ronaldchiu@hsu.edu.hk

Professor Ronald Chiu is a veteran television journalist in Hong Kong with over 40 years of experience. He started as a cub reporter in Commercial Television News and moved to Television Broadcast Ltd in the late 70s. From there he advanced himself to assume senior and supervisory positions in news operation. In the early 90s, Professor Chiu joined Wharf group to help build the first pay television service and the first 24 hour news channel, Cable News. He was the Executive Director of i-Cable News Ltd and i-Cable Sports Ltd before retirement and is currently Special Advisor to Chairman of i-Cable Communications Limited. Throughout his journalistic career, he had won numerous international awards including the PATER Bicentennial World Broadcasting Award (1988) and International Film and TV Festival of New York (1990). He was also awarded Distinguished Alumni Communicator Award HKBU (2008) and HKBU Meritorious Service Award (2005). Professor Chiu was appointed as Adjunct Professor in 2018 by Hang Seng Management College and was awarded Honorary Fellowship by Hong Kong Baptist University in 2012 and the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong in 2019 respectively for his contribution to the industry and media education. Professor Chiu has over 20 years of teaching experience in various universities. In 2008, he joined a consultant team of Hang Seng Management College to assist programme accreditation submission. Since then, he had been serving as an advisor for the BJC programme until he joined the School of Communication as a full-time faculty member in January 2020.