Student articles

A mixture of hard news, narrative features and profiles by Bachelor and Master of Journalism students, including ones published on the JMSC Dispatches and Reporting Health & Medicine websites:

28 February 2017

New study: Zika may be linked to another brain disease

By Kevin Lui The World Health Organisation says there is now “scientific consensus that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)“, but a new small-scale study finds that the virus may also […]
28 February 2017

Voice of domestic helpers: things are better in Hong Kong, but we don’t want to stay

by Wang Yingnan | Nov 18, 2015 It’s a typical sunny Sunday in Hong Kong. And as usual, many domestic helpers are gathering together at the Statue Square, sitting, lying and chatting on mats, just […]
28 February 2017

Repelling mosquitoes is big business, attracting both science and snake oil

By George W. Russell Local governments on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are formulating a variety of mosquito prevention strategies as the Zika virus continues to spread. Meanwhile, unscrupulous entrepreneurs are trying to extract […]
28 February 2017

Upper respiratory tract infection outbreak at elderly home, 33 infected

By Christopher Li Residents and six staff members at an elderly home in Tai Hang were infected with the upper respiratory tract infection (URI), The Centre for Health Protection (CHP)  today reported. All infected residents are […]
28 February 2017

It’s hard out there for a scalper; HK’s gray market is feeling the squeeze

by Wang Gengye | Nov 16, 2015 “Just HK$6988, it’s yours!” a young man shouted to the passerby, shaking iPhone6’s in his hand. Getting no response, he shouted again; “Wait, wait, stop! Just HK$6888, all […]