Campus Digest

HKBU graduate wins 2nd runner-up in Campus Newspaper Awards

28 Oct 2015

Chan Ho-fai (centre) wins the 2nd runner-up prize in the Best in Features Video Reporting category. Chan Ho-fai (centre) wins the 2nd runner-up prize in the Best in Features Video Reporting category.
Chan Ho-fai (centre) wins the 2nd runner-up prize in the Best in Features Video Reporting category.

 

Chan Ho-fai, a fresh graduate with a degree in Chinese Journalism, recently won the 2nd runner-up prize in the Best in Features Video Reporting category of the 2014-15 China Daily Campus Newspaper Awards. 

 

For the 10-minute award-winning video entitled “Whatsapps – new generations”, Ho-fai employed a number of typical cases to demonstrate how WhatsApp permeates the daily lives of people from different social strata and has become an indispensable means of communication.

 

Currently a broadcast journalist, Ho-fai said there is a general perception that journalism students are only good at news writing but they can in fact produce in-depth video reports with their high-level shooting, editing and dubbing skills as well. He said that the award has boosted his confidence with regard to his future development.

 

Ho-fai expressed his gratitude to Ms Bonnie Chiu, Associate Head of the Department of Journalism. He said Ms Chiu had given him valuable advice on the selection and review of the topic, and how to collect information and protect the privacy of interviewees. Her guidance contributed greatly to the outcome of the video.

      

Organised by China DailyHong Kong Edition, the competition received more than 600 entries from 26 universities in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Mainland China.