Arthur Yan currently majors in journalism at HKU. Before his interest in media developed, Arthur was involved in a series of professional practices in film and television directing as a student of Drama Film-and-Televisionis further direction of study.
Motivated by strong passion for media, especially the curiosity for the complex relationship between society and media, Arthur attended the Journalism Studies Programme hosted by NUS.
Beyond theoretical study, Arthur strove for internship opportunities in top journalism organizations. He took internship at Xinhua News Agency and CCTV. Serving as a convergence media editor, he was responsible for screening, processing, checking and releasing hot issues based on the domestic and foreign news from mainstream media platforms. He also worked as product growth officer at Tencent, expanded the influence of this program by designing promotion activities.
Social working experience also encouraged Arthur to set up a film and television company with his friend. Since its establishment, they have shot promotional videos for four events launched by Wuhan University, and provided advertising shooting service for 28 companies including some renowned brands like Haier, FTMS, Greentown Property, etc., and the videos we released via Tik Tok gained 12,000+ upvotes.
Now, Arthur throws himself into further study about journalism in HKU, he is trying to become a qualified multilingual journalist.