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, […]
28 January 2015

JMSC Research Seminar: Cyberbalkanization of the Hong Kong Facebook pages during the #umbrellarevolution

Preliminary results of the social network analysis of the Hong Kong Facebook pages sharing network collected during the “Umbrella Movement” are used to discover the communities within the network and how these communities contributed to the public opinion formation. The findings suggest that large communities of Facebook pages seem to be grouped by political ideologies and their post-sharing activities were associated with real-life public opinion.
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.
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.
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.
1 October 2014

Student-run page that vets protest rumours swamped with ‘likes’

The bi-lingual site, called VerifiedHK, provides fact-checked protest information including reliable news reports, photos and logistics updates through Facebook and Twitter, and also responds to individual requests for verified information through Google.
30 September 2014

JMSC students provide live coverage of HK democracy protests

As thousands of pro-democracy activists block Hong Kong streets to demand the right to choose their own Chief Executive, students from the JMSC have formed on-the-ground news teams to cover this historic event.