will provide support for the field of data journalism, one of the new areas of focus at the JMSC.