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8 September 2016

Published by Admin at 8 September 2016

A Celebration of Journalism with Ying Chan marks the end of an era

More than 300 journalists, academics, local business leaders, students and alumni gathered on 31 August in HKU’s historic Loke Yew Hall to celebrate the first chapter of the JMSC under the leadership of its founding […]

4 August 2016

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School pupils get a taste of what it’s like to work as a journalist

Secondary school students from Hong Kong have experienced the world of journalism through a series of workshops at The University of Hong Kong. 100 junior secondary school students aged between 12 and 15 from a […]

4 March 2016

Published by Admin at 4 March 2016

DreamCatchers 100K launched to support young entrepreneurs

The JMSC is one of the four organisers of the inaugural DreamCatchers 100K entrepreneurship seed funding initiative. DreamCatchers 100K is an entrepreneurship seed fund from The University of Hong Kong aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs […]

7 November 2015

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Full house for the JMSC’s Bachelor of Journalism admission talk at the 2015 HKU Information Day

Undergraduate students performed a live news broadcast production demo to a standing-room only crowd of HKU hopefuls as part of the Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions on 7 November. JMSC faculty and alumni also talked […]

10 December 2014

Published by Stephanie Ching at 10 December 2014

Grace Huang (MJ 2013) talks about preparing for her CNN internship

Finding a job or internship at a large media organisation is always a challenge, but recent graduate Grace Huang (MJ 2013) found that taking online journalism and reporting and writing classes really helped her build up her foundation.

29 October 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 29 October 2014

Documentary by JMSC’s Ruby Yang raises over $900,000 for scholarships

The gala premiere of "My Voice, My Life", a film directed by JMSC documentary teacher, Ruby Yang, that follows the personal journey of four under-privileged Hong Kong high school students, has raised over $900,000 for the University of Hong Kong's First-in-the-Family Education fund.

29 April 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 29 April 2014

Academy Award Winning Faculty Member Gives Inaugural Talk

Academy Award winner and JMSC faculty member Ruby Yang delivered her inaugural talk, titled “Becoming American, Becoming Chinese: A Personal Journey Through San Francisco, Beijing and Hong Kong,” as HKU’s new Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities on April 25. She showed clips of her documentaries, short subjects and public service announcements, and gave a tour d’horizon of her career.

21 March 2014

Published by admin at 21 March 2014

Face-to-face with Academy-award winner Ruby Yang

The University of Hong Kong will host an event on Friday, April 25, to introduce new faculty member and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ruby Yang to the university community.