Timor-Leste Editors study leadership November 2008 Former Victorian Premier and now adviser to the Timor-Leste Government, Steve Bracks, was one of 20 speakers in an APJC course on editorial leadership in post-conflict Timor-Leste held in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. Details
Asia Pacific Reporting economic issues October 2008 Reporting trade and economic issues was the theme of an APJC course for 10 editors and journalists from countries in Australia’s immediate region. Participants came from Papua Province and Ambon in Indonesia, PNG, Tonga, Fiji, Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Details
Indonesia, Timor-Leste Near neighbors study tour July 2008 Learning about Islam in Indonesia was a major focus of a 17-day study tour by eight Australian journalists under the APJC’s Understanding Near Neighbors program. The group visited Java, Flores and West Timor and Timor-Leste. Details
“I have learnt a huge amount professionally and personally, particularly about Islam as a guiding principle in people’s lives ... I have been given a rare opportunity to learn about Indonesia, but the more I learnt the more I realised I was just skimming the surface of understanding.” Dawn Gibson, The West Australian, Perth
Chronic malnutrition is stunting the growth of more than 60% of children under five in West Timor. This is the reality fellows of the APJC’s Understanding Near Neighbors program came face to face with in July last year during their study tour of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Reports by APJC fellows
The APJC mission
The APJC helps journalists share professional skills and insights in a changing world. It manages the delivery of:
Professional development programs for journalists in countries with little independent press tradition.
Exchanges and study tours to promote international awareness.
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.
Timor-Leste
Chronic malnutrition is stunting the growth of more than 60% of children under five in West Timor. This is the reality fellows of the APJC’s Understanding Near Neighbors program came face to face with in July last year during their study tour of Indonesia and Timor-Leste.