13 November 2015

CNN bureau chief and Master of Journalism alumni gives career development advice to students

Diego Laje, bureau chief for CNN en Español in Buenos Aires, gave students his top tips for developing a career in journalism when he visited the HKU campus recently. Diego met with students and talked […]
28 August 2015

Application details

The Master of Journalism course is a one year full-time or two year part-time course. Students learn the core skills of journalism—reporting and writing, television and video production, and digital journalism. They also take elective courses in a range of subjects from business and finance to public health and documentary film.
24 August 2015

Recent graduate Georgia McCafferty on studying the Master of Journalism programme

Georgie McCafferty (MJ 2014) is a recent graduate of the JMSC Master of Journalism programme, a mother of three, and a freelance journalist. In this video, she talks about juggling family and studies during her Master of Journalism programme, and how the courses helped prepare her for a career in journalism.
23 April 2015

Student-produced documentary on Hong Kong protests named a Webby Award ‘Honoree’

“The Umbrella Movement”, a documentary about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “Occupy” protests that was produced and directed by a group of JMSC Master of Journalism students, has been named an ‘Honoree’ in the prestigious Webby Awards, […]
16 April 2015

JMSC alumni carve out career in social media

Spending all day surfing social media has proven a good career move for three JMSC graduates who have found rewarding jobs working at digital news agency, Storyful.
13 February 2015

JMSC alumnus helps form journalism ethics body in Mongolia

JMSC graduate Lhagva Erdene has helped establish a media ethics council in Mongolia.
6 February 2015

Master of journalism students learn persistence and story pitching in “real-world” classrooms

Persistence, independence, proactive pitching and “doing your homework” are key lessons for all budding journalists, according to the experience of JMSC masters students.
20 January 2015

JMSC expands curriculum with Digital Media Entrepreneurship and Arts and Culture Journalism courses

Arts and Culture Journalism and Digital Media Entrepreneurship are the latest additions to the JMSC's masters of journalism curriculum and will be taught by two international lecturers, with local and international guest speakers.