> > 2004 Fellowship program - Towards an Information Society in Southeast
> > Asia
> > http://www.seapabkk.org/fellowships/fel2004.html
> >
> > Pass this on to colleagues working in these regions...
> > Applicants should be working journalists with at least five
> > years working experience either as a freelancer or a staff in
> > news organizations, proven skills in writing and speaking
> > English. Eligible countries cover Burma, Cambodia, VIETNAM,
> > Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand..
> >
> > "SEAPA is the first organization established specifically to
> > campaign for genuine press freedom in Southeast Asia."
> > Members of SEAPA Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
> > (Philippines} Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
> > Thai Journalists Association Institute for Studies on Free
> > Flow of Information (Indonesia) Alliance of Independent
> > Journalists (Indonesia).
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Southeast Asian Press Alliance <seapa@seapabkk.org>
> > Date: Sun Feb 22, 2004 8:43:15 PM Canada/Mountain
> > To: huridocs-tech@hrea.org
> > Subject: [huridocs-tech] 2004 Southeast Asia Press Fellowship
> > Reply-To: huridocs-tech@hrea.org
> >
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> >
> > 2004 SOUTHEAST ASIA PRESS FELLOWSHIP
> > Towards an Information Society in Southeast Asia
> >
> > The South East Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA) is inviting Asean
> > journalists to apply for a five-week fellowship exchange
> > program. The program scheduled between May 23-June 30, 2004
> > will grant opportunity for the participants to do stories
> > either in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
> >
> > Towards an Information Society in Southeast Asia, the program
> > is the third of its kind. The program's goal is to help
> > Southeast Asian journalists to better understand the
> > cross-border impacts and challenges, brought upon by
> > information and communication technologies on the society and
> > the media. How technology shapes the way the media cover
> > stories, professionally and ethically.
> >
> > The media will need to understand its important role in
> > helping build up a sustainable information society in
> > Southeast Asia where access to information is uneven.
> >
> > This year, the program can accommodate between 10-12 fellows.
> > The results of the reporting will be published or broadcasted
> > by their respective news organizations well as SEAPA web site.
> >
> > According to the program, participants will attend a five-day
> > introduction in Bangkok in the last week of May after which
> > they will go to their destination country to work on stories
> > of their interests, which is not their own country.
> >
> > Applicants should be working journalists with at least five
> > years working experience either as a freelancer or a staff in
> > news organizations, proven skills in writing and speaking
> > English. Eligible countries cover Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia,
> > Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand
> >
> > They are required to send a 500-word letter identifying
> > themselves as well as describing their interested projects
> > relate to the program title, and five samples of their works
> > related to the theme to secretariat of SEAPA in Bangkok not
> > later than March 31, 2004.
> >
> > The last fellowship program was being held from May 19-June
> > 26, 2003 and attended by six fellows from Philippines and
> > Indonesia and one each from Malaysia and Thailand. SEAPA will
> > provide fellows with the logistical support as well as news
> > organization to be their hosts.
> >
> > SEAPA is founded in 1998 by Indonesia's Alliance of
> > Independent Journalists and the Institute for the Studies on
> > Free Flow of Information, the Philippine Center for
> > Investigative Journalism, the Manila-based Center for Media
> > Freedom and Responsibility and the Thai Journalists Association.
> >
> > For more details of the previous programs, please visit SEAPA
> > web site
> > At www.seapabkk.org
> >
> > Secretariat Address:
> >
> > Southeast Asian Press Alliance
> > 538/1 Samsen Rd. Dusit
> > Bangkok 10300 Thailand
> > Tel/fax: 62-2-243-5579
> > Email: seapa@seapabkk.org
> > Website: www.seapabkk.org
> >