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Report and pictures of the Asian-European Editor's Forum In Cooperation with the Asia News Network (ANN) the Mediaprogram Asia of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung arranged the 10th Asian-European Editor's Forum. This years conference took place in Seoul, Korea during the 6 and 7th of October and was supported by the local newspaper “The Korea Herald". (Nov. 3, 2009) »

Internship at the Media Programme Asia in Singapore We are looking for a committed intern for our office in Singapore from September 2010 onwards to support us with our projects within the Media Programme Asia. To find out more please click on the following link. (Oct. 26, 2009) »

Master's Program International Media Studies From September 2009, Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster is offering the Master's Program "International Media Studies". The bilingual full/time program for further education combines topics like media and development, journalism, communication science and media economics, whilst developing skills and competencies that are important for the world of the media. (Oct. 21, 2009) »

2nd South East Asia Legal Media Defence Conference The Center for International Law, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) are organizing the 2nd South East Asia Media Defense Litigation Conference. The conference is designed to allow lawyers and media practitioners from South East Asia to share their experiences on legal threats to freedom of speech and of the press and to formulate new legal strategies responsive to the current situations in their respective countries. (Oct. 21, 2009) »

Asia Journalism Fellowship 2010 Asia Journalism Fellowship 2010 open for applications Accomplished journalists from across the region are being invited to spend three months in Singapore under the Asia Journalism Fellowship programme at Nanyang Technological University's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. The programme, supported by Temasek Foundation and NTU, will run from February through April 2010. (Oct. 7, 2009) »

Im Jahr 1 nach Lehman: Asiens Zeitungen und die globale Krise Die Rezession nach der Lehman-Pleite hat die Medienbranche nicht verschont. Das Internet läuft der Presse bei jüngeren Zielgruppen den Rang ab. Google bringt traditionelle Geschäftsmodelle ins Wanken. Den asiatischen Presselandschaften scheint die globale Wirtschaftskrise hingegen nichts anhaben zu können. So mancher Zeitungsverlag hat seine Auflage in den vergangenen Monaten steigern können. Immer noch drängen neue Pressetitel auf den Markt. Doch die Erfolgsmeldungen sind trügerisch. (Oct. 1, 2009) »

Agenda of the Asian-European Editors' Forum The South Korean capital Seoul will be the venue for this years’ “Asian-European Editors’ Forum”. The international conference is hosted by the Media Programme Asia of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in cooperation with the Asia News Network (ANN). The annual meeting has been established as a platform for discussions amongst Asian and European media executives, renowned academics and politicians. This year the participants will focus on future strategies for newspapers and newswires. (Sep. 9, 2009) »

ACFJ hosts world's top photo exhibit The World Press Photo Exhibition, the annual exhibit of the world’s best news and features photography will be shown again in Metro Manila when the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University (ACFJ) hosts it from August 1 to 23. The annual exhibit shows the winning photos in the annual World Press Contest, the international competition for news and features photography run by the World Press Photo since 1952. (July 29, 2009) »

Into Africa: ACFJ runs online courses for African photojournalists With the first of three online photojournalism training courses that kicks off on Monday, July 20, the ACFJ journeys beyond Asia and onto Africa. The courses form part of the media training programme called Twenty Ten, a project of the World Press Photo seeking to prepare African journalists for the coverage of the 2010 World Cup at Johannesburg, South Africa, next year. (July 20, 2009) »

Visit of Asian journalists in the Federal Republic of Germany The visit from the 22nd to the 28th September, 2009 in Berlin is directed to 10 journalists from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. With the visit program a detailed insight into the German media system should be offered to the participants. Each of them has finished a sound journalistic education at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Centre for Journalism (ACfJ) and is now active as a political reporter for press and broadcast. (July 17, 2009) »

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