17 November 2015
Journalists, newsroom managers and innovators are invited to attend a series of workshops on the latest developments in video journalism this Friday, 4 December.
13 November 2015
Diego Laje, bureau chief for CNN en Español in Buenos Aires, gave students his top tips for developing a career in journalism when he visited the HKU campus recently. Diego met with students and talked […]
10 November 2015
Journalists and members of the public are invited to register for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization,’ conducted by Professor Alberto Cairo, Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the […]
7 November 2015
Undergraduate students performed a live news broadcast production demo to a standing-room only crowd of HKU hopefuls as part of the Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions on 7 November. JMSC faculty and alumni also talked […]
6 November 2015
It’s a story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world produced by award-winning filmmaker Xi Zhinong. A group of filmmakers from Wild China Film Studio, led by […]
26 October 2015
MJ 2014, Editor, Global Publishing, McKinsey & Company
'As someone who was working as a journalist in New Delhi before joining the Master’s programme at The Journalism and Media Studies Centre, I entered the programme with the idea of strengthening my reporting skills and expanding my network in the region. I ended up leaving with much more. With experienced working journalists as faculty members and JMSC alumni in every major news organisation in Hong Kong, the programme helped me gain inroads into the competitive world of financial journalism.'
'As someone who was working as a journalist in New Delhi before joining the Master’s programme at The Journalism and Media Studies Centre, I entered the programme with the idea of strengthening my reporting skills and expanding my network in the region. I ended up leaving with much more. With experienced working journalists as faculty members and JMSC alumni in every major news organisation in Hong Kong, the programme helped me gain inroads into the competitive world of financial journalism.'
26 October 2015
MJ 2014, Photo Editor, Asia Photo Desk, Bloomberg
'I joined the JMSC seeking to move into a career working with images. It wasn't the easiest path to take but I was confident that with my experience and with the JMSC laying out the foundations I would be in a good position. Following graduation from the programme, I joined the photo team at The International New York Times as an intern. Newsrooms are looking for specialists, but they also want someone who is well versed in a lot of things.'
'I joined the JMSC seeking to move into a career working with images. It wasn't the easiest path to take but I was confident that with my experience and with the JMSC laying out the foundations I would be in a good position. Following graduation from the programme, I joined the photo team at The International New York Times as an intern. Newsrooms are looking for specialists, but they also want someone who is well versed in a lot of things.'
25 October 2015
MJ 2015, Joyce Liu, Video Producer/ Camera Operator, BBC News Beijing
"Studying at the JMSC was the best time of my life. I got a better understanding of democracy and justice, and became more determined to be a journalist.
At the JMSC, I honed my filming and video editing skills, and learned how to discover and produce human-interest stories and documentaries.