Reflections on a Journalism Internship: Stuck at Home, but Broadening My Horizons
A journalism major shares how her and her colleagues’ internship allowed them to look beyond many of their worries about losing out on learning during COVID-19.
A journalism major shares how her and her colleagues’ internship allowed them to look beyond many of their worries about losing out on learning during COVID-19.
၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ အာဏာသိမ်းပြီးနောက်ပိုင်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ သတင်းသမားများစွာတို့သည် တခြား အလုပ်အကိုင်တခုခုကို ပြောင်းလဲလုပ်ကိုင်ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ဘေးကင်းဒေသများသို့ တိမ်းရှောင် ထွက်ပြေးခြင်းများ ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့ကြရသည်။ နေမြဲနေခဲ့ကြသူများမှာလည်း မပြတ်တမ်း စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်နေကြရသည်။ သို့သော်လည်း အမှောင်ခေတ်အတွင်းမှာပင် မြန်မာသတင်းသမားများသည် သတင်းမီဒီယာလောက ပြန်လည်ပွင့်လင်းလာမည့်နောင်တချိန်ကို ရည်သန်၍စူးစိုက်ထားကြသည်။
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“This event is anchored in ASEAN – it is of ASEAN, done by people of and in ASEAN. It feels, looks and talks like ASEAN,” says Johanna Son, editor/founder of the Reporting ASEAN programme in the opening remarks of the Reporting ASEAN Media Forum 2017 in Bangkok.
The Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting might have concluded a week ago, but its aftershocks continue to rattle ASEAN as it reassesses its strategy in handling the South China Sea (SCS) dispute. Jason Salim takes a look at some of the editorial pieces and reporting in Southeast Asian newspapers regarding the “media statement” fiasco in this commentary.
Recent years have seen dramatic changes to Burma’s media environment, with the previous quasi-civilian government taking steps to unshackle a press corps long muzzled by successive military regimes dating back to 1962. In the wake of World Press Freedom Day, The Irrawaddy revisits a media history stretching back to the 1800s in this article.
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.
Journalists from around Southeast Asia plan to set up a regional forum encompassing multi-platform news reporting in the pursuit of building a cohesive ASEAN identity among members of the public. Liza Yosephine of the The Jakarta Post finds out more about the proposed forum.
For too long, media communities in ASEAN have missed reporting on ASEAN’s journey to integration. But the ASEAN Community’s formation presents newsrooms with the challenge of crafting fresh routines to report on the story of integration in a region of 625 million people, argues Kavi Chongkittavorn in this commentary.