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30 October 2014

Asia Data Journalism Bootcamp 2014

In this weeklong workshop, taught by NICAR and hosted by the JMSC, you will learn to acquire electronic information, to ask and negotiate for data from official sources, use spreadsheets and databases to analyze information and translate that information into compelling stories.

21 February 2014

In the New Media Good Journalism and Experts Will Be in Demand

Today’s new generation of journalists is entering a media environment where “everything is possible, up for grabs, and nothing is certain.” But the new media will also require more trusted journalists with expertise.

30 May 2013

JMSC Students Cover the Journalists Who Cover Asia at New.Now.Next Media Conference

When professional journalists from all over Asia and North America arrived at Hong Kong University for the New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con) last weekend, they were greeted by a press corps of JMSC students. The N3Con team – which consisted […]

5 April 2013

Registration Now Open – New.Now.Next Media Conference

Registration is now open for the third annual New Media Conference hosted by the JMSC and the Asia chapter of the Asian-American Journalists Association in Hong Kong. This year’s conference, entitled New.Now.Next (N3), will take place at […]

8 February 2013

Video: Public Talk – Computer Science and Journalism

Jonathan Stray, the Overview Project lead for the Associated Press in New York and an alumnus of the JMSC’s Master of Journalism programme, discusses the increasing number of ways that computer science and journalism intersect. While the […]

1 February 2013

Feb 4: Talk – Computer Science and Journalism

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre invites you to a public talk: “Computer Science and Journalism: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together” by Jonathan Stray. Computer science and journalism are intersecting in surprising ways. Data […]

25 January 2013

Alumnus Returns to JMSC to Teach Computational Journalism Course

Jonathan Stray (MJ, 2010), who leads the Overview Project for the Associated Press (AP), is at the JMSC for four weeks teaching the school’s first Computational Journalism course. He’s also making clear what the difference is between “computational” and […]

2 December 2012

Journalists in High Demand for Digital and Data Skills

Journalists with skills in digital technology and data analysis are in high demand, and going to become more valuable in the future, according to the Associated Press’s Global Interactive Editor. There is a growing trend in journalism toward […]