Joyce joined the Baptist University in 1993 and is now Assistant Professor.
During September 2004-June 2005, she was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar affiliated
with the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College
Park, researching on the practices of public journalism in the United States. She obtained her Ph.D. in Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001. Before joining the academia, Joyce was a journalist, first in the London office
of Sing Tao Daily News, then in Hong Kong with Sing Tao Evening News, South
China Morning Post,
Asia Television and lastly as assistant managing editor in Capital magazine.
Joyce also worked as assistant editor at the Hong Kong Film Festival and assistant
manager at the Hong Kong Space Museum. She obtained her M.A. in Translation and Interpretation at the City Polytechnic (now University) of Hong Kong, and her B.Soc.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interest is in the civic use of the Internet and journalism issues.
Tel: (852) 3411 7834
Subjects taught
Selected publications
2008
- "The last days of civic journalism: The case of Savannah Morning News", Journalism Practice, 20(2): 179-197.
2006
- Exploring the second phase of public journalism, Journalism Studies, 7(2), 212-236.
2005
- "Changing connections: The news media, the government and the people in China's SARS epidemic". In Angela Romano & Michael Bromley (Eds.) Journalism and Democracy in Asia (pp. 28-40). London: Routledge.
- "The Queer Sisters and its electronic bulletin board: a Study of the Internet for social movement mobilization". In Wim van de Donk, Brian D. Loader, Paul G. Nixon & Dieter Rucht (Eds.) Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens and Social Movements (pp. 233-258). London: Routledge.
- "The
relationship between online and offline communities: the case of the Queer
Sisters". Media, Culture and Society, 26(3), 409-428.
- "The Queer Sisters and its electronic bulletin board: a study of the Internet for social movement mobilization". Information, Communication and Society, 7(1), 23-49.
2000
- (with Y. M. To) "Objective reporting and public service: A study of television news coverage on Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections in 1998".Journal of Radio & Television Studies [Chinese], 15, 1-36.
1999
- (with Y. M. To) "Television coverage: Objectivity and public service". In H. C. Kuan et al. (Eds.), Power Transfer and Electoral Politics: The First Legislative Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (pp. 215-252). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.
- "The role of cable TV in Hong Kong's information infrastructure". Journal of Radio and Television Studies, 13, 63-85.
1998
- "Clash and compatibility of journalistic cultures: Mainland China and Hong Kong". In D. Ray Heisey & Wenxiang Gong (Eds.), Communication and Culture: China and the World Entering the 21st Century (pp. 83-102). Amsterdam/Atlanta, GA: Editions Rodopi B.V.
- (with W.M. Lam) "I am the eldest daughter". In K. Y. Tsang & C. H. Ng (Eds.), Tears and Laughter: Oral History of Elderly Women (pp. 220-239). Hong Kong: Association for the Advancement of Feminism.
1997
- "Shifting political power and news sources: The case in Hong Kong's political transition". Asia Pacific Media Educator, 3, 49-69.
- "Memories are made of this". In Susanna Hoe (Ed.), Stories for Eva: A Reader for Chinese Women Learning English (pp. 160-162). The Hong Kong Language Fund.
- "Quality Sub-editing Improves News Reports." In
Joyce Y.M. Nip (Ed.), An Anthology and Critique of Award-Winning Hong
Kong Press Articles (1993, 1994) [Chinese] (pp. 254-6). Hong Kong: Subculture
Ltd.
- (Ed.), An Anthology and Critique of Award-Winning Hong Kong Press Articles (1993, 1994) [Chinese]. Hong Kong: Subculture Ltd.
1995
- "Thick congee", a translation of Wang Meng's "Jianying de xizhou". Renditions, 43, 58-74.
1985
- (with Hilda S. H. Chan et al.). "The Participation of Hong Kong Women in Public Affairs : A Survey". Hong Kong: Association for the Advancement of Feminism.
Recent public service Joyce is a judge annually from 1997 to 2004 and in 2007 and 2008 for the Human Rights Press Awards, organized by Hong Kong Journalists Association, Foreign Correspondence Club, Hong Kong, and Amnesty International Hong Kong.
She is a member of the Radio Television Hong Kong Programme Advisory Panel since 2006. She was also a judge for the Awards for Editorial Excellence 2004, organized by the Society of Publishers in Asia.
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