About Us
Department of Journalism
Our journalism programme was founded in 1968, and many of the city’s top media professionals are our journalism graduates. Our department is proud of our long history and works hard to provide one of the top professional and theoretical journalism programmes in Asia.
Emphasis On Professional Expertise
Students have lots of opportunities to interact with award-winning journalists, politicians, diplomats and community leaders in lectures and workshops.
Integration Of Experience In & Out of The Classroom
Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom! We regularly organise media visits and reporting field trips in Hong Kong and abroad. Internships are also valuable experiences.
Small-Class Teaching
Most classes are small to give students full access to resources, encourage class discussions and enhance teacher feedback.
Encouragement of Academic Exchange
We have partnerships with universities all over the world, and we encourage all students to spend a semester studying abroad.
Enhancement of Language Skills
Our journalism students focus on either Chinese or English to learn advanced communication skills. Non-Chinese-speaking students accepted to the International Journalism programme will take all courses in English.
We emphasise both theory & practice
Our courses cover everything from multiplatform professional skills and big data to media theory, law and ethics. We nurture and build creative, critical and analytical thinking skills, and graduates of the journalism programme fill many leadership roles in the media industry.
Journalism was the first course offered by the Department of Communication when it was founded in 1968, and remains one of the best-known courses in the university. The course became a Department of its own within the new School of Communication in 1991. Today, our journalism major is offered under the four-year Bachelor of Communication (Honours) programme with three concentrations: Chinese Journalism, Data and Media Communication & International Journalism.
Our state-of-the-art broadcast studio has live broadcast TV and Radio capabilities. Students use the studio for in-class practice, assignments and for publishing news broadcasts for student media.
Broadcast Studio
The Broadcast News studio is used for producing radio and television newscasts for broadcast related coursework and the Broadcast News Network, a station run by broadcast journalism students.
The TV studio includes three studio cameras with teleprompters and a live set. The radio studio has full broadcast capabilities. Radio and TV editing machines are installed in the editing rooms and students can do their editing assignments there under the supervision of technicians. Both linear and non-linear editing sets are available.
Equipment
The department has a number of HD cameras, DSLR cameras, voice recorders, microphones and other equipment available for student use throughout the academic year. To book equipment, please go here.
Computer Laboratories
The computer laboratories provide PC notebooks, Macbooks and iMacs which are equipped with Adobe and other software needed for coursework and student media. Many of the professional journalism classes are taught in the labs.
Student Newsroom
Journalism students have a dedicated newsroom for the headquarters of their student media equipped with state-of-the art technology and a meeting room.