| HKBU stages exhibition to promote Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop
As a prelude to the first Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop (PPWW) in Asia, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) will organise a three-week long roving exhibition commencing next week.
The exhibition, "Excellence in Journalism: an Integration of Art and Culture", seeks to illustrate how journalistic excellence is related to art and culture. It presents the professional philosophy of six Pulitzer Prize recipients, including the winning photos of one of the recipients, Professor John Kaplan. Professor Kaplan's photos reflect the diverse lifestyles of seven, 21-year-old Americans.
Details of the exhibition are as follows:
1-14 Octobe----1/F, Devon House, TaiKoo Place
6-10 October---- BAILEYS at the Fringe fotogalarie, Fringe Club, Central
15-21 October----2/F Centre Bridge, Cityplaza
The workshop was organized by HKBU with the support of $1 million from the Hong Kong Economic Journal Co., Ltd.. Each year, four to six Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism will be invited to the HKBU campus for a two-week academic exchange to enhance the quality of journalistic education and train highly professional journalists with global vision.
The six renowned winners participating in this first workshop, to be held in mid-October, are: Mr. Peter Arnett, Professor John Kaplan, Mr. Michael Vitez, Ms. Amy Goldstein, Ms. Mei Fong and Mr. Steve Stecklow. For details on the workshop, please visit http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppww.
Media Enquiries: Connie Ko of the Communication and Public Relations Office of HKBU (3411 7963 / 7472 2120)
PPWW exhibition at TaiKoo Place |
