21 November 2024

Transformation in International Communication in the A.I. Era

Join us on 27 November for a lecture on the impact and applications of A.I. in international communication. Professor Zhou Qingan, Dean of Tsinghua University School of Journalism and Communication, will provide an in-depth analysis of how A.I. is reshaping international communication and introducing historical changes.
11 November 2024

“Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope”《無拘飛祥》A Special Screening

You are cordially invited to a special screening of the film Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope《無拘飛祥》, hosted by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC). A debut film by Hong Kong director So Ka Ue (蘇家榆), the documentary profiles the late LAW Wai-cheung, a prominent disabilities rights advocate in Hong Kong. The film combines live action and animation, with Academy award-winning filmmaker and JMSC director Ruby YANG (楊紫燁) serving as the creative & executive producer.
29 October 2024

JMSC Held BJ Admissions Talk and A.I. News Anchor Workshop at HKU Information Day

The JMSC was thrilled to welcome such a great turnout of prospective students and parents who were eager to learn more about our Bachelor of Journalism programme (BJ, #JS6822) — a unique double-major degree that focuses on strategic communications and multimedia storytelling in the digital age.
29 October 2024

Game Changers: How Factual Contents Affect Online Video Communities?

The JMSC invites Zhang Yuan, vice general manager & head of Bilibili Documentary and Mini Dramas, to share how Bilibili utilises factual content to gain traction and popularity among online video communities. As an experienced filmmaker, Zhang has won the Houston International Film Festival Documentary Gold Award and multiple top news and broadcasting awards in China.
24 October 2024

Covering AI – Go beyond the hype and dig deep into the black box

To help us explore how A.I. can be held accountable, the JMSC invites Lam Thuy Vo, the investigative reporter at Documented, to share her knowledge in data journalism and perspective on the knowledge imbalance towards A.I. in the journalism industry.
23 October 2024

JMSC Hosted MJ Admissions Webinar and Announced New Concentrations

JMSC Director Ruby Yang, MJ programme director Ting Shi, and senior professional practitioner Neil Gough presented an overview of the MJ programme and introduced the new Business and Finance (BFC) concentration and A.I. concentration.
18 October 2024

Film Screening — 20 Days in Mariupol

JMSC is co-hosting a screening of the winner of the 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film — 20 Days in Mariupol, with the EU Office to Hong Kong and Macao on 9 November, 2024. The documentary offers a rare window into the practices of conflict zone reporters and an unflinching yet anguishing account of the 20 days AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov and colleagues spent covering Mariupol at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. To help us explore how journalists can embrace AI technologies, the JMSC invites Yan Lu, the managing data editor at ThePaper.CN, to share her expertise on data-driven storytelling as a journalist and editor.