Tag Archives: Asia

Next deadline for Asia NZ media travel grants is July 15

By Julie Starr | Published: June 28, 2011
I notice there’s a deadline coming up for the next round of Asia New Zealand media travel grants – July 15. Here’s the blurb: Each year, through its Media Travel Grants, the Asia:NZ media programme offers New Zealand journalists the chance to travel to Asia to research and prepare stories. In addition to the Travel [...]
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Young journalists, self-censorship & other notes

By Julie Starr | Published: June 10, 2010
A few weeks back I attended an International Media Conference in Hong Kong along with hundreds of journalists from a staggering array of Asia-Pacific countries including Myanmar, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, China, US, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Nepal. I travelled to the conference with financial support from the Asia NZ Foundation, which aims to [...]
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Changing media and economies of Asia-Pacific

By Julie Starr | Published: April 24, 2010
I have the good fortune to be attending a conference this coming week in Hong Kong which brings together 250 journalists from around Asia, the Pacific and US to talk about the changing economic and media realities of the Asia Pacific region. The line-up of speakers is impressive and I’m really looking forward to hearing, [...]
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