Programs
Asia Pacific
07/03/2013
eTour looks at Iraq development challenge after 10 years of conflict
March 2013 Eleven early-career journalists took a virtual tour to Iraq to investigate the massive health and other development challenges facing the country 10 years after the start of the US-led invasion on 19 March 2003. The project, Iraq 10 Years On: reporting the development challenge, involved briefings and presentations at the APJC in Melbourne [...]
Asia Pacific
23/11/2012
Journalists produce manuals on reporting business and economics
October-November 2012 Eight journalists from Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands have each produced a manual for reporting business and economics in their home country. The journalists, from print and online publications, took part in an AusAID-supported APJC program, Leadership in Reporting Economic Development, held in October and November 2012. At workshop [...]
Asia Pacific
24/10/2012
Timor-Leste broadcasters focus on community development
September-October 2012 Ten Timor-Leste community broadcasters produced strategies for making their stations play a stronger role in their communities at an AusAID-supported program at the APJC in October. The program, Community Radio for Development in Timor-Leste, focused on skills in journalism, radio production and management, with an emphasis on building links with communities. It was [...]
Asia Pacific
15/08/2012
Mongolian journalists commit to mining transparency
Twelve journalists have returned to Mongolia from an APJC program with a resolve to make the mining sector in their country more transparent to public scrutiny. The journalists, who came from broadcast and print media mostly in Ulaanbaatar, attended a six-week program on how to strengthen news coverage of the burgeoning mining sector in Mongolia, including its social and environmental impacts.
Australia, China, Indonesia
16/05/2012
Asia Pacific Dialogue Fellowships: Managing the challenges of climate change and development in China and Indonesia
April 2012 The Asia Pacific Dialogue study tour program provided an opportunity for five Australian and five Asia Pacific journalists to assess first-hand the difficulties and solutions in addressing climate change impacts and issues in Indonesia and China’s highly-populated and developing economies. The program was supported by the Myer Foundation and Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. The [...]