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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