Thomas Abraham Archives - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

15 October 2018

(VIDEO ONLINE) JMSC writer-in-residence series: Thomas Abraham

Thomas Abraham, former director of the Master of Journalism programme, was back in town to talk about his latest book, Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication, at the second of our writers-in-residence book talks. He was joined by Professor Keiji […]

12 January 2016

Master of Journalism 2016–2017 – now open for applications

We are now welcoming applications to the Master of Journalism (MJ) programme for the 2016–2017 academic year. This one-year full time programme, now in its fifteenth year, attracts talented students from around the world and […]

25 February 2015

Regional health risk communication workshop teaches behavioural change

Health professionals from China and Afghanistan have completed a JMSC health risk communication workshop, the second such workshop held at the JMSC.

29 September 2014

JMSC teaching goes global with launch of HKU MOOC

Education in health risk communication has been made accessible to a global audience with the launch of the University of Hong Kong’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Epidemics, developed in conjunction with the Journalism […]

31 May 2013

Conference Registration Now Open – Communicating Infectious Diseases

Registration is now open for the Communicating Infectious Diseases Conference, sponsored by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The conference, which marks the tenth anniversary of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) pandemic, will take […]

26 January 2013

European Health Communicators Trained by JMSC Master of Journalism Director

“Communication saves lives and that, really, is what this course is about”, said Thomas Abraham, the director of the JMSC’s Master of Journalism programme. Abraham was describing a health communication training course he taught with […]

23 November 2012

Global Health Programs Fail to Meet Real Needs warns JMSC Master of Journalism Director

Global health programmes aimed at specific diseases fail to meet the broader health needs of the local communities they have been set up to help, according to the Director of the JMSC’s Master of Journalism […]

10 April 2012

April 13: Talk – What Limits to Press Freedom?

Thomas Abraham, Associate Professor of Practice at the JMSC, will talk about press freedom and lessons learned from the Leveson Inquiry in the United Kingdom, on Friday, April 13. The Leveson Inquiry was ordered after […]