The China Media Project leverages the Journalism & Media Studies Centre’s experienced staff and faculty and its extensive contacts with mainland Chinese media and its unique position at the doorsteps of China to generate systematic, multi-facted […]

The Asia Pacific Digital Citizens Project engages more educators to promote news literacy across Asia. The project will refine the curriculum and extend it to local secondary schools in Hong Kong later this year.

Computational media studies is at the forefront of the research development of the JMSC. JMSC has committed to develop research and training programs in this area and strive for research excellence.

The OpenGov Project is an invaluable resource for researching and understanding government transparency and accountability. The project focuses on documentation, editorial commentary, and advocacy for “open data” through providing training, case studies, data repositories, and articles on accessing government information.

The Media Law Project is a research and resource centre for journalists, students, academics, media lawyers and others in the communications industry in Hong Kong, mainland China and the region. Understanding media laws, including those pertaining to access to information, media ownership, press freedom, and privacy, is a crucial component of the field of journalism. The project advocates that to report effectively, journalists should have a firm sense of journalistic ethics, but also know their own rights and how to protect themselves from libel.

The Health Risk Communication Programme is Asia’s premier research institute and training centre for risk communication and health journalism. The programme advocates that communication is one of the most powerful tools for risk assessment, crisis mitigation, and disaster relief, and seeks to provide research and training to meet the needs of public health organisations, governments and international organisations.