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Media Forum To Tell The Asean Story

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- A media forum on issues pertaining to ASEAN integration and regionalism titled “Reporting ASEAN: A Media Forum,” will be held here from March 31 to April 2. The event is expected to gather journalists and editors, researchers, foreign policy makers and development experts, students and those who follow issues around the ASEAN Community, according to ASEAN News. It said that with the theme, “Telling the ASEAN Story,” the event is an independent space for the discussion of critical issues around news/media and information on ASEAN, including the ASEAN Community. “Media can reach out to the masses and is influential,” said Elaine Tan, executive director of the Jakarta-based ASEAN Foundation, in explaining the ASEAN Foundation support for the programme. “Greater critical reporting will be essential to ensure that the public is fully informed about the ASEAN Economic Community and that information is readily available on complex issues that will impact them,” said Ashvin Dayal, managing director for Asia of the Rockefeller Foundation in Bangkok. Journalists who joined the first set of fellows of the “Reporting ASEAN: 2015 and Beyond” programme will also be reporting their work at the event, providing insights into the perspectives of media in ASEAN. The Reporting ASEAN Programme, which includes a media fellowship and reporting series and the media forum, is supported by the ASEAN Foundation and the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Journalists interested in applying for the second set of reporting fellowship slots can get more information at http://www.aseannews.net/calls-open-for-second-set-of-reporting-asean-fellows/. The application form can be filled out and submitted through http://bit.ly/reportingasean. -- BERNAMA

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