APJC | Asia Pacific Journalism Centre

The APJC helps journalists share professional skills and insights in a changing world, in support of independent and informed journalism.

Asia Pacific Dialogue 2012 launched

The Asia Pacific Dialogue program 2012 was launched in Melbourne on 11 April. The program was initiated with a welcome dinner attended by board members, followed by two days of briefings at APJC’s headquarters in Carlton North. Participants and staff had the privilege of hearing from David Karoly, Professor of Meteorology and ARC Federation Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and award-winning journalist Philip Chubb, regarding climate science and its reporting in Australia. Lewis Mayo, lecturer in the Asia Institute then presented fellows with a political and economic history of China, in preparation for the two-week portion of the program there.

Program looks at climate change

Fourteen journalists from six countries shared information on strategies for reporting climate change and mitigation when they took part in an APJC leadership program in November 2011. The program, "Reporting climate change and the environment: regional knowledge sharing", was supported by AusAID.

The APJC mission

The APJC helps journalists share professional skills and insights in a changing world. It manages delivery of:

Professional development programs for journalists in countries with little independent press tradition
Exchanges and study tours to promote international awareness, and;
Seminars and videoconference discussions on professional issues

The APJC works with like-minded international organisations committed to strengthening the capacity of news media to produce robust, independent and informed journalism.