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Pulitzer Prize
Winners Workshop

Eight Pulitzer Winners stayed in HKBU and participated in a week-long series of open lectures, public forum, 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.

Data and Media Hack #2019

Department of Journalism and the Department of Computer Science co-organized the first large-scale data and media collegiate hackathon in Hong Kong. Our DMC students won the champion and Wisers AI Innovation Award.

Recent Events

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Data Analytics in Journalism, Social Science and Business Studies
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2019
Faculty Research Colloquium
On 09
May
2019
Convergence of Finance and Technology
On 16
Apr
2019
International Media Salon: My days with Chinese Intellectuals
On 11
Apr
2019
Guest Talk: Ms. Jasmie Mong
On 20
Mar
2019
Journalism Movie Club Screening: “Hotel Rwanda”
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Mar
2019
Data and Media Hack 2019
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Jan
2019
IMS 117: Real or Fake: Can you trust what you see?
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Jan
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

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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
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
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
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
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
Digital Poverty

Digital Poverty and Social Media Uses

Poverty is a complex problem, and it is closely linked to social disadvantage and inequality. This study investigates digital poverty in the social media era, its types and levels, and the underlying socio-economic factors.

Dr. Nick Zhang
Hong Kong News-Expo

Hong Kong News-Expo

Using interactive, multimedia and virtual reality technologies, the news-expo will tell the story of Hong Kong’s evolution from a fishing village to an international metropolis and financial centre through news reports by the city’s print and electronic media.

CK Lau

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

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.