The Story of SEAPA:

HELPING ONE ANOTHER: BUILDING A FREE PRESS ALLIANCE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA

"SEAPA is the first organization established specifically to campaign for genuine press freedom in Southeast Asia."

A handful of journalists attending the November 1997 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum were discussing the then-spreading economic crisis over breakfast in a small Vancouver hotel, wondering out loud about where it would lead and why it was happening.
At the table were Filipinos, Indonesians, a Malaysian and a Thai editor. They all agreed that corruption, lack of accountability and opaque business dealings were at the heart of the spreading financial gloom. Asian newspapers, they said, had often either failed to warn their readers or were prevented from doing so by government regulation and self-censorship. (Continue)

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SEAPA Members:

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (Philippines}
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Thai Journalists Association
Institute for Studies on Free Flow of Information (Indonesia)
Alliance of Independent Journalists (Indonesia).

SEAPA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose members are among the most well established press organizations in the region. (More about SEAPA members)