Ying Chan Archives - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

30 September 2016

Published by jmsc at 30 September 2016

Our Story website launched

Telling 18 years of the JMSC’s history under its founding director, Professor Ying Chan, is no easy task. But we’ve attempted it here, in an ambitious new multimedia website we call Our Story. Our Story […]

8 September 2016

Published by jmsc at 8 September 2016

A Celebration of Journalism with Ying Chan marks the end of an era

More than 300 journalists, academics, local business leaders, students and alumni gathered on 31 August in HKU’s historic Loke Yew Hall to celebrate the first chapter of the JMSC under the leadership of its founding […]

8 July 2016

Published by jmsc at 8 July 2016

JMSC director named SOPA Honorary Member

Yuen Ying Chan, Director of the JMSC, has been named as an Honorary Member of the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). Professor Chan’s induction was announced at a gala dinner for the SOPA 2016 […]

30 March 2016

Published by jmsc at 30 March 2016

Keith Richburg appointed as new director of the JMSC

Keith B. Richburg, whose journalism career has spanned 40 years and four continents and who has lectured at some of the world’s most prestigious universities, has been named the new director of The University of […]

11 December 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 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.

7 November 2014

Published by ajlibunao at 7 November 2014

Special licenses give JMSC students full access to Adobe editing software

Second- and third-year JMSC students have been granted individual, one-year licenses to install Adobe’s Creative Cloud full editing suite on their own laptops or home computers.

30 September 2014

Published by Georgia McCafferty at 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.

14 April 2014

Published by Martin Murphy at 14 April 2014

JMSC Singled Out For Its Teaching of News Literacy

Once the provenance of American universities, the subject of news literacy is now expanding abroad where new models of teaching are gaining attention. One such course at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre was recently highlighted in the Columbia Journalism Review for its innovative approach to de-Americanizing the news literacy curriculum for a more global student body.