Spring Semester 2010:  Jim is teaching an undergraduate class - Introduction to and History of Television; a postgraduate MJ class in Documentary Film Appreciation and a class in News Writing.  Spring Semester is January to May at the University of Hong Kong.

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Since September 2005, Jim Laurie has taught news writing, TV production, and documentary film at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre.   The JMSC runs a unique journalism program.   Each year JMSC accepts about 30 undergraduate Bachelor of Journalism students while nearly 60 postgraduate students seek Masters of Journalism degrees.
 
Unlike other journalism education in Asia, the JMSC program targets the development of talent for international media.  The faculty shuns communications theory and focuses on practical skills drawing on a wide-range of experience in the real world of journalism.   Special emphasis is placed on multi-tasking in multi-media journalism.  Graduates of the University of Hong Kong’s journalism education have gone on to take positions at CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Bloomberg, the International Herald Tribune, the Wall Street Journal and various website enterprises in and outside of Asia.

The JMSC program was founded in 1999 and in the ten years since has grown steadily.  A broadcast curriculum was developed with Jim's arrival in 2005.   Emphasis since 2007 has been placed on converged media training and multi-tasking.