The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) invites mid-career journalists from Southeast Asia to apply for its 11th annual Journalism Fellowship Programme. The main theme for this year’s fellowship with title “Documenting threats to the rivers of Southeast Asia: Looking through the journalist’s lens”, to emphasize on the management of rivers and the impact of climate change and development on water resources as well as the communities living along the rivers.
The programme will commence with a four-day orientation in Bangkok from 19-24 June 2012, following which the fellows will spend three weeks in the country of their choice to conduct their investigation. They will return to Bangkok on 14 July for a four-day de-briefing before leaving for their home country. The fellowship will support all travel and stay costs as well as allowances during their field assignment.
A report from the UN ESCAP estimated that more than 1,000 people had died and millions more lost their homes and livelihood due to the devastating floods that hit Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.
The fellowship is open to mid career journalists working in online, print or the broadcast media with at least five-year experience in journalism. Freelancers are also invited to apply for the fellowship. SEAPA has hosted about 100 journalists in the region, who spent between three and four weeks in a second country to investigate their stories, which were based on the theme for the year. Topics covered by the fellows in the past have included migration, refugees and stateless children, terrorism, religion, human rights violations, ICT and the digital divide, and the free flow of information in the region.
Application forms and instructions are available on the SEAPA website and the closing date is 31 March 2012.
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