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Health reporting used to be relegated to the lifestyle section of the newspaper, or the last item on the TV news before sports. But now, after diseases such as Ebola and SARS, the impact of health on global trade and travel has catapulted the issue to front-page news. Irresponsible headlines such as “Ebola Terror Stalks the City” show that now, more than ever, it’s time for responsible journalists to learn the facts and apply the highest ethical standards in reporting.

We are offering you the opportunity to undertake a one-week workshop in English to help meet the challenge of covering health or a full-scale pandemic. We will help you learn the issues, cut through the medical jargon, and equip you with the skills and knowledge to report on this exciting and vibrant issue.

In addition to an introduction to specific diseases, insights into public health strategy and how the health industry works, you will get the chance to learn to cover everything from a pharmaceutical company press release to a full-scale global pandemic.

If you think you will be sitting in a lecture hall, think again. This is a hands-on, skills-based course where the pace is high, and you will be pushed hard to reach the goal of intelligent and ethical health reporting.

Guided by professional journalism trainers with years of experience working for Reuters, you will produce hard-hitting stories based on real-life scenarios. As well as group activities, in which controversial and difficult issues will be tackled by the group, you will get individual attention to tackle your own weaknesses. Don’t worry if your English is not completely perfect. Although the course is conducted in English, we are looking for committed journalists who want to tell the stories of the region with flair and intelligence.

Successful candidates will receive a certificate of attendance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Thomson Reuters Foundation.


 At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • List the main diseases in the Asian region, and explain the challenges in reporting on them
  • Describe the public health issues facing the region and advocate for overcoming them
  • Act as advocates for good health reporting
  • Recognise and avoid sensationalism in reporting health stories, and define the role of the journalist in informing the public in an ethical way
  • Explain how the health industry works and who are the key players
  • Research and write stories for publication on topical issues which are accurate and free from bias



Eligibility

Committed journalists come from East Asian countries with at least three years’ experience. Proficiency in spoken English is recommended.

Applicants must be from East Asian countries, including those from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and ASEAN countries.

Admission Deposit
  • HKD 4,000 by cheque (local) or USD 500 by bank draft (non-local) payable to “The Chinese University of Hong Kong”. The deposit will be refunded to participants after completion of the programme.
  • Tutorial cost and five days’ lunches are all covered. Welcome and farewell dinners and campus tour may also be arranged.
  • For non-local participants, six nights’ accommodation in Hong Kong will be paid by the organizers. (Check in: 19 April 2015; check out: 25 April 2015)

How to Apply

Please complete the online application form or download the application form and submit it with samples of published work via email to reuterscom@cuhk.edu.hk or mail to School of Journalism and Communication, Humanities Building, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

Application Deadline:8 March 2015
Online Application Form / Application Form: ( WORD / PDF )

Applications will be processed on a rolling basis. Early applications are strongly encouraged. Places are limited.

Lisa Essex

Lisa Essex has been a journalist for more than 20 years, working for some of the world's leading news organisations, such as Reuters and Bloomberg Business News. During her varied career, she has undertaken such roles as oil reporter, radio presenter, derivatives correspondent, TV bureau chief and Training Editor. Her specialisations include financial and business news, on-air television, energy reporting and journalism training. She has a particular interest in ethical journalism, and the challenges posed by new media.

Lisa is a qualified journalism trainer, and has had several handbooks published on the subject. She was responsible for the Reuters Graduate Trainee scheme for six years, and runs the graduate scheme at a major British newspaper. She has trained journalists from more than 30 countries, and has run schemes for major NGOs, and media organisations. She also trains the Thomson Reuters Foundation's own trainers, before they are deployed to clients around the world. People who have successfully completed her training are to be found in every region of the world.

Highlights of her time in journalism include running Reuters Television in New York on the day of the destruction of the World Trade Center; field-producing live television from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (from a converted gents' washroom); and being the first journalist to reveal the end of the "honeymoon period" for then-UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

Lisa is now a freelance journalist, editor and trainer, and lives in the USA with her husband and two children.




 

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