Source: School of Communication and Design
Author: Ou Jingyi
Translated by: Wang Xue

Recently, Ms. Hu Shuli, Dean of the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University and editor-in-chief of Caixin Media, won 2012 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. This medal is awarded by the School of Journalism, University of Missouri. In 1941, Ta Kung Pao received this honor as a journalistic institution. Professor Hu Shuli is the only Chinese media professional and the only journalism educator among this year’s ten recipients. The award-giving ceremony will be held in the School on October 15, 2012.


The judging panel of the School of Journalism, University of Missouri, awards this medal to Professor Hu Shuli to honor her pioneering reporting on China and the impacts of China’s transition to a market economy. Hu Shuli’s achievements in journalism are internationally recognized. She was one of Time Magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2011. In October of the same year, as “an independent media pioneer”, the editorial team of Caixin Media under her leadership won the 2011 Shorenstein Journalism Award by Stanford University. Caixin Media is also considered as one of the most path-breaking and valuable news publishing organizations. In 2009 and 2010, she was twice named by the American magazine Foreign Policy as one of “Top 100 Global Thinkers”. In 2009, Hu Shuli was invited to serve as the Dean of the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University, bringing vigor and vitality to this young school.

The Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism has a long history and has been awarded annually since it was established in 1930. It is aimed at giving awards to practitioners who have continuously made remarkable contributions and superior achievements during their long careers in journalism, and it is regarded as one of the most prestigious journalism awards. The winners that have received the medal include Tom Brokaw, NBC Nightly News anchor, Sir Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister, Deborah Howell, American newspaper pioneer, and Gordon Parks, one of the most influential photographers after World War II. The medalists of 2012 include Adam Moss, editor-in-chief of New York magazine, and Jodi Cobb, international photographer and author.

Hu Shuli

Hu Shuli is editor-in-chief of Caixin Media and the dean of the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University in China. She serves on the Board of Directors for the International Women’s Media Foundation and on the Reuters Editorial Advisory Board, as well as is a regional adviser for the International Center for Journalists.

Internationally recognized for her achievements in journalism, Hu has created and developed some of China’s most respected and important news media. In 2009 Hu created the breakthrough new media group Caixin Media. In 1998 she founded Caijing magazine, and under her 11-year editorial leadership, Caijing is now considered to be one of China’s most authoritative business publications.

Hu was one of Time magazine’s “Top 100 Influential People” in 2011. The editorial team of Caixin Media under her leadership won the 2011 Shorenstein Journalism Award by Stanford University. Hu was twice named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of “Top 100 Global Thinkers” in 2009 and 2010. She received the 2007 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. In 2006, the Financial Times called Hu the most powerful commentator in China, and The Wall Street Journal cited her as one of the “Ten Women to Watch” in Asia. In 2003 the World Press Review named Hu the “International Editor of the Year,” and BusinessWeek‘s included her in the “Fifty Stars of Asia” list. Hu concentrated on development economics as a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 1994.

Hu earned a bachelor’s in journalism degree from the People’s University of China and an executive master’s in business administration through a program hosted by Fordham University and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University.