Pam Tobey speaks at the Tsinghua School of Journalism and Communication (Photo by Rick Dunham)By IRINA KOMAROVA (Ирина Комарова)Global Business Journalism reporterTechnological advances have enabled journalistic progress, but the latest modern technologies still cannot replace skilled human specialists, Pam Tobey, visuals director for The Beijing Review said in an online interview ...

Liu YunyunBy DINAH KE (KE DU)Global Business Journalism reporterThe 2020 U.S. presidential election has attracted widespread attention on Chinese social media. By Nov. 5, two days into the vote counting, the hashtag “U.S. presidential election” has racked up 7 billion views on Weibo, the Twitter-like social media platform in China.“Chinese netizens are showing unprecedented enthusiasm for th...

By JOHORA NAWREENGlobal Business Journalism reporterAmerican society remains “extremely polarized” after the defeat of President Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, a prominent U.S. journalist told Tsinghua University students on Nov. 4. Emily C. Singer, senior political reporter for The American Independent, said almost Americans are allied with either the Democratic or Republica...

Akram Shabaani (L), Shastri Ramachandaran (upper right), Kristiina Helenius (lower right)By FARAH MUBARAKGlobal Business Journalism reporterMost people around the world are hoping that Joe Biden wins election as the next American president on Nov. 3, but for differing reasons, an international panel of experts told Global Business Journalism students on Oct. 6.Analysts Akram Shabaani from Iran,...

By JOHORA NAWREENGlobal Business Journalism reporterU.S. President Donald Trump will lose his bid for re-election in 2020 unless there is a significant shift in American public opinion before the Nov. 3 election, two leading U.S. political journalists told Tsinghua University students on Sept. 15.Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver, co-creators of The Hill’s Morning Report newsletter, told a Glob...

By Johora NawreenGlobal Business Journalism reporterWhile the coronavirus is forcing people around the world to maintain a social distance to protect their health, the Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua University is closing the distance between countries. This semester three more nations joined the “United Nations of Journalism” at GBJ, the first English language journalism maste...