JMSC’S JOURNEY
Over the Years
1999
JMSC founded; Ying Chan appointed JMSC founding director
Master of Journalism programme launched
Vicky Shek Zeitlin Memorial Scholarship established
2000
Bill Woo, journalism professor at Stanford University, served as JMSC’s first visiting professor
2001
Eliot Hall phase one renovation completed to serve as home of JMSC
JMSC organised “New Media Delegation” to mainland China
2002
Digital Media Lab opened
First PhD candidate Cho-li Fung admitted
2003
“Fighting Epidemics Using the Information Superhighway” conference
2004
Leo Lee and Stephen Chow dialogue held at Rayson Huang Theatre
2005
Shum Wai Yau Reading Room opened in Eliot Hall
2007
Inaugural Bachelor of Journalism class graduated
South East Asia Media Defence Litigation Conference
2008
Chinese Internet Research Conference
Creative Commons HK launched
2009
Lee Shu Pui Leung Wai Hing Education Fund established
2010
SCMP Wah Kiu Yat Po Journalism Scholarship Fund established
2011
Inaugurated New.Now.Next conference with Asian American Journalist Association Asia Chapter
2012
Created Data Journalism Scholarships for MJ with support from Google News Initiative
2013
Ruby Yang joined JMSC as Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities
2014
“My Voice, My Life” premiere raised over HKD one million for HKU’s First-in-the-Family Education Fund
2015
Mick Deane Scholarship for Video Journalism established
Hong Kong Documentary Initiative (HKDI) launched with support from the Lee Hysan Foundation
2016
A Celebration of Journalism with Ying Chan, JMSC director 1999-2016
Keith Richburg appointed JMSC director (1/7/2016)
2017
Journalism in the Age of”
Fake News'” workshop’
JMSC formally incoporated into the Faculty of Social Sciences
2018
HKDI kicked off its annual “Dialogue with Filmmakers” series with legendary director Werner Herzog
2019
Annie Lab, fact-checking project, launched
Media X, media innovation prototype fund, launched
2021
“Misinformation and Disinformation in Hong Kong” symposium
2023
Ruby Yang appointed JMSC’s interim director (1/7/2023)
First Generative AI Application course launched in Fall 2023
2024
Master of Journalism Documentary Filmmaking Specialisation Programme launching in Fall 2024
Celebrating 25 years of Excellence in Journalism
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