Center for News Literacy Archives - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

8 August 2017

Published by jmsc at 8 August 2017

JMSC’s news literacy efforts gain momentum as online course tops 6,600 enrollees

By Samantha Stanley More than 6,600 students from 125 countries have enrolled in Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens since its launch in January. A recent spike in registration over […]

5 May 2017

Published by jmsc at 5 May 2017

2017 Summer Institute for News Literacy Fellows in Asia to be held in Vietnam

The 2017 Summer Institute for News Literacy Fellows in Asia will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, between 1 and 3 August 2017. It is the first time that the Institute—a series of […]

14 April 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 14 April 2014

JMSC Singled Out For Its Teaching of News Literacy

Once the provenance of American universities, the subject of news literacy is now expanding abroad where new models of teaching are gaining attention. One such course at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre was recently highlighted in the Columbia Journalism Review for its innovative approach to de-Americanizing the news literacy curriculum for a more global student body.

15 August 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 15 August 2013

JMSC Hosts News Literacy Workshop

Problem: as we’re bombarded daily by thousands of bits of digital information, how do we distinguish the accurate from the inaccurate? That question was the focus of a seven-day “news literacy” workshop held last week […]