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27 September 2016

Published by jmsc at 27 September 2016

Innovative social media ‘crowd translation’ project helps tell China’s story to the world

(Feature image credit: 上海明室) An innovative project at the JMSC has experimented with translating censored Chinese social media posts into English in an effort to tell China’s story to the wider world. The two-week pilot […]

16 April 2015

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 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.

27 February 2015

Published by admin at 27 February 2015

JMSC Research Seminar: The Freedom of Critical Thinking: News Literacy Education in Authoritarian States in Asia

In this talk Dr. Kajimoto examines how university educators in Vietnam, Malaysia and Myanmar adapted a news literacy curriculum initially designed for the students in democratic societies.

1 October 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 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.

29 July 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 29 July 2013

JMSC to Play Major Role at IB World Student Conference

JMSC faculty members, alums and students will be playing major roles in the upcoming IB World Student Conference, which is to be held at The University of Hong Kong next month. The conference, which will bring secondary students from […]

30 May 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 30 May 2013

JMSC Students Cover the Journalists Who Cover Asia at New.Now.Next Media Conference

When professional journalists from all over Asia and North America arrived at Hong Kong University for the New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con) last weekend, they were greeted by a press corps of JMSC students. The N3Con team – which consisted […]

10 April 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 10 April 2013

Boing Boing’s Jardin Discusses Cancer, the Internet and Identity with JMSC Class

The Internet has created a new kind of celebrity, turning writers who are able to produce compelling content and build vivid online identities into superstars. Xeni Jardin, who spoke by Skype to the Journalism and Media […]

22 February 2013

Published by Stephen Gilbert at 22 February 2013

Social Media Helping to Lead the Way to Better Journalism

Social media and other technological advances are changing journalism dramatically and helping journalists tell deeper, more complex stories in ways that were not possible in the past, two veteran broadcasters for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation say. […]