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Ten journalists from Asia Pacific countries explored mobile journalism techniques (MOJO) for accessing news sources in remote communities as part of a five-week AusAID supported program on economic reporting. Participants included journalists from Papua province and West Timor in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. The program was funded by AusAID as part of its Australian Leadership Awards.
The program was aimed at helping editors and journalists in the Asia Pacific region report the business and economic life of their communities more effectively. The program consisted of a one-week leadership workshop, a two-week master class on Reporting the Economic Life of Communities, news media attachments and professional visits to business, media and other institutions in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
Fellows attended the delivery of the 2011 Australian Federal Budget and briefings at Asian Development Bank, Australian Consumer Association, Canberra Times, Reserve Bank, International Federation of Journalists, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (journalists union), National Museum, Reconciliation Australia and World Bank. Speakers at the master class included representatives of ABC Radio Australia, The Age business section, Climate Group, Eureka Report, Business Spectator and Leader Newspapers.
Senior Australian journalists accompanied participants on the visits and acted as mentors during the program.
Journalism fellows:
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Ms Maria Benyamin, journalist, Bisnis Indonesia, Indonesia
Mr Jonas Cullwick, journalist and presenter, Capitol FM107 Group, Vanuatu
Ms Kartika Djohau, head of marketing and presenter, PT. Radio in Kupang, Indonesia
Ms Dorah Gawi, sub editor, FM100, Papua New Guinea
Ms Alicia Guterres, journalist, Television Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste
Mr Luther Kembaren, business desk editor, Journal National, Indonesia
Mr Walter Nalangu, head news and current affairs, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
Ms Dionisia Tabureguci, freelance writer, Islands Business, Fiji
Mr Samuel Toposona, news team leader, In Touch Media Limited, Papua New Guinea
Ms Alfonsa Wayap, reporter, Foja, Indonesia
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Instructors, journalist mentors and support staff were:
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Ms Renee Burns, journalist and lecturer, RMIT
Mr Yudo Baskoro, Indonesian interpreter
Mr Tim Colebatch, economics editor, The Age
Ms Whitney Fitzsimmons, former APJC fellow and presenter, News 24 program, ABC
Mr Li Jing Ji, support, APJC
Ms Alex Kennedy, project officer, APJC
Dr Nigel McCarthy, senior journalist and lecturer
Ms Helen Musa, senior journalist and Indonesian interpreter
Mr Torrey Orton, psychologist and director of Sinaccord
Ms Putri Ayu Sari, Indonesian interpreter
Mr Budi Setyo, Indonesian interpreter
Ms Alex Wake, journalist and lecturer, RMIT
Mr John Wallace, program director, APJC
Mr Jack Waterford, editor-at-large, Canberra Times
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The following Australian individuals and organisations and individuals contributed sessions to the program:
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Asian Development Bank
Mr Ellis Connolly, deputy head of economic analysis, Reserve Bank
Fellowships team, AusAID
Dr Catherine de Fontenay, lecturer, University of Melbourne
Dr Malcolm Kennedy, historian and lecturer, Monash University
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)
Ms Claire O'Rourke, Pacific project coordinator, International Federation of Journalists
Dr Michael Pickering, director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Repatriation Programs, National Museum of Australia
Ms Marianne Pinnington, coordinator, Projects and Partnerships Team, Reconciliation Australia
The Press Gallery, Parliament House
Ms Deborah Steele, director, Asia Pacific News Centre, ABC
Ms Kylie Thompson, communications, Reconciliation Australia
Ms Catherine Vero, publicist, National Museum of Australia
World Bank
Mr Chritopher Zinn, former APJC fellow and media spokesperson, Choice magazine
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The following international organisations helped the APJC with the program:
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Pantau Foundation [Indonesian journalism training foundation]
Timor-Leste Journalists Association (TLJA)
Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG)
Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
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Reporting the economic life of communities