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11 December 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 11 December 2014

JMSC student documentary premieres on MSNBC

A documentary made by JMSC master of journalism students about the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement has premiered on the website of major U.S. television network, MSNBC.

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.

8 December 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 8 December 2014

JMSC undergrads win scores of University scholarships and prizes

JMSC bachelor of journalism students from took home more than 75 individual University of Hong Kong awards and scholarships at the 2013/14 Social Sciences Faculty Student Presentation Ceremony

26 November 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 26 November 2014

JMSC lecturer Barry Kalb retires from a decade of “tough-love” teaching

Barry Kalb, one of the JMSC’s most beloved and bemoaned teachers, taught his last class at the JMSC on Monday 24th November.

21 November 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 21 November 2014

News literacy workshops illustrate healthy skepticism about Internet “news”

The JMSC is expanding its news literacy programme across the Asia Pacific and aims to educate people on ways to think critically about the news they consume and how to tell whether factual news may be fabrication.

11 November 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 11 November 2014

JMSC gets WHO grant to study cultural effect on risk communication

The JMSC has been awarded a one-year World Health Organisation (WHO) research grant to investigate whether cultural differences in Asia can impact the effectiveness of global health risk communication plans.

7 November 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 7 November 2014

JMSC master’s students hit the big time with reporting on Hong Kong protests

JMSC master of journalism students reporting on the Hong Kong Occupy Central protests have achieved great success with their stories, photos and videos published by major media organisations around the world.

31 October 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 31 October 2014

JMSC welcomes two distinguished visiting educators

Two distinguished educators will be teaching classes and presenting talks at the JMSC in November and December. Lifen Zhang will be teaching about the mainland Chinese media and Dan Gillmor will be teaching journalism entrepreneurship.