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Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop

Pulitzer Prize
Winners Workshop

Pulitzer Prize winning journalists come to campus to participate in week-long public forums and classroom discussions on the journalism profession.

Exchange Programmes

Journalism student life at HKBU

We accept students of all different nationalities and backgrounds and encourage them to explore the world.

Media Education Summit

The summit brings together a global network of researchers, educators and practitioners working across all aspects of media education, media and digital literacy and media / technology in education.

Recent Events

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Data and Media Hack 2019
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2019
We work together with the HKBU University Library to build a digital archive to display the journalistic works of generations of journalism students.
On 28
Nov
2018
HKBU-JFS Projects Presentation
On 14
Nov
2018
International Media Education Summit
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Nov
2018
Board Game Club 2018
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Sep
2018
Focus at the Frontline Competition Winners Exhibition 2017
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2018
Department of Journalism: Reunion Dinner
On 29
Jun
2018
From Open Source and Open Data to Data Journalism and Civic Engagement — Practice from MirrorMedia and READr
On 14
Jun
2018
Faculty Research Colloquium
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May
2018
Facebook Journalism Project
On 13
Apr
2018

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Practicums

All journalism students work on one of four student-media publications, which are student run and have thousands of readers. With both print and online publications, students get to experiment with new technology to publish in the medium that serves the story best.

San Po Yan
(新報人)

The Chinese print and digital news publication produced by Chinese Journalism students.

The Young Financial Post

The Chinese and English print and digital news publication produced by Financial Journalism students.

Broadcast News Network

The Chinese broadcast news channel produced by Chinese Journalism students focusing on broadcast news.

The Young Reporter

The English print and digital news publication produced by International Journalism students.

Faculty Research & Projects

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Recent projects from our journalism faculty

News Credibility in a “Post-truth” Era

The “age of data” has seen a proliferation of big data alongside an increase in data-driven journalism, which is one critical way to make professional journalists distinctive with the production of fact-based, authoritative news. Using devised variations of one news report as stimuli, this experiment study involves five test groups to determine whether data and data visualizations impact the perceived credibility of news.

Dr. Roselyn Du
Teaching Investigative Journalism

Teaching Investigative Journalism

New courses on investigative journalism and investigative documentary will be developed along with an investigative journalism workshop for students in collaboration with local media.

Jenny Lam
Microblogging the Food Safety

Microblogging the Food Safety

This study aims to offer a description of online Weibo and Twitter users and their activities related to food safety discussion and to provide insights into the design of social media tools and health campaigns.

Dr. Celine Song

Social Media and Adolescents

The objective of this study is to explore the impact of the smartphone and social media on the emotional health of school students in Hong Kong. The survey is jointly conducted by Prof. Alice Lee, clinical psychologist Ms. Sumee Chan and the Hong Kong Pediatric Foundation.

Prof. Alice Lee
THE IRRATIONAL BASIS OF MEDIA CREDIBILITY PERCEPTIONS

The Irrational Basis of Media Credibility Perceptions

Despite expectations that higher credibility leads to a better informed public, evidence shows that audience members do not always base their judgment of media performance on rational reasoning.

Prof. Steve Guo
Next Generation & Social Participation in HK

Net Generation and Social Participation in Hong Kong

This study examines the Net Generation’s social participation from the perspective of their generational characteristics in the Hong Kong’s post-handover period.

Prof. Alice Lee
Political Disagreement on Social Media

Political Disagreement on Social Media

This research attempts to reveal the dark side of social media, i.e., how political disagreement on social media leads to expression avoidance, thereby triggers political polarization and intolerance in the context of HK.

Dr. Xinzhi Zhang

Institute For Journalism & Society

The Institute for Journalism and Society aims to provide a dynamic and synergetic platform to integrate knowledge production, professional training, industry outreach and social participation in the field of journalism.