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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 […]

22 July 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 22 July 2013

Fresh JMSC Grads Parlay Newly Minted Skills and Internships into Jobs

Several newly minted graduates from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre have parlayed the skills and internship experiences they acquired during their studies into jobs at media organisations in Hong Kong. Vicky Kung (BJ, 2013) […]

28 June 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 28 June 2013

Diary of an Intern at CNN International

Georgia McCafferty is a Master of Journalism student from Australia. She recently wrapped up a three-month internship with CNN International in Hong Kong. Here is what the experience was like: With more crows’ feet and […]

1 June 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 1 June 2013

JMSC Hosts Journalism Jobs Fair

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre hosted a journalism jobs fair last week, and both job-seekers and employers were impressed. “I was really impressed with the talent and enthusiasm of the students at the job […]

10 April 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 10 April 2013

Boing Boing’s Jardin Discusses Cancer, the Internet and Identity with JMSC Class

The Internet has created a new kind of celebrity, turning writers who are able to produce compelling content and build vivid online identities into superstars. Xeni Jardin, who spoke by Skype to the Journalism and Media […]

8 February 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 8 February 2013

JMSC Students Published Widely during Internships

Graduate students at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre recently returned from winter internships all over the world with a lot of experience and quite a few published articles under their belts. JMSC students had their […]

26 October 2012

Published by admin at 26 October 2012

Nov 10: Public Lecture ” Social Media for business: looking beyond the buzzword ” by Andrea Fenn of Fireworks, Shanghai

Social media is one of the most transformative phenomena of the new century, and this is especially true in China, where it has facilitated the emergence of a new urban civil society with faster and […]

15 October 2012

Published by Angharad Law at 15 October 2012

Fulbright Fellow Researches American Portrayals of China at JMSC

Mike Chinoy, a Fulbright Fellow in Journalism, is at the JMSC for five weeks doing research for a project called Assignment China. Chinoy worked as CNN‘s Senior Asia Correspondent from 2001 to 2006. Prior to […]