Pulitzer winners inspire HKBU students

Pulitzer winners inspire HKBU students

by Divino L. Cantal Jr. photos by by Zhang Xiaoqing and Lingling Huang Telling the truth and making change are the unified message of seven Pulitzer Prize winners to hundreds of communication and journalism students at Hong Kong Baptist University during the 7th...

People are the focus, a photojournalist says

People are the focus, a photojournalist says

by Echo Luo photos by Iris Yang Four-time Pulitzer-Prize winner William Snyder cares more about people than the surrounding environment when reporting disasters, he said. “Unlike many photographers, news agencies in general, we didn’t focus on the destruction, we...

Pulitzer winner urges students to be brave

Pulitzer winner urges students to be brave

by Divino L. Cantal Jr. photos by Echo Luo Journalists should ask themselves what the biggest and most neglected problems are in investigating issues, said Esther Htusan, an Associated Press reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize this year. “If you want to be a journalist,...

Beat reporting challenges reporters

Beat reporting challenges reporters

by Serina Zheng photos by Echo Luo Two education reporters covering violence in Philadelphia schools said interviewing a girl assaulted by a gang of students in school was challenging. “It is difficult,” Kristen Graham, who won a Pulitzer for her work with colleague...

Focus on the people, a photojournalist says

Focus on the people, a photojournalist says

by Serina Zheng photos by Edith Lu Photographs should tell stories about people, said Pulitzer-winning journalist William Snyder in a lecture at Hong Kong Baptist University today. “Focus on the people,” he said nine different times during the talk. Storytelling is...

Don’t Argue; Enlighten, a Pulitzer journalist says

Don’t Argue; Enlighten, a Pulitzer journalist says

by Zhang Xiaoqing Photos by Edith Lu Don’t argue but enlighten when writing news stories, George Rodrigue, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, said to students at Hong Kong Baptist University today. “When covering political issues, don’t talk about politics, but about...