28 September, 2013

Journalism Students on Both Sides of the Strait Test Their Skills in “Best in Campus News Reporting” Award Competition in Hong Kong.

The award ceremony for the 2012-13 “Best in Campus News Reporting” competition, organized by the China Daily Hong Kong Edition and co-sponsored by Dim Sum TV and other media organizations, was held on September 28 at Hong Kong Baptist University. The event drew the participation of 12 universities’ journalism schools in 4 locations on both sides of the Strait. Representing one of the event’s media partners, Ms. Ceci Chuang, Vice President of Dim Sum TV, attended the ceremony as one of the award presenters.

Both the guests of honour at the ceremony, Ms. Regina Ip Lau Suk Yee, Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, and Mr. Michael Wong, Director of the Information Services Department, endorsed the competition as a meaningful event. They urged the aspiring journalists to always produce work that is accurate, detailed and factual; by freely expressing constructive opinions and criticisms in independent, objective commentaries, media practitioners can spur ever-greater efforts from the government and society at large.

The event aims at supporting the publication of campus newspapers and encouraging creativity on the part of journalism students. It provides, for the first time, a competitive framework in which journalism students from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the mainland can put their knowledge and skills to the test, and academic exchange between journalism schools on both sides of the Strait can be facilitated. This year’s awards received an overwhelming response: it drew a total of 267 entries from 12 universities, up from 8 the previous year, representing Hong Kong, Macau, the mainland, and, for the first time, Taiwan.

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