Lecturer Vivian Tam won two prizes in the 17th Annual Human Rights Press Awards 2012

The School's Lecturer, Vivian Tam, won two awards in the 17th Annual Human Rights Press Awards 2012. The Award was co-organized by Amnesty International, Foreign Correspondents' Club and Hong Kong Journalists Association. As a School committed to promoting good professional values and practices in journalism, we are proud of having such a teacher who excels in journalism education and practices. Besides academic research, it is always good to see our teachers' active engagement with the media and the community by various means.

The two awards are:
(1)Newspaper Feature – Prize報章特寫大獎
Winning article: Homeless people in Sham Shui Po speak "human language'" (about homeless people's property discarded by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department)
In Chinese:深水埗露宿者講「人話」- (露宿者被沒收家當事件)
For details, please refer to: http://hktext.blogspot.hk/2012/06/blog-post_7978.html

(2)Commentary and Analysis – Prize 評論和分析大獎
Winning article: Are You Mad, or am I Mad? (about how the headline news of Hong Kong Daily News discriminated people with mental illness)
In Chinese: 你黐定我黐 (評新報「癲人出沒」和精神病人權益)
For details, please refer to: http://www.pentoy.hk/時事/v39/2012/12/09/譚蕙芸：星期日現場-你黐定我黐/

Congratulations to Miss Vivian Tam!