Student Work

Take a look at a selection of featured works produced on the program and published nationally and internationally.

We’ll soon be adding an additional page to featured some alum work and achievements, watch this space.

Yang Enzi’s web documentary, Dreams on Freewheels, about seven members of China’s Disabled Cycling Team was awarded third place in World Press Photo‘s 2013 Multimedia Contest.
Dreams on freewheels
Giedrė Peseckytė followed a Roma community’s struggle to find new homes. The work was published by Aljazeera and Nara co-founded by IMMJ alum Berta Tilmantaitė.
Lithuania’s Roma struggle to find new homes after mass eviction
Sun Peng produced and published a powerful multimedia feature Life After Loss for China Daily about some of the one million parents who have lost their only child.
Life after loss
24 Hrs in Old Beijing
is a class project created during an intensive workshop, it provides a visual travel feature of some of Beijing’s classic and lesser-known travel sites.
24 hours in beijing
Zhang Mengyu produced a story in Term 2 about China’s rising insomnia — and rising demand for a bewildering variety of sleep aids. Published in Sixth Tone.
Why China’s Gen Z Can’t Catch Enough Z’s
Raqib Hameed Naik returned to his homeland for Term 3 to cover ceasefire violation and a mental-health crisis for people living along the Indo-Pak borders. Published in the Caravan.
On the edge
Ai Meng published her Term 3 work with Sixth Tone. The 15-minute documentary is a sensitive portrayal of two of the millions of Chinese who become migrants in later life
The Lonely Lives of China’s ‘Elderly Drifters’
Wang Yiping and Zhang Mengyu made a heartwarming documentary about how China’s nascent furry community.
Young Chinese Find a New Way to Explore Intimacy: Furry Fandom
Daisy and Siyu Chen published a mini-documentary with Arrow Factory. The film provides a rare glimpse into the lives of China’s diverse Black community
What Is It Like To Be Black In China?

Nathan Gibson and Hillary Pan reported on the Oroqen, one of China’s smallest ethnic minorities whose language is fading fast. Versions of the work were also published in SCMP.
Wavering shadows
Leona Chen and Sun Jun explored the journeys of three people from China’s transgender community via a documentary and multimedia webpage.
I am me
Shan Fanqin covered the reopening of kindergartens in her hometown focusing on how it influences the lives of teachers and children. 
Kindergarten’s new normal under COVID-19
Wang Yiping and Zhang Mengyu worked on youth and subculture stories during Term 2 and 3. This Term 2 assignment covers the growing trend of tattoo removal in China.
Why Young Chinese Are Removing Their Tattoos
Amalie Klitgaard is a Danish Photojournalist and video journalist focused on social issues and human rights. This work, published in The New Humanitarian is an extension of her Term 2 work
How better migration management is reducing xenophobia in the Canary Islands
Raqib Hameed Naik, from Kashmir worked on environmental stories during his study. This featured video story on dam expansion shortlisted him for a prestigious Thompson Reuters award.
Homes, nature lost for seven new dams in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir
This powerful multimedia story by Ma Junyan features three Chinese migrant worker writers who share their lives and literature. Her final MA project was published in Sixth Tone.
The Sound of Chinese Migrant Worker Writers
Millions of Chinese are affected by ankylosing spondylitis, a debilitating spinal disease. Zhao Zixuan & Lü Qianyuan investigated this public health story and produced a moving film
The Fight to Stand Upright
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