21 November 2013
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JMSC Research Seminar: Challenging official propaganda? Public opinion leaders on Sina Weibo

This is a public lecture on the work of Dr. Joyce Nip, who focused on the exposure of a series of corrupt officials on Sina Weibo after the 18th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, and examines the social positions of opinion leaders in these cases. The relative roles of official agencies, mainstream news media and citizens are discussed in public opinion formation in these cases.
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18 November 2013
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Veteran Bloomberg Reporter on the Skills Today’s Journalists Need

A veteran Bloomberg reporter tells JMSC students that today's journalists should have passion, talent, and tenacity and that business news is no different from any other kind of reporting beat -- business journalists still need to have strong writing skills, be good listeners, and do their homework. Doing live TV interviews, however, required a certain skill set.
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13 November 2013
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“Ethnic Media” Specialist Says Entrepreneurial Spirit is Essential for Today’s Journalists

An award winning journalist and author offers students some career advice -- have an entrepreneurial mindset, become an expert and people will seek you out, and look for opportunities to work freelance or as a stringer for news organizations that are eliminating full-time overseas staff.
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8 November 2013
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Worldwide Group of Media Law Experts Gathers at HKU to Discuss Challenges of the Digital Age

The Internet is going to require new legal approaches to media law, because the old approaches, rooted in traditional law, are being made obsolete by the digital age, a legal expert predicted at a recent conference at The University of Hong Kong.
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6 November 2013
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How I Write – by author and journalist, Andrew Lam

Andrew Lam is a writer, journalist, and, for eight years, a commentator on National Public Radio in the United States. He co-founded New America Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media organizations in America. He will be giving a talk on how he writes on Friday, November 8, 2013, from 1-2pm at the Digital Media Lab, Eliot Hall, The University of Hong Kong.
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5 November 2013
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Student Diversity

The Master of Journalism (MJ) attracts talented students from all over the world, and is taught by a faculty of experienced journalists and media scholars. We take between 60 and 70 students a year from a variety of countries and professional backgrounds, and in nine months of full time study teach the tools, skills and values that a journalist in the digital age requires. Many of our students have come from other professions and have taken this course an embarked on new careers as journalists.
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3 November 2013
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JMSC Students Nominated for Documentary Film Prize in China

A work by four students from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre was nominated for best documentary film at the 1st China International Micro-film Exhibition held in Hangzhou October 18-20. The film was one of 48 nominees selected from over 2,000 entries.
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