For many, ASEAN conjures up an image of stuffy and serious meetings featuring staid politicians. Thus, finding topics that resonate with media consumers is a challenge that editors constantly face in their coverage of ASEAN-related news. Candida Ng finds out how Vietnamese media professionals approach this in this piece for the ‘Reporting ASEAN’ series.

‘ASEAN’ is often seen as being a faceless organisation far removed from people’s daily lives, one that is mostly about states instead of people – and a boring subject for media. How can media redefine what makes for ‘ASEAN news’ and tell stories that look into the benefits and costs of ASEAN integration? Come listen to Johanna Son at Bangkok University on May 18 as she shares her experiences on reporting news in the ASEAN region.