The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) was founded in September 1999 at the University of Hong Kong.
The advisors and co-convenors of the Hong Kong Documentary Initiative include Ruby Yang, Ying Chan and Nancy Tong.
More than 40 filmmakers from US, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Chile, Japan, Philippines, Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; over 50 events, 3,000 participants.
Before 1998, Professor Ying Chan worked for 23 years as a reporter, editor and documentary filmmaker in New York City.
David Bandurski is a regular contributor in Far Eastern Economic Review, The Wall Street Journal, Index on Censorship, the South China Morning Post and other publications.