ABOUT INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM (APPLICABLE FROM 2021/22 COHORT ONWARDS)
PROGRAMME INFORMATION
The Journalism and Digital Media Major offers three concentrations: Chinese Journalism, International Journalism and Data and Media Communication. The Chinese Journalism concentration aims to prepare students for a career in Chinese-language media, while the International Journalism concentration is geared to those who plan to work for international media that operate in English. The Data and Media Communication concentration, which is jointly offered with the Department of Computer Science, aims to train a new generation of digital journalists with advanced computer skills, notably in data visualisation and analytics. All choices share Major Core and Major Elective Courses dealing with the activities and responsibilities of print, broadcast and internet journalists. Each choice requires bilingualism, but stresses the particular language and professional skills appropriate for the specialisation.
All Journalism students pursue studies in three major areas: (1) professional journalism, in which students learn the principles and skills of gathering, presenting and producing news and current affairs reports; (2) theoretical foundations of the profession, in which students develop a conceptual understanding of the profession and its role in society through legal, ethical, political, historical, economic and media communication theory courses; and (3) complementary studies of the relationship between journalism and society as well as the way politics, government, business and law operate in both local and international communities. In all these areas, emphasis is on Hong Kong and mainland China with due attention to the international context in which both communities operate.
Subject to resource and quota constraints, all students have the option of adopting a secondary stream: Broadcast Journalism (BJ), Financial Journalism (FJ) or General Stream each with relevant courses. Chinese Journalism and International Journalism students are required to undertake a professional internship during the summer following the third year, while Data and Media Communication students are encouraged to do so as an option. At the end of the programme, every student has to produce a final-year project that integrates their conceptual and practical journalism knowledge.
| JOURNALISM AND DIGITAL MEDIA MAJOR | ||
| Units | ||
| Major Required Courses | 59 | |
| (56 for DMC-No Stream students; 63 for DMC-FIN students) | ||
| School Core Courses (9 units) | ||
| COMM1015 | Studies of Communication, Journalism and Film | 3 |
| COMM2035 | Communication, Ethics and Law | 3 |
| Choose one out of the following three courses: | ||
| COMM2026 | Human Communication | 3 |
| COMM2027 | AI and Digital Communication | 3 |
| COMM2036 | Media Design and Digital Applications | 3 |
| Major Core Courses (21 units) | ||
| JOUR2077 | Chinese News Reporting and Writing (Non-Chinese speaking students will take a Major Elective instead) | 3 |
| JOUR2085 | English News Reporting and Writing | 3 |
| JOUR2116 | Finance and Economics for Journalists | 3 |
| JOUR3137 | Journalism and Communication Theory | 3 |
| JOUR3157 | Law and Ethics for Journalists | 3 |
| JOUR4007 | Research Methods in Communication | 3 |
| JOUR4015 | Journalism Internship (Not applicable to DMC students) | 0 |
| Choose one out of the following two courses: | ||
| JOUR2087 | Multimedia and Multiplatform Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR2117 | Broadcast Reporting and Production | 3 |
| Chinese Journalism Concentration Required Courses (29 units) | ||
| JOUR2046 | Advanced News and Feature Writing (Chinese) | 3 |
| JOUR2076 | Data Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR3145 | Investigative Reporting (Chinese) | 3 |
| JOUR3245 | Journalism Practicum I (Chinese) | 2 |
| JOUR3246 | Journalism Practicum II (Chinese) | 2 |
| JOUR4005 | Theory and Practice of Journalism in Greater China | 3 |
| For Broadcast Journalism Stream: | ||
| JOUR2095 | Advanced Broadcast Production | 3 |
| JOUR3167 | News Documentary | 3 |
| JOUR3265 | Journalism Practicum I (Broadcast) | 2 |
| JOUR3295 | Journalism Practicum II (Broadcast) | 2 |
| For Financial Journalism Stream: | ||
| JOUR3165 | Unlocking Finance | 3 |
| JOUR3166 | Strategic Investments and Contemporary Economics | 3 |
| JOUR3266 | Journalism Practicum I (Finance) | 2 |
| JOUR3267 | Journalism Practicum II (Finance) | 2 |
| For General Stream: | ||
| JOUR3247 | Journalism Practicum III (Chinese) | 2 |
| JOUR3296 | Journalism Practicum IV (Chinese) | 2 |
| Major Elective Courses | 6 | |
| Honours Project | ||
| JOUR4865 | Honours Project in Chinese Journalism | 3 |
| International Journalism Concentration Required Courses (29 units) | ||
| JOUR2076 | Data Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR2096 | Advanced News and Feature Writing (English) | 3 |
| JOUR3136 | International News in a Globalized World | 3 |
| JOUR3146 | Investigative Reporting (English) | 3 |
| JOUR3255 | Journalism Practicum I (English) | 2 |
| JOUR3256 | Journalism Practicum II (English) | 2 |
| For Broadcast Journalism Stream: | ||
| JOUR2095 | Advanced Broadcast Production | 3 |
| JOUR3167 | News Documentary | 3 |
| JOUR3265 | Journalism Practicum I (Broadcast) | 2 |
| JOUR3296 | Journalism Practicum II (Broadcast) | 2 |
| For Financial Journalism Stream: | ||
| JOUR3165 | Unlocking Finance | 3 |
| JOUR3166 | Strategic Investments and Contemporary Economics | 3 |
| JOUR3266 | Journalism Practicum I (Finance) | 2 |
| JOUR3267 | Journalism Practicum II (Finance) | 2 |
| For General Stream: | ||
| JOUR3257 | Journalism Practicum III (English) | 2 |
| JOUR3297 | Journalism Practicum IV (English) | 2 |
| Major Elective Courses | 6 | |
| Honours Project | ||
| JOUR4885 | Honours Project in International Journalism | 3 |
| Data and Media Communication Concentration Required Courses (26 units; 33 units for DMC-FIN students) | ||
| COMP2865 | Fundamentals of Data Analysis and Management | 3 |
| COMP3115 | Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization | 3 |
| COMP3925 | Data Analysis Studio | 1 |
| ITEC2016 | Data-driven Visualization for the Web | 3 |
| JOUR3155 | Investigative Reporting for Data and Media Communication | 2 |
| JOUR4046 | Integrated Data-driven Storytelling | 3 |
| Choose one out of the following two courses: | ||
| JOUR3245 | Journalism Practicum I (Chinese) | 2 |
| JOUR3255 | Journalism Practicum I (English) | 2 |
| Data and Media Communication Concentration Elective Courses (6 units; 3 units for DMC-FIN students) | ||
| COMP4015 | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 3 |
| COMP4027 | Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | 3 |
| COMP4045 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 |
| COMP4075 | Social Computing and Web Intelligence | 3 |
| COMP4909 | Data Media Project II | 3 |
| COMP7930 | Big Data Analysis | 3 |
| JOUR2087 | Multimedia and Multiplatform Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR2105 | Visual Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR2117 | Broadcast Reporting and Production | 3 |
| JOUR3096 | Current Affairs and News Analysis | 3 |
| JOUR3115 | Media Management | 3 |
| JOUR3285 | Financial Data and Market Sentiment Analysis | 3 |
| JOUR3287 | Social Media Content Management | 3 |
| JOUR4005 | Theory and Practice of Journalism in Greater China | 3 |
| PRAO4087 | Algorithm and Communication | 3 |
| Any course approved by the Department of Computer Science and Department of Journalism. | ||
| For Financial Journalism Stream: | ||
| JOUR3165 | Unlocking Finance | 3 |
| JOUR3166 | Strategic Investments and Contemporary Economics | 3 |
| JOUR3266 | Journalism Practicum I (Finance) | 2 |
| JOUR3267 | Journalism Practicum II (Finance) | 2 |
| Honours Project | ||
| JOUR4855 | Honours Project in Data and Media Communication | 3 |
| Major Elective Courses * | 6 | |
| (0 for DMC-FIN students) | ||
| JOUR2046 | Advanced News and Feature Writing (Chinese) | 3 |
| JOUR2076 | Data Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR2095 | Advanced Broadcast Production | 3 |
| JOUR2096 | Advanced News and Feature Writing (English) | 3 |
| JOUR2097 | Advanced News and Feature Writing (Finance) | 3 |
| JOUR2105 | Visual Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR2106 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| JOUR2125 | Photojournalism and Documentary Photography | 3 |
| JOUR3016 | Political Economy for Journalists | 3 |
| JOUR3046 | Comparative Perspectives on Media | 3 |
| JOUR3047 | News Anchoring | 3 |
| JOUR3057 | Finance and Investment | 3 |
| JOUR3075 | Economics for Financial Journalists | 3 |
| JOUR3077 | Magazine Design and Editing | 3 |
| JOUR3085 | Media Transformation and Institutional Change in Historical Perspective | 3 |
| JOUR3095 | Business and Financial News Reporting in English | 3 |
| JOUR3096 | Current Affairs and News Analysis | 3 |
| JOUR3097 | Current Hong Kong Issues for Communicators | 3 |
| JOUR3105 | Current Issues in Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR3106 | Images of Media in Popular Culture | 3 |
| JOUR3107 | Media, Technology and Globalization | 3 |
| JOUR3115 | Media Management | 3 |
| JOUR3117 | News Translation | 3 |
| JOUR3125 | Strategic Television Communication | 3 |
| JOUR3126 | Visual Literacy: Critical Appreciation of Photos | 3 |
| JOUR3135 | Analytical and Opinion Writing | 3 |
| JOUR3136 | International News in a Globalized World | 3 |
| JOUR3145 | Investigative Reporting (Chinese) | 3 |
| JOUR3146 | Investigative Reporting (English) | 3 |
| JOUR3147 | Investigative Reporting (Finance) | 3 |
| JOUR3165 | Unlocking Finance | 3 |
| JOUR3166 | Strategic Investments and Contemporary Economics | 3 |
| JOUR3167 | News Documentary | 3 |
| JOUR3175 | Contemporary Issues in Journalism | 1 |
| JOUR3205 | Convergence Editing (Broadcast) | 3 |
| JOUR3215 | Convergence Editing (Chinese) | 3 |
| JOUR3225 | Convergence Editing (English) | 3 |
| JOUR3235 | Convergence Editing (Finance) | 3 |
| JOUR3275 | Immersive Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR3276 | Data Story Laboratory I | 3 |
| JOUR3277 | Data Story Laboratory II | 3 |
| JOUR3285 | Financial Data and Market Sentiment Analysis | 3 |
| JOUR3286 | Reporting Business and Financial News in Chinese | 3 |
| JOUR3287 | Social Media Content Management | 3 |
| JOUR4005 | Theory and Practice of Journalism in Greater China | 3 |
| JOUR4017 | China Reporting and Writing | 3 |
| JOUR4025 | Critical Studies of Media | 3 |
| JOUR4045 | Entrepreneurial Journalism | 3 |
| University Core | 13 | |
| General Education Courses | 18 | |
| Free Electives | 32 | |
| (35 for DMC-No Stream students; 34 for DMC-FIN students) | ||
| Total Units of Journalism and Digital Media Major | 128 | |
*All the Major Electives taken by IJ students must
be taught in English.
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the above information is subject to change -
STREAMS (APPLICABLE FROM 2021/22 COHORT ONWARDS)
JOURNALISM AND DIGITAL MEDIA MAJOR |
STREAM INTRODUCTION
Each International Journalism Concentration (IJ) student is required to take either one of the below Streams in Year 3: 1. Broadcast Journalism Stream (BJ) Students who wish to specialise in broadcast journalism will take two production courses and two BJ practicum courses. 2. Financial Journalism Stream (FJ) Students interested in financial journalism will take two theoretical courses and two FJ practicum courses. 3. General Stream There are no specific courses in the General Stream. Students are required to select 6 units from the Major Electives and take two more practicum courses of IJ. |
- All the above information is subject to change -