PG Course Descriptions

2009 - 2010 JMSC Course Timetable
SUMMER
Non-credit-bearing required course
JMSC6094 Journalism technical bootcamp*
1ST SEMESTER
CORE COURSES
JMSC6001 Advanced reporting and writing (English) (4 Units)*
JMSC6002 Critical issues in journalism and global communications (2 Units)*
JMSC6091 Online journalism workshop (3 Units)*
JMSC6092 Television news writing workshop (English) (2 Units)*
JMSC6093 Video news production workshop (3 Units)
ELECTIVE COURSES
JMSC6024 Cultural studies of the media (3 Units)
JMSC6040 Special topics in journalism I: Freelancing (3 Units)
JMSC6045 Special topics in journalism III: Digital media and journalism (2 Units)
JMSC6047 Business and financial journalism in an age of globalisation (3 Units)
JMSC6058 Navigating the fog: how the media tell China’s story (3 Units)
JMSC6082 Photojournalism (2 Units)
2ND SEMESTER
CORE COURSES
JMSC6022 Media Law (English) (2 Units)
JMSC6091 Online journalism workshop (3 Units)*
JMSC6093 Video news production workshop (3 Units)
ELECTIVE COURSES
JMSC6014 Advanced reporting and writing workshop (English) (3 Units)
JMSC6024 Cultural studies of the media (3 Units)
JMSC6025 Literary journalism (3 Units)
JMSC6027 Covering China (3 Units)
JMSC6048 International news (3 Units)
JMSC6053 Business and financial reporting (3 Units)
JMSC6085 Documentary film appreciation (3 Units)
JMSC6100 Documentary video production (3 Units)
*core course for Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism
Remark: Timetables are updated from time to time. For the latest version, please visit the JMSC
Website:http://jmsc.hku.hk
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SUMMER
Non-credit-bearing required course
JMSC6094 Compulsory for all 1st year MJ/PDipJ Part-time and MJ Full-time students
Journalism
technical This intensive course will teach students the technical fundamentals
bootcamp required for the JMSC's broadcasting and new media courses. Skills
include: basic operation of still and video cameras, operation of sound
recording equipment; video and audio editing with FinalCut Pro and
Audacity; Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator; FTP transfer; use of
content management systems; basic HTML and CSS formatting; and
web publishing skills. This course is a pre-requisite for JMSC6091.
Online Journalism Workshop, JMSC6092. Television news writing
workshop and JMSC6093. Video news production. It is a non-credit-
bearing required course.
Lab: Dates of class: Aug 22-23 & 27-28 & 29-30 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Venue: TBC
1ST SEMESTER
CORE COURSES
JMSC6001 Compulsory for all 1st year MJ/PDipJ Part-time and MJ Full-time students;
Advanced (Required for MJ and PDipJ, with possible waivers for mid-career students
reporting and with extensive professional experience)
writing (English)
(4 Units) The course provides students a solid grounding in reporting and
writing while emphasizing the development of journalistic instincts
Full-time: and ethical judgment. As a key building block in the MJ programme,
Sub-Class A it covers issues applicable to all media — print, broadcast and online.
TBA In skill development, it focuses on reporting and writing for
newspapers, skills that can be adapted to the particular needs of other
Sub-Class B media. Students learn by doing, sometimes under the pressure of
Barry Kalb deadlines and always under the supervision of editor-teachers who are
experienced professionals. Students will be introduced to specialized
Sub-Class C
reporting on such topics as politics, environment, education, social
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welfare and local, regional and international affairs.
Part-time:
Sub-Class D
Patrick Smith
Full-time
Sub-Class A
Lecture & Writing Lab: Monday 9:30 a.m. - 1:25 p.m.
(Dates of class: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28; Oct 5, 19; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & Dec 7)
Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall
Sub-Class B Monday 2:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

Lecture: (Dates of class: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28; Oct 5, 19; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & Dec 7)
Venue: TBC
Writing lab: Wednesday 3:00 p.m. - 5:55 p.m.

(Dates of class: Sep 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct 7, 21, 28; Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 & Dec 2)
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Sub-Class C
Lecture: Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
(Dates of class: Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct 7, 21, 28 & Nov 4, 11, 18, 25)
Part-time
Sub-Class D
Lecture & Writing lab: Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.
Critical issues in
journalism and The aim of this course is to get students to think critically about the
global fundamental values that surround journalism. Through reading and
communications class room discussions each student is expected to arrive at his or her
(2 Units) own understanding of some of the philosophical, ethical, and structural
issues that journalism faces. The course is structured around four
Miklos Sukosd “crises” of contemporary journalism: the crisis of credibility, the crisis
of relevance, the organisational crisis and the crisis brought by the
technological revolution.
Full-time
Sub-Class B
Lecture/seminar: Wednesday 1:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
Venue: TBC
Sub-Class C
Lecture/seminar: Friday 1:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
(Dates of class: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25; Oct 2, 9, 23, 30& Nov 6, 13, 20, 27)
Venue: TBC
Part-time
Sub-Class A
Lecture/seminar: Tuesday 6:30 p.m. - 8:25 p.m.
Venue: TBC
Quota: 25 for each sub-class
Online journalism
workshop In this course students will learn how to use their newfound skills
(3 Units) from the technical bootcamp to cover news for the web: combining
text, pictures, graphics, audio, and interactive features. Students will
Diane Stormont also learn how to use the Internet to research, report, and collaborate
on stories, as well as gain hands-on experience of how the Internet is
changing the practice of journalism. “Web 2.0” elements such as use
of blogs, wikis, tagging, and other tools will also be used.
Sub-Class A
Lab: Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
Sub-Class B
Lab: Tuesday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.
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Pre-requisite: JMSC6094 Journalism technical bootcamp
Television news
writing workshop This course focuses on the practice of reporting and writing news and
(English) features for television. Emphasis is placed on writing for the ear and the
(2 Units) marriage of words and picture. After an introduction to the development
of radio and television news internationally, students receive hands-on
Jim Laurie training during intensive weekly workshop sessions. Students work with
news agency video to structure and hone writing skills.
Sub-Class A
Workshop: Friday 9:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
(Dates of class: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 & Oct 2, 9, 23, 30)
Sub-Class B Friday 3:35 p.m. – 6:25 p.m.

Workshop: (Dates of class: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 & Oct 2, 9, 23, 30)
Sub-Class C Thursday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.
Workshop: (Dates of class: Sep 3, 10, 17, 24; Oct 8, 22, 29 & Nov 5)
JMSC6093 Compulsory for all 1st year MJ Part-time and MJ Full-time students
Video news
production This course develops student skills in the production of television
workshop and video news stories. In small production teams, students research,
(3 Units) organize, report, shoot, write, voice and edit their own features news
stories. Students are encouraged to produce 3-4 minute features and
Rob McBride & consider doing longer form work as well. Students will be expected to
Jim Laurie gain proficiency in the use of a range of digital video cameras and edit
with the tools of Final Cut Pro.
Sub-Class A
Sub-Class B
Lecture/seminar: Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Pre-requisite: JMSC6092 Television news writing workshop &

JMSC6094 Journalism technical bootcamp
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ELECTIVE COURSES
JMSC6024 The course will explore the different perspectives on the role of
Cultural studies of media in society, the global multimedia environment and the impact of
the media (3 the media on civil society and public criticism. The course will review
Units) some cases of controversy in different societies and examine how the
controversies are treated in the media.
Ying-tai Lung
Lecture/seminar: Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Venue: TBC
Quota: 30
JMSC6040 "Freedom Vs. Security -- How to Succeed in Freelance Journalism"

Special topics in
journalism I: Freelance journalism means getting published, and paid. This means
Freelancing (3 knowing how to pitch and sell, story by story, to a wide range of
Units) editors in different media. It means knowing how to organize one's
own business; it means being able to produce the goods on time. And it
Vaudine England means knowing how much insecurity you can handle in return for the
freedom of being your own boss. This course will explain the nuts and
bolts of freelancing -- how it works, what the possibilities are, what
editors want, how to keep them happy, how to organize your daily
tasks and how to freelance successfully. Coursework will include real-
life exercises of pitching and marketing stories, tests of daily work
management skills and discussion of the dilemmas -- practical, ethical
and financial -- that mark a freelancer's life.

Venue: TBC
Quota: 40
JMSC6045 A broad-gauged course that explores web journalism and the

Special topics in business models which support it. We will study how editors and
journalism III: publishers develop journalism and business models as well as
Digital media and strategies for news and information web sites. Students will examine
journalism (2 the evolution of print-digital newsrooms, use of digital story-telling
Units) and web site product development issues. The course will also
examine digital advertising and marketing strategies as a means to
Len Apcar support online journalism. Both journalism and business case studies,
as well as outside speakers, will be used to study journalism issues and
web product development strategies.
Lecture/seminar: Friday 9:30 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.

(Dates of class: Sep 11, 18, 25; Oct 2, 9, 23, 30; Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 & Dec 4)
Venue: TBC
Quota: 30
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JMSC6047 This course analyzes a range of economic, financial, and business
Business and issues that are relevant to journalism in an age of increasing
financial globalisation. The historical perspective provided in this course covers
journalism in an the rise of Asia’s economies in recent decades, the onset of the 1997 –
age of 98 financial crisis, and the emergence of China as a major player in the
globalization (3 world economy. The aim of the course is to provide reporters with the
Units) historical and critical tools needed to get beyond the cliches that cloud
so much of contemporary business and financial journalism. The
Russell Todd course targets the big picture issues that journalists today need to know
to cover an increasingly complex economic landscape.
Lecture/seminar: Monday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

(Dates of class: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28; Oct 5, 19; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & Dec 7)
Venue: TBC
Quota: 50
JMSC6058 This course provides students with an insider view of the political,
Navigating the social and economic transformation of today's China. Through
fog: how the seminars with China experts, international correspondents, and
media tell China’s government officials, the course offers a road map on covering China,
story (3 Units) and the challenges and ways to overcome them. The course discusses
what stories to look for, where to find sources and how to assess the
Ying Chan & validity of sources. The aim of the course is to equip students with the
Qian Gang practical reporting skills needed to navigate what is one of the world’s
most important economic, political and social news stories. (Students
must be able to understand Mandarin Chinese)

Venue: TBC
JMSC6082 This course introduces students to the fundamentals of news

Photojournalism photography: how to operate a professional digital camera and how to
(3 Units) capture professional-quality news images. Using Hong Kong as a
backdrop, students learn how to shoot images of urban news and
Kees Metselaar feature events. By the end of the course, each student will have
produced a comprehensive photographic portfolio.
Lecture/seminar: Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

Quota: 20
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2ND SEMESTER
CORE COURSE
JMSC6022 Compulsory for all 2nd year MJ Part-time and MJ Full-time students
Media Law
(2 Units) The course introduces students to the laws relating to freedom of
expression, defamation, privacy, information access, contempt of
Doreen court, obscenity and regulatory schemes for broadcast and the Internet.
Weisenhaus It also examines the legality of newsgathering practice such as
undercover reporting, deception and the use of hidden cameras. While
the course focuses on Hong Kong, the course will also address major
media law developments in Mainland China, the United Kingdom, the
United States and elsewhere.

(Dates of class: Jan 12, 19, 26; Feb 2, 9, 23 & Mar 9 & 16)
Venue: TBC
Online journalism
workshop In this course students will learn how to use their newfound skills
(3 Units) from the technical bootcamp to cover news for the web: combining
text, pictures, graphics, audio, and interactive features. Students will
Diane Stormont also learn how to use the Internet to research, report, and collaborate
on stories, as well as gain hands-on experience of how the Internet is
changing the practice of journalism. “Web 2.0” elements such as use
of blogs, wikis, tagging, and other tools will also be used.
Lab: Monday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

(Dates of class: Jan 11, 18, 25; Feb 1, 8, 22; Mar 8, 15, 22, 29 & Apr 12, 19)
Quota: 20
JMSC6093 Compulsory for all 1st year MJ Part-time and MJ Full-time students
Video news
production This course develops student skills in the production of television
workshop and video news stories. In small production teams, students research,
(3 Units) organize, report, shoot, write, voice and edit their own features news
stories. Students are encouraged to produce 3-4 minute features and
Rob McBride & consider doing longer form work as well. Students will be expected to
Jim Laurie gain proficiency in the use of a range of digital video cameras and edit
with the tools of Final Cut Pro.
Workshop: Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.

(Dates of class: Jan 16, 23, 30; Feb 6, 20, 27; Mar 13, 20, 27 & Apr 10, 17, 24)
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Pre-requisite: JMSC6092 Television news writing workshop &

JMSC6094 Journalism technical bootcamp
Quota: 20
ELECTIVE COURSES
JMSC6014 This course aims to equip students with the theoretical and practical
Advanced foundations for high-quality journalistic writing in English, focusing
reporting and on in-depth features, personality profiles and news analyses and
writing workshop opinion writing, including editorials, columns, essays and reviews.
(English) (3 Units) Through lectures, examination of classic works and intensive writing
assignments, students will learn how to turn collections of facts into
TBA structured stories and articles with points of view.
Workshop: Saturday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Quota: 23
JMSC6024 The course will explore the different perspectives on the role of
Cultural studies of media in society, the global multimedia environment and the impact of
the media (3 the media on civil society and public criticism. The course will review
Units) some cases of controversy in different societies and examine how the
controversies are treated in the media.
Ying-tai Lung
Lecture/seminar: Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Venue: TBC
Quota: 30
JMSC6025 This course demonstrates how journalism can rise to the level of
Literary quality non-fiction literature. Students will read a rich variety of
journalism (3 journalistic works of recognized quality produced in English in Asia
Units) and abroad, and analyze why they succeed on both a literary and
journalistic level. The class will identify the tools and techniques
Gene Mustain writers employ to construct evocative and enduring true stories. Over
this journey, students will become better readers and better writers.

Venue: TBC
Quota: 30
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JMSC6027 The course introduces students to the methods, as well as the ethical
Covering China (3 and cultural issues, involved in reporting on contemporary China. The
Units) course examines the public information structure in the People’s Republic
of China, news sources and the use of published documents and statistics,
Yuen-ying Chan with special focus on the politics and economy of China. It will also give
an overview of the state of the media and news topics in China.
Lecture/seminar: Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - 12:35 a.m.

Venue: TBC
JMSC6048 We all think we know what it is, but what is being covered, why,
International and how? This course introduces students to the challenges of
news (3 Units) reporting foreign news. We will look at how generations of foreign
correspondents have shaped the field, and how we can contribute to the
Vaudine England global news. Students will be introduced to some of the major issues
dominating the international news agenda - from war and refugees to
aid, the environment, security and more. Examples will focus on the
Asian region. Students will discover how the covering of such issues is
changing, and how they are part of this change, through workshops,
class visitors and dynamic discussions.

Venue: TBC
Quota: 30
JMSC6053 This course covers the basic knowledge and writing skills needed to
Business and succeed in the fast-growing field of business and financial journalism.
financial Lectures focus on core skills such as reading financial documents,
reporting (3 Units) understanding macroeconomic and microeconomic issues, working
with statistics, reporting on companies and covering competition in a
Russell Todd global economy. Students receive hands-on training in how to write
the bread-and-butter stories in the business sections of newspapers, as
well as an introduction to writing in-depth business and financial
feature stories. Introductory knowledge of economics is recommended
for those who wish to take the course.
Lecture/seminar: Monday 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Venue: TBC
Quota: 40
Tutorial A: Wednesday 10:40 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.

Tutorial B: Wednesday 1:00 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.
Venue: TBC
Quota: 20 for each tutorial
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JMSC6085 This course provides a comprehensive survey of the history and
Documentary film development of the documentary film in North America, Europe, and
appreciation (2 Asia. It traces the evolution of the genre from the late 19th century to
Units) the present. Discusses issues involved in the making of non-fiction
film including style, ethics, voice, objectivity/subjectivity, distribution
Nancy Tong platforms, and censorship. A unique section of the course will explore
young independent film makers in Asia. Emphasis will be placed on
in-depth critical analysis of films.

(Dates of class: Jan 12, 19, 26; Feb 2, 9, 23; Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 & Apr13, 20)
Venue: TBC
Tutorial A: Wednesday 11:40 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

Tutorial B: Friday 1:00 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.
Venue: TBC
Quota: 50 for lecture; 25 for each tutorial
JMSC6100 This course trains students to produce documentary videos for

Documentary television. The course covers research, explores different styles and
video production perspectives, and the structuring of documentaries, as well as ethical
(3 Units) and legal issues. Guest speakers, including television programmers
and funding agencies, will shed light on fundraising and the pitching of
Nancy Tong ideas. Students will work in groups to produce a project proposal, and
a 20 minute documentary.

Quota: 20
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FACULTY PROFILES
Yuen-ying Chan Ying Chan, an award-winning journalist and Hong Kong native, established The
Director & University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre in September
Professor 1999. She set up the first professional postgraduate journalism programme in
Hong Kong, launched Hong Kong's first fellowships for working journalists, and
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forged extensive ties between HKU and the news industry. Chan's honours include
Tel: 2859 1155 a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, a George Polk Award for journalistic
E-mail: excellence and an International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect
yychan@hku.hk Journalists. She taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism
and was on the board of the Asian American Journalists Association. Chan has a
bachelor's degree (social sciences) from HKU and a master's from the Chinese
University of Hong Kong.
Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham is a former editor of the South China Morning Post. Prior to
Director of Public joining the SCMP, he spent 13 years as a foreign correspondent based in Sri
Health Media Lanka, the United Nations Office in Geneva, and London for one of India's leading
newspapers, The Hindu. He has reported on conflicts in Sri Lanka, the former
Project & Yugoslavia, and Northern Ireland, as well as major global issues such as world
Assistant trade negotiations, human rights, arms control and disarmament. He has worked
Professorr for the United Nations in Geneva and been a regular commentator on South Asian
issues for BBC World Service Television. He has a Masters degree in International
Office: EH115 Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and a BA in
Tel: 2219 4017 Economics from Madras University. He is the author of Twenty-first Century
E-mail: Plague: The Story of SARS.
thomas@hku.hk
Jim Laurie Jim Laurie has been a journalist and broadcaster for more than 35 years, with 26
Director of of those in Asia. He began his career in print by freelancing for the Far Eastern
Broadcast Economic Review, the Washington Star and Washington Post. He worked in radio
in Washington D.C., then moved into television. His first assignments in Asia
Programme & took him to Vietnam and Cambodia in the spring of 1970. For 25 years, he was as
Senior Teaching a correspondent for NBC News and ABC News, reporting from Beijing, Moscow,
Consultant London, Tokyo, Delhi, Beirut, Bosnia, Baghdad, South Africa, Somalia and other
cities. In 1999, he joined STAR Group Ltd. to build a news team and develop
Office: EHG21 news and current affairs content. He developed an award-winning current affairs
Tel: 2219 4013 programme -- "FOCUS ASIA" -- which has been re-launched as a weekly business
Email: jlaurie@hku.hk programme on the American Public Broadcasting System in association with the
JMSC and the HKU School of Business. He has won two television Emmys, a
Peabody Award, and an Overseas Press Club Award. He also has produced
documentaries and consulted on the launch of several Asian television news
channels.
Lung Ying-tai Professor Lung Ying-tai is a celebrated essayist and cultural critic, who has
Visiting Professor published 17 titles in Chinese. Her essays in other languages have appeared in
European newspapers such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. As the Cultural
Office: EHG03 Minister of Taipei from 1999 to 2003, she designed and implemented a visionary
Phone: 22415071 concept of cultural policy, making great impact on contemporary culture in
Email: ytlung@hku.hk Taiwan and Greater China. Lung Yingtai is one of the most influential writers in
the global Chinese language world. She joined the Journalism and Media Studies
Centre in August 2004.
Gene Mustain Gene Mustain is director of the Reporting and Writing Programme at the
Director of Journalism and Media Studies Centre. He has written three non-fiction books and
Reporting & was a reporter and writer for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Sun-
Times, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He has worked in film and television,
Writing as co-producer for a Home Box Office movie based on one of his books, and as a
Programme & consultant for documentaries based on his newspaper work. He has written free-
Senior Teaching lance articles for publications around the world, including The New York Times
Consultant Magazine and the Los Angles Times. He was among top international writers and
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filmmakers invited to a Salzburg Seminar in Austria on turning nonfiction into
Office: EH110 film. He also moderated a panel discussion of international writers at the Nieman
Tel: 2219 4007 Conference on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University. He also has taught
E-mail: gene@hku.hk part-time at DePaul University in Chicago and at New York University.
Qian Gang Qian Gang is former managing editor of Southern Weekend (南方周末), a
Co-Director of leading mainland newspaper. He also is one of the founders of China Central
China Media Project
Television's News Probe (新聞調查), a weekly investigative news magazine that
Office: EHG19 attracts 20 million viewers. Qian joined the Journalism and Media Studies Centre
Phone: 2219 4016 as a scholar-in-residence in 2003. His award-winning book, The Great China
Email:qg32117@hku.hk Earthquake (唐山大地震), an account of the earthquake that struck Tangshan in
north China in 1976, is required reading for HK secondary school students.
Miklos Sukosd Sukosd was academic director for the Center for Media and Communication
Associate Studies at Central European University in Hungary, where he was also an
Professor associate professor. He has also taught at ELTE University in Hungary, and at
Princeton and Harvard universities in the U.S. He is the author or editor of
numerous academic texts. His research interests include political communication
and democratic performance of the media in post-communist states; media law,
regulation and democratization in post-communist states; environmental politics,
and communications. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences and an MA in sociology from Harvard.
Russell Todd Russell Todd comes to the University of Hong Kong from the University of
Director of Texas Journalism School, where he is a professor specializing in editing and
Business business journalism. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Todd lived in
Journalism Hong Kong for nine years in the 1980s and '90s, when he was a reporter and
news editor at The Asian Wall Street Journal and an executive with Dow
Programme &
Jones/Telerate. He was founding editor of the Dow Jones Emerging Market
Professor Report. Earlier, he served as state editor at the Austin American-Statesman and
city editor at the Daily Missourian at the University of Missouri. He is
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currently an editor at the Texas Observer. Todd and his wife Sarah have two
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E-mail: rtodd@hku.hk daughters, both born in Hong Kong.
Nancy Tong Nancy Tong has been producing documentaries for 30 years. She began her
Visiting Associate career as a news reporter in Hong Kong with HK-TVB. She moved to New York
Professor City in 1981 and worked as an independent film producer. Among her dozens of
projects were Who Killed Vincent Chin which was nominated in 1989 for an
Academy Award; In the Name of the Emperor which was awarded the Special
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Jury Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1995; and Cancer:
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E-mail:
From Evolution to Revolution which won a George Foster Peabody Award in
filmtong@hku.hk 2000. From 1999 - 2007, Tong taught documentary production at The School of
Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong. Her current projects include
teaching media production to Muslim women in China, Pakistan, and Indonesia;
ten short documentaries for the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City;
and a documentary on a reconstruction project in the Forbidden City of Beijing for
The China Heritage Fund.
Doreen Doreen Weisenhaus teaches media law and ethics. Prior to joining the
Weisenhaus Journalism and Media Studies Centre in 2000, she was city editor of The New York
Director of Media Times. She also was the first legal editor of The New York Times Magazine before
becoming its law and politics editor. Before that, Weisenhaus was editor-in-chief
Law Project & of The National Law Journal, a leading publication for lawyers in the U.S. that
Associate won several major journalism awards during her tenure. She also was a prosecutor
Professor in New York City, a television news producer in Chicago and a reporter for the
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Milwaukee Journal. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern
Office: EH116 University's School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Medill
Tel: 2219 4006 School of Journalism, also at Northwestern. She is the author of the book, Hong
E-mail: Kong Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals.
doreen@hku.hk
Len Apcar Len Apcar, deputy managing editor of the International Herald Tribune, was
Visiting Professor previously editor-in-chief of The New York Times Web site, the world’s largest
newspaper Web site. Under his leadership, the site won awards for breaking news,
features, photography, commentary, multimedia and general excellence. A
reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Detroit, Washington, D.C. and Dallas, and
an editor in the print news room at The Times in both business and foreign news,
Len brings more than 30 years of experience in U.S. and international journalism.
He received a B.A. degree from Claremont Men’s College in California, and an
M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. He has lectured at numerous
schools including Columbia and the University of Texas.
Barry Kalb Barry Kalb started his career in journalism 40 years ago, in 1967, at the
Honorary Lecturer Washington Evening Star, and is still a working journalist today. After 8 years at
Star, he moved to Hong Kong in 1975, briefly on contract for NBC News, and
E-mail: then as a staff correspondent for CBS News. In 1979 he joined Time Magazine as
barryathku@yahoo.co Eastern Europe bureau chief, based in West Berlin, and was subsequently moved
m to Rome, New York, and back to Hong Kong. He took a 14-year hiatus from
journalism to become a restaurateur in Hong Kong, finally leaving that business in
2002. In late 2002, he returned to journalism, as an editor at the Voice of America
bureau in Hong Kong. The stories he has covered include the Watergate affair, the
deaths of Chou En-lai and Mao Tse-tung and the return of Deng Xiaoping, the
beginnings of Solidarity in Poland, and the attempted assassination of Pope John
Paul II in Rome.
Vaudine England Vaudine England started work as a journalist in Hong Kong 25 years ago. With
Visiting Lecturer a solid grounding on local newspapers and magazines, she took herself off to the
Philippines and Indonesia in the 1980s, freelancing for the Far Eastern Economic
Email: Review, Time, Newsweek and others. She then joined the BBC World Service in
vaudinee@yahoo.com London, learning radio and television and completing a MA in Southeast Asian
Area Studies at the School of Oriental And African Studies (SOAS), University of
London. Since then she has worked around the region, for both print and
broadcast, sometimes on staff and, when the mood took her, freelance. She's
written a historical biography in Hong Kong, covered the upheavals in Indonesia
following the fall of President Suharto, travelled further from a base in Bangkok,
and returned to Hong Kong in 2006 to work for the BBC and to continue
freelancing. She brings a wealth of experience and practical survival skills to her
teaching, and remains curious enough to wonder where the next story is coming
from.
Rob McBride Rob McBride began his career in the early 1980s, reporting from the Falkland
Honorary Lecturer Islands in the aftermath of the South Atlantic Conflict. After working for
commercial radio and then Granada TV in Manchester, he transferred to London
Office: EHG21 in 1989 and worked for Thames TV, ITN and TV-AM. In 1992, he joined a news
Tel: 2219 4013 agency to work in Asia for international broadcasters ranging from Channel 9 of
Email: Australia to the BBC and Sky News in the U.K. He also has worked for CNBC
rob@robmcbride.com and National Geographic Television. In 1999, he became a free-lance pioneer in
Asia of video journalism. He has worked extensively in the region for Star TV,
and regularly for companies as diverse as PBS network in the U.S. and UN
Television.
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Kees Metselaar Kees Metselaar, a graduate of the Free University in Amsterdam, has
Honorary Lecturer worked as a photojournalist in many parts of the world. In the early 1990s,
after establishing his base in Hong Kong, he began concentrating on Southeast
Asia. He was in Bangladesh when a giant cyclone killed more than 100,000
people; his pictures were published worldwide. His photographs are sold by
his Dutch agency, Hollandse Hoogte, and several on-line agencies. He has
exhibited in Europe and Hong Kong. Recently in Hong Kong, he has been
documenting the old markets and life styles of Central and Western Districts.
Patrick Smith Patrick Smith has served as a correspondent abroad for more than twenty years,
Honorary Lecturer chiefly for the International Herald Tribune and The New Yorker, for which he
formerly wrote “Letter From Tokyo.” He has also been an opinion-page
commentator and, most recently, he has edited the International Herald Tribune’s
Asian edition. He won his first Overseas Press Club award for his coverage of
South Korea in the late-1980s.
Smith has published three books and is currently at work on his fourth. Japan:
A Reinterpretation, which remains in print, won a second Overseas Press Club
award for best book on foreign affairs when it was published in 1997. It was also a
New York Times Notable Book of the Year and won the 1997 Kiriyama Pacific
Rim Book Prize. Smith’s essays, reportage, and commentary have appeared in
numerous journals and magazines, including the Herald Tribune, The New York
Times, The Nation, The American Spectator, Newsweek, Business Week, Time, and
The Washington Quarterly.
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2009 - 2010 JMSC Course Timetable

*core course for Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism

Non-credit-bearing required course

Sub-Class B Monday 2:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

Writing lab: Wednesday 3:00 p.m. - 5:55 p.m.

Quota: 25 for each sub-class

Pre-requisite: JMSC6094 Journalism technical bootcamp

Quota: 20 for each sub-class

Sub-Class B Friday 3:35 p.m. – 6:25 p.m.

Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall

Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall

Pre-requisite: JMSC6092 Television news writing workshop &

Quota: 20 for each sub-class

Lecture/seminar: Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

JMSC6040 "Freedom Vs. Security -- How to Succeed in Freelance Journalism"

Lecture/seminar: Friday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

JMSC6045 A broad-gauged course that explores web journalism and the

Lecture/seminar: Friday 9:30 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.

Lecture/seminar: Monday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

Lecture/seminar: Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

JMSC6082 This course introduces students to the fundamentals of news

Lecture/seminar: Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall

Lecture/seminar: Tuesday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

Lab: Monday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall

Pre-requisite: JMSC6094 Journalism technical bootcamp

Workshop: Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Pre-requisite: JMSC6092 Television news writing workshop &

Workshop: Saturday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall

Lecture/seminar: Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Lecture/seminar: Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

Lecture/seminar: Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - 12:35 a.m.

Lecture/seminar: Friday 6:30 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.

Lecture/seminar: Monday 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Tutorial A: Wednesday 10:40 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.

Quota: 20 for each tutorial

Lecture/seminar: Tuesday 1:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

Tutorial A: Wednesday 11:40 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

Quota: 50 for lecture; 25 for each tutorial

JMSC6100 This course trains students to produce documentary videos for

Lecture/seminar: Wednesday 3:00 p.m. - 5:55 p.m.

Venue: JMSC Digital Media Lab, G01B Eliot Hall

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