Backpack Journalism Archives - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

29 March 2017

Published by jmsc at 29 March 2017

Would you give your life to tell the story? Whatever your answer, JMSC professor teaches students to be ready

Not many professions ask you to put your life in danger. Journalism is one of them, and Kevin Sites, Associate Professor of Practice and former war correspondent, wants his students to be ready. In the […]

3 November 2016

Published by jmsc at 3 November 2016

Bulgarian media get backpack journalism tips from JMSC Associate Professor

Former backpack war correspondent and JMSC Associate Professor of Practice Kevin Sites recently conducted five days of training for Bulgarian journalists on the basics of digital mobile journalism—the concept of self-reliant individuals shooting, writing and […]

31 July 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 31 July 2013

JMSC Alum Joins JMSC Professor to Report on Afghanistan

“If I was with the Taliban now, and I saw you … I would kill you.” According to Abdul Matin Sarfraz (MJ, 2013), these words were spoken to him in July by a former fighter […]

28 January 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 28 January 2013

New Book on War by JMSC Associate Professor Kevin Sites Released Today

For the past ten years, Kevin Sites has reported on war, conflict and disaster all over the world, for the leading American television networks, and then as Yahoo’s first correspondent. His second book based on […]

1 January 2013

Published by jmsc at 1 January 2013

Jan 5: Talk – Mobile Media Practice in the Digital Age

The emergence of mobile (backpack) journalism is the story of how passion and necessity intersect. It’s about telling the story without changing it, reporting with less intrusion and more flexibility. The reporters’ footprints shrink, while the stories they […]