Schedule


Monday
10 Nov 2008

Open Lecture
10:00---12:15
The art of the interview
David Cay Johnston

How do you become a photojournalist?
Speaker: Liu Heung Shing
Venue:INCRC*

 


Tuesday
11 Nov 2008

Opening Ceremony
11:30---12:30
Venue:NAB209*

Forum
14:30---16:30
The innovation of journalism in next decade: Trends in online journalism, blogging, new media technologies and citizen journalism
Speakers: Pulitzer Prize Winners
Facilitator: Kin-ming Liu; Claudia Mo
Venue:NAB209



Wednesday
12 Nov 2008

Class Sharing
11:30---14:20
JOUR7010 International Relations Theory & Practice
The Rise of the Latin Dragon: Is China a new rival for the U.S. for influence in Latin America
Speaker: Gregg Fields

Proliferation of private security contractors hired guns in Iraq War
Speaker: Steve Fainaru
Venue:RL3-007*

Class Sharing
14:30---17:20
JOUR2160 Broadcast Journalism
Reporting on the sensitive issues: The case of teenage pregnancy
Speaker: Leon Dash

Read all about it. News from 2,500 years ago and 232 years ago that journalists missed---and that could inform your reporting
Speaker: David Cay Johnston
Venue:INCRC*



Thurday
13 Nov 2008

Class Sharing
09:00---11:15
JOUR2531 Reporting Laboratory (B)
JOUR3531 Editing Laboratory(B)
The art of the interview: News gathering techniques
Speaker: David Cay Johnston

Featuring underprivileged people in the US: Rosa Lee --- A mother and her family in Washington
Speaker: Leon Dash
Venue:CEC801*

11:00---12:15
JOUR2521 Reporting Laboratory (B)
JOUR3521 Editing Laboratory(E)
War & war reporting: Private security contractor impunity
Speaker: Steve Fainaru
Venue:RRS905*

12:00---13:20
JOUR2511 Reporting Laboratory (C)
The outlook for economic relations between China and the U.S. in light of the collapse of Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, etc.
Speaker: Gregg Fields
Venue:OEW803*

Open Lecture
15:00---17:15
Speaker: Leon Dash
Journalism and the underclass

Speaker: Steve Fainaru
Advantages and limitations of "embedded reporting" in Iraq
Venue:INCRC



Friday
14 Nov 2008

Class Sharing
11:30---13:20
JOUR1120 Introduction to Journalism
How to become a good Photojournalist?
Speaker: Liu Heung Shing
Venue:WLB401*
(canceled)

Class Sharing
14:30---17:20
JOUR7160 Principles of Economics
The power of one: How to imbue huge numbers --- millions, billions, trillions --- with meaning
Speaker: David Cay Johnston

Taking Stock: The End of Great Wall Street?
Speaker: Gregg Fields
Venue:RL1-006*


Saturday
15 Nov 2008

Class Sharing
09:30---12:20
JOUR3340 Advanced Reporting & Writing (C)
Read all about it. News from 2,500 years ago and 232 years ago that journalists missed --- and that could inform your reporting
Speaker: Leon Dash

Journalism and the underclass
Speaker: David Cay Johnston

Advantages and limitations of ''embedded reporting'' in Iraq
Speaker: Steve Fainaru
Venue:OEM904*

Open Lecture
14:30---16:45
Portrait of a country: China
Speaker: Liu Heung Shing

The new White House and China: The outlook for US-China relations under the new U.S. president
Speaker: Gregg Fields
Venue:WLB203*



Monday
17 Nov 2008
 

Class Sharing
14:30---17:20
JOUR7080 Current Issues & Case Stds in International News
My experiences as a foreign correspondent in Beijing and Moscow
Speaker: Liu Heung Shing
Venue:NAB311



*INCRC=Internationl news and communication resources centre, Au Shue Hung Memorial Library
NAB=New Academic Building, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Shaw Campus
WLB=The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Shaw Campus
RL1=Low-rise Building Block 1, Baptist University Road Campus
RL3=Low-rise Building Block 3, Baptist University Road Campus
FSC=Fong Shu Chuen Library, Ho Sin Hang Campus
OEW=Oen Hall Building West Wing, Ho Sin Hang Campus
OEM=Oen Hall Building Main Building, Ho Sin Hang Campus
CEC=Christian Education Centre, Ho Sin Hang Campus