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 Upcoming Programs
29 September – 31 October 2008
Reporting International Trade and Economic Affairs
The APJC has selected 10 Asia Pacific journalists identified as leaders or future leaders in their profession to take part in a five-week program on reporting international trade, business, finance and economic news.
The program includes a workshop on communication and leadership skills, an economic journalism master class, professional visits in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, and a news media attachment.
The program is the second of its kind and is part of AusAID's Australian Leadership Awards. The journalists will be from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
3 - 29 November 2008
Editorial Leadership and Security in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste
Eight editors and senior journalists from Timor-Leste will study the media’s role in promoting secure communities when they travel to Australia later this year.
The journalists have been selected to take part in a four-week program being run by the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre in Melbourne and supported by AusAID’s Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships.
APJC program director John Wallace said the main aim of the program is to explore opportunities for news media to be more effective in advancing community security concerns and in helping rebuild civil society.
The program will include attachments to news organisations, professional visits, and workshops on change management, leadership skills and editorial responsibilities.
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Completed programs
July 2008, Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Understanding Near Neighbors Fellowships: study tour to Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Eight Australian journalists were selected as 2008 APJC Fellows to take part in a 17-day study tour of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The program, the fourth of its kind, consisted of a briefing program at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre on 11 July, followed by eleven days of travel in Indonesia and five days in Timor-Leste. The journalists had opportunities to report on unfolding news events, such as former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid’s decision to take part in the forthcoming elections, the controversy over Ahmadiyya’s interpretation of Islam, the dire conditions in refugee camps in Timor-Barat, the extent of internal displacement in Timor-Leste, and the potential impact of planned introduction of biofuels in Timor-Leste.
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Reports by Fellows
September-October 2007, Australia
Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships: Reporting Economic Affairs
Nine Asia Pacific journalists identified as leaders or future leaders in their profession took part in a six-week program on reporting business, finance and economic news run by the APJC in collaboration with the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association. The program was part of AusAID's Australian Leadership Awards. The journalists came from Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Samoa.
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Reports by Fellows
June 2006, Indonesia and Malaysia
Asia Pacific Journalism Centre Fellowships: Challenges facing Indonesia and Malaysia
APJC fellows on this third fellowship program in the Asia Pacific region had access to top political figures and some unexpected high profile news events. The eight 2006 fellows met in Melbourne for briefings before flying to Kuala Lumpur to start their 14-day tour of Malaysia and Indonesia. The program gave fellows a unique opportunity to compare and contrast the political, economic and cultural systems of the two societies. Highlights included meetings with Indonesia's defence minister and a former president and opportunities to report on the central Java earthquake, the eruption of Mt Merapi and the release of Abu Bakar Bashir.
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Simon Palan's fellowship diary
May-June 2005, Indonesia
Asia Pacific Journalism Centre Fellowships: Islam after the Tsunami
Post-tsunami reconstruction work in Aceh and the nature of Islam in Indonesia were the major themes of the 2005 APJC Fellowship program. Eight Australian journalists and four from Indonesia took part in the 14-day program, funded by the Myer Foundation. A study tour through Java, Indonesia's most populous island, introduced fellows to Islamic institutions and communities, political leaders, editors and journalists. After special briefings from UN and other agencies in Jakarta, the group travelled to Aceh to observe reconstruction efforts by international and local agencies.
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23 March and 20 April 2005
Post-tsunami videoconferences for senior editorial staff
Post-tsunami videoconferences for senior editorial staff To help news organisations deal with news coverage issues thrown up by the 26 December 2004 tsunami, the APJC, with support from AusAID and International Media Support, organised two international videoconference discussions for senior editorial staff in the nations directly affected by the tsunami.
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December 2004, Port Moresby PNG
Skills for Investigative Reporting
Four Solomon Islands journalists joined 14 PNG journalists in Port Moresby for a four-day workshop on skills for investigative reporting, including training in assertiveness and personal communication skills.
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July 2004, Melbourne
Reporting Contemporary Europe
More than 20 journalists from Australia and seven countries in the southwest Pacific region attended a three-day APJC Innovation Program workshop on understanding and reporting change in Europe and connections with countries in Australia's region.
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May 2004, Indonesia
Asia Pacific Journalism Centre Fellowships: Journey into Islam in Indonesia
Nine journalists from Australia joined six Indonesian journalists on the inaugural APJC Fellowship program: a 10-day study tour through Indonesia's most populous island, Java, visiting Islamic institutions and communities, and meeting religious and political leaders, editors and journalists.
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June 2003, Madang, PNG
Investigative Reporting and Personal Skills
Twelve PNG journalists joined 10 journalism students from Divine Word University in a five-day workshop on investigative reporting and skills in assertiveness and personal communication.
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July 2003, Port Moresby, PNG
Investigative Reporting and Personal Skills
Fourteen PNG journalists joined five journalism students from the University of Papua New Guinea in a five-day workshop on investigative reporting and skills in assertiveness and personal communication.
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APJC fellow Benjamin Doherty interviews Mohammed Ishom, a teahcer at Windan Pesantren
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Java earthquake survivor tells APJC fellows of village needs
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APJC fellows report
in Banda Aceh
after the tsunami
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