Judith comes from England and was a radio and magazine journalist for ten years, including a stint as a foreign correspondent in Indochina, before starting her academic career teaching and researching journalism. Her first degree was in Russian Studies and Sociology, and she has an MA in Asian Studies. She completed her PhD in 1999 with a thesis examining the problems encountered by the international press corps covering the 'hidden' conflict in Cambodia in the 1980s. She maintains her research interest in Cambodia as well as other areas of Asia, but also specialises in news around the world, teaching World News Media Systems and International News as well as professional journalism subjects. She is coordinator of the International Journalism Concentration, Director of the Institute for Journalism and Society and Associate Director of the MA in International Journalism Studies programme.

Email: jlc@hkbu.edu.hk
Tel: (852)3411 7465

Current subjects taught

• International News
• World News Media Systems
• Foundations of News and Feature Writing
• Theories and Techniques of News and Feature Writing
• Introduction to Comparative and International News

Selected publications

With J. Zhang (2008). Blogging in China: A force for social change. Australian Journalism Review, 30(1): 3-12.

Cambodia: Educating journalists in a world of poverty, corruption and power abuse. Chapter in B. Josephi (Ed.). Journalism education in a challenging environment. Hammond Publishers. In print.

The heart of journalism education. In Eric Loo (ed.) Best (and bad) practices of journalism in Asia. Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Foundation. In print.

Cambodian landmines leader writes his memoirs. Review, S. Sotha, In the shade of a quiet killing place: A personal memoir, Heaven Lake Press. Phnom Penh Post, Issue 16 / 20, October 5-18.

"Press freedom and development: an examination of the models of the press that have emerged in Cambodia." Australian Journalism Review, 28/2: 5-22.

"Digital media and development in Southeast Asia." Media Development, LIII/3: 43-46.

"International aid to the news sector in Cambodia." Chapter in Michael Bromley and Angela Romano (eds.) Journalism and democracy in Asia. Oxford: New York: Routledge. 41-53.

"Online media in the post-dotcom world". Media Digest, 3/2005: 14-15.

With T. Hamlett. "Freedom of expression under Hong Kong's second post-handover administration: a comparison with a pre-handover study". Free Speech Yearbook 2002-2003, 40: 83-95.

"The struggle for international news in the digital age". Media Digest (RTHK), 5/2004: 10-11.

"Challenges in the online media sector in the post-dot.com world". Media Asia. 31/2: 79-81.

"New communication technology: the Asian struggle". Chapter in Steven Gan, James Gomez and Uwe Johannen (eds.), Asian cyberactivism: freedom of expression & media censorship. Bangkok: Friedrich Naumann Foundation. 2-31

"How journalists judge the 'reality' of an international 'pseudo-event': a study of correspondents who covered the final withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia in 1989." Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 4 (1): 50-75.

"Hong Kong's news media five years after the handover: prospects for press freedom". AsiaPacific MediaEducator, 12/13, December: 44-60.