Mobile Journalism Conference Asia 2019

This was the first ever Mobile Journalism Conference in Asia - a great event to network and learn from like-minded journalists. Over 250 reporters and academics from 31 countries came together in Bangkok, Thailand to exchange their ideas and skills on mobile reporting.

Adenauer Alumni Treffen 2018

by Christoph Grabitz

Jedes Jahr kommen die neu aufgenommenen Stipendiaten und Alt-Stipendiaten für ein zwei-tägiges Treffen zusammen.

JONAlists support the Uncovering Asia Newsroom

by Christoph Grabitz

This report presents the experiences of the JONAcademy Fellows at the Uncovering Asia 2018 Conference in Seoul, Korea.

Media Programme publishes Mobile Journalism Manual

Multimedia journalists from all over Asia have produced a manual about mobile journalism. The online publication offers insights into this new storytelling method, explaining how reporters and newsrooms can produce good video reports by just using their phone.

Asia News Network begrüßt Phnom Penh Post

Führende englisch-sprachige Tageszeitung Kambodschas 23. Mitglied

Kambodschas führende englisch-sprachige Tageszeitung, die Phnom Penh Post, ist dem von der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) geförderten Asia News Network (ANN) beigetreten. Die Geschäftsführer von ANN, Pana Janviroj, und Alex Odom (Phnom Penh Post) unterschrieben am Donnerstag einen entsprechenden Vertrag. Der Leiter des KAS Medienprogramms Asien, Torben Stephan, bestätigte die Vereinbarung mit seiner Unterschrift.

News Planning in Digital Newsrooms

by Torben Stephan

ANN’s Lessons From Previous Collaboration Efforts and Steps Moving Forward

16 editors of the Asia News Network (ANN) – longstanding partner of the KAS Media Programme Asia – gathered in Singapore to discuss future ideas to ensure a smoother collaboration process. They were joined by Michael Ludewig, Managing Editor of the Swiss Blick Group, who provided an outsider’s perspective through his workshop.

Asia’s Investigative Journalists meet in Nepal

Walter „Robby“ Robinson was the star of Uncovering Asia, the largest conference for investigative journalism in Asia. 370 journalists from 50 countries travelled to Kathmandu to attend the event and every single one wanted a selfie with the 70-year-old. The conference is hosted biennially by the KAS Media Programme Asia in cooperation with the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN).

350 journalists from all over the world meet in India

After two years, the International Media Conference was hosted again by the KAS Media Programme Asia in cooperation with the East-West Center (EWC). Journalists from more than 40 nations visited the biennially conference, this year in India under the slogan “South Asia Looking East”.

Political strategists meet for the E-lection Bridge in Colombo

by Torben Stephan

Social Media is growing very important for election campaigns in Asia and the Pacific, while populists increasingly take influence. This is the result of the E-lection Bridge Asia-Pacific in 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where we held a three-day roundtable. We invited electoral campaign managers and strategists from twelve countries in the Asian and Pacific region.

A brainstorming session amongst editors from Europe and Asia

Editors from Asia and Europe were invited to meet in Mongolia to discuss methods on improving connectivity and open communication between the two continents. Prior to this meeting, two journalists’ workshops were conducted in Brussels and Guangzhou, during the months of January and May, respectively.