Journalism and Media Studies Centre

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre 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 courses, seminars, workshops and courses for news professionals at all levels of expertise.

WWW jmsc.hku.hk

Academic programs

Reporting and Writing Program
Media Law Program
China Program
Business and Financial Journalism Program
Documentary Filmmaking -

Faculty

Ruby Yang Professor of Practice and Interim Director
Uli Gaulke Lecturer
Keith Richburg Director
Yuen-Ying Chan Professor and founding director

Hong Kong Documentary Initiative (2014 -2018)

Hong Kong Documentary Initiative was established by The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre in 2014 after the success of "My Voice, My Life" with major support from Lee Hysan Foundation. The advisors and co-convenors of the Hong Kong Documentary Initiative include Ruby Yang, Ying Chan and Nancy Tong. The Initiative aims to support and nurture local emerging filmmakers in making their mark in the documentary community with See Grants, Master Classes, Dialogue with Filmmakers. More than 40 filmmakers from US, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Chile, Japan, Philippines, Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; over 50 events, 3,000 participants. Notable projects and visiting filmmakers from around the world:

Seed Grants: 2015 – 2018, 3 rounds, 13 projects
Master Classes: 8 Series, 20 Classes
* Kirsten Johnson
* Thomas Lennon & James Longley, Moderated by Ruby Yang
Dialogue with Filmmakers: 34 Dialogues, 20 Interviews
*Werner Herzong

China Media Project (2003-2018)

China Media Project was established by The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre in 2003.

Staff

Ying Chan

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, Columbia University.

Qian Gang

Director, China Media Project, 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

Bandurski is a China analyst and freelance investigative journalist at University of Hong Kong and was educated at the Northwestern University. David is responsible for managing the China Media Project website. David Bandurski is a regular contributor in Far Eastern Economic Review, The Wall Street Journal, Index on Censorship, the South China Morning Post and other publications.

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Fellows

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

Hu Shuli	Shi Zhe	Yang Jisheng	He Xuefeng	Yang Daming	Jin Liping
He Yanguang	Lu Ye	Sun Xupei	Shi Zhengmao	Hu Yong	Lu Xinyu
Tang Jianguang	Li Yaling	Liu Chang	Wu Chongqing	Pu Zhiqiang	Zhang Jianjing

it is now based in the United States, with a "research hub" in Taiwan, according to the project's website.