The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) was founded in September 1999 at the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

. The centre is affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences in HKU. Educational programmes in JMSC include graduate and undergraduate courses, seminars, workshops and courses for news professionals at all levels of expertise.

Academic programs

*Reporting and Writing Program *Media Law Program *China Program *Business and Financial Journalism Program

Faculty

Yuen-Ying Chan Yuen-Ying Chan (, also known as Ying Chan) is a Hong Kong-based American journalist and journalism academic whose investigative work and subsequent successful defence of a libel suit helped establish Taiwanese media freedom. Background and ca ...

Professor and founding director *

Keith Richburg Keith Richburg is an American journalist and former foreign correspondent who spent more than 30 years working for ''The Washington Post''. He is currently director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong. Since F ...

Director

China Media Project

China Media Project China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

was established by

The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...

's Journalism and Media Studies Centre in 2003.

Staff

* Ying Chan (陈婉莹) Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre. Before 1998, Professor Ying Chan worked for 23 years as a reporter, editor and documentary filmmaker in New York City. Professor Chan has also taught at the

Columbia Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. *Qian Gang Director,

, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong. Qian Gang is also the author of the book '' Great Earthquake of Tangshan''. *

David Bandurski The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) was founded in September 1999 at the University of Hong Kong. The centre is affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences in HKU. Educational programmes in JMSC include graduate and undergraduate co ...

(班志远) Bandurski is a China analyst and freelance investigative journalist at University of Hong Kong and was educated at the

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. David is responsible for managing the

website. David Bandurski is a regular contributor in

Far Eastern Economic Review The ''Far Eastern Economic Review'' (''FEER'') was an Asian business magazine published between 1946 and December 2009 in the English language. Based in Hong Kong, the news magazine published weekly until December 2004, when it converted to a m ...

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

Index on Censorship Index on Censorship is an organization campaigning for freedom of expression, which produces a quarterly magazine of the same name from London. It is directed by the non-profit-making Writers and Scholars International, Ltd (WSI) in association w ...

, the

South China Morning Post The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained ...

and other publications. * Cheng Jinfu (程金福)

Fellows

Mainland China's veteran journalists spend up to three months at the JMSC as Visiting Fellows.

References

External links

The University of Hong KongJMSCChina Media ProjectWLCI Media School
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