3 units

This course explores the many varieties of documentary forms, from TV news and magazine features (both hard and soft) to stand-alone documentaries produced for television and film. Students groups will produce one short documentary during the semester.

3 units

This course explores data-based storytelling using charts, diagrams, maps, and other visualization techniques in professional communication. It covers theoretical topics such as principles of problem modeling, graphic design, and data processing. Additionally, practical issues like media form limitations and workflow challenges are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on ethical considerations and common pitfalls in data visualization. 

3 units

In this course, students will learn news photography, photographic techniques for news reportage and the application of these techniques to foster visual communication. Photo elements, image editing and various visual approaches to news reportage will be examined.

3 units

Theories and techniques of reporting, writing, editing, presenting and production of radio and television news will be introduced in this course. Students will acquire the essential skills to produce news magazines and bulletins for the electronic media.

3 units

This course introduces students to the role of radio broadcasting in the multimedia environment. Theories and practices of studio production of radio programmes including information, entertainment, documentaries and other programmes in new formats will be examined.

3 units

This course seeks to instill students with the necessary skills to generate ideas for feature articles, compile information that is essential for the composition of these pieces, so as to be able to compose a wide variety of different features. Moreover, the course also aims at helping students to understand the ecology of the mass media from the views of a contributing journalist, both in terms of how to locate an outlet for their work, but also in how their work might (and would) become not only a tool with which readers understand the world, and whether their work would contribute to the “reproduction” of a hegemonic, “common-sensical” perspective of the state of the world.

3 units

The course responds to the multistakeholder ecosystem, with human, more than human, machines, systems, institutions, and organisational stakeholders who engage in decision making around critical social and political questions. It introduces students to multistakeholderism as a concept, and engaging with how different actors within the ecosystem need to be identified, approached, and negotiated with, to see the complexity of global decision making practices.

3 units

This course introduces students to the principles and techniques of multimedia design. Students will be required to create their own multimedia projects from concept development to hands-on production by using design software. AI features are also introduced to facilitate the creative process from ideation to production. The quality and effectiveness of multimedia projects will be examined.

3 units

This course introduces students to the role of content flow and value chain model in the information industry. It covers various topics such as content creation, selling, distribution, syndication, consumption, content economics, business models, related technology and copyright protection issues faced by different information industries in the new media ecology.

3 units

This course aimed to acquaint students with general management principles, concepts, and theories, with particular emphasis on their applications in media organizations in a commercial, competitive, and rapidly changing environment. The focus is on training future media managers’ problem-solving and decision-making skills. The communications industries covered will include the print media, radio, broadcast, cable television, advertising and public relations. The students will learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, and case studies.

3 units

This course will analyze the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies, changing audience behaviors, and shifting media landscapes. We will scrutinize important innovation cases and discuss the ways in which journalism can adapt to meet the needs of a changing world. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, guest talks, case studies and newsroom practices, the course emphasizes both the normative roles of journalism and a grounded understanding of what is really happening in the global journalism industry.

3 units

This is a dynamic and practical course designed to simulate the actual environment of a professional newsroom. This immersive experience aims to bridge the gap between classroom learning and the real world of journalism. Students will participate in press conferences, conduct interviews, and produce news content across various platforms including course website and social media accounts. The course provides a unique opportunity for students to apply their journalistic skills and ethics in a practical, hands-on setting, and build up their portfolio.

3 units each

Students concentrate their reading and study of one particular field in communication of their interests under the supervision of an instructor.

3 units each

Students concentrate their reading and study of one particular field in communication of their interests under the supervision of an instructor.

3 units each

Students concentrate their reading and study of one particular field in communication of their interests under the supervision of an instructor.

3 units each

Students concentrate their reading and study of one particular field in communication of their interests under the supervision of an instructor.

3 units each

The instructor will lecture and direct the study of a topic in Journalism he or she specializes in. Students are allowed to take the above Topic Studies courses for more than once, and gain the units each time they pass the course. However, students cannot take courses with the same course code more than once in a single term.

3 units each

The instructor will lecture and direct the study of a topic in Journalism he or she specializes in. Students are allowed to take the above Topic Studies courses for more than once, and gain the units each time they pass the course. However, students cannot take courses with the same course code more than once in a single term.

3 units each

The instructor will lecture and direct the study of a topic in Journalism he or she specializes in. Students are allowed to take the above Topic Studies courses for more than once, and gain the units each time they pass the course. However, students cannot take courses with the same course code more than once in a single term.

3 units

It is a seminar designed to teach the major communication stream, disciplines, theories and thoughts. The content includes development of communication disciplines, analysis of major communication theories, case studies and applications.

3 units

Students concentrate their reading and study of one particular topic in Journalism of their interests under the supervision of a faculty member. Students are required to submit a paper at the end of the course. (For M.A. in Journalism students only)