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

12 January 2012

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Honorary and Visiting Professors

Ford Burkhart Honorary Professor Dr Burkhart is a veteran journalist who has made his mark in the profession and in journalism education. His impressive career as reporter, editor and writer has spanned four decades and […]

20 July 2011

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Bumper Year for Alumni Jobs

JMSC alumni are being snapped up by prestigious media organisations throughout Hong Kong and China. The recent graduates are proving how marketable they are. Heidi Yeung (MJ 2011) has been employed by CNN as Coordinator […]

7 May 2011

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JMSC Alumni Winners at Human Rights Awards

JMSC alumni scooped a major award and three merits at the 15th Annual Human Rights Press Awards, co-organised by the Hong Kong Journalists Association, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club and Amnesty International Hong Kong. More than […]

30 March 2011

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Filmmaker Ruby Yang Talks Environmental Documentaries, Animation and Illegal Downloads

The Academy Award winning film-maker, Ruby Yang, showed a special screening of her latest documentary, The Warriors of Qiugang, at HKU on March 30. The documentary follows the story of villagers from Quigang village, Anhui Province […]

28 March 2011

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JMSC ABC News on Campus Stories On Air

The JMSC ABC News on Campus Project has been busy with four stories broadcast or published on ABC’s website in recent weeks. The News on Campus project is a collaboration between the JMSC and the American network. […]

31 January 2011

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Students and Alumni Working at TVB

Hong Kong free television station, TVB, is one of the largest largest terrestrial networks in Hong Kong. The station is divided into TVB Pearl, which broadcasts predominantly English language news and current affairs programming, and TVB […]

8 November 2010

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JMSC’s Director of Broadcasting Talks in Washington DC

During a tour of Universities in the Washington D.C. Area of the United States, Jim Laurie, the JMSC’s Director of Broadcasting, spoke about the world expansion of China’s state media at an event organised by George Washington […]

27 October 2010

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JMSC Alumni News Anchors

One of the more glamorous career paths that JMSC graduates choose is to become a TV news reporter or anchor. Many JMSC alumni of both Bachelor and Master programmes have ended up on screen for TV […]