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SEAPA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMES About the Program The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is sponsoring a SEAPA Fellows Program in Southeast Asian Journalism which will bring mid-career journalists from Asian countries together for the purpose of pursuing in-depth investigative reporting projects and increasing interaction among media professionals in the region. It has generally been the case that prestigious fellowship programs have taken journalists from Asia to Western institutions for fellowships like the Nieman program at Harvard and the Knight fellowships at Stanford University. While these programs are doubtless excellent, as the free press matures and grows in Asia, SEAPA, which is an alliance of press advocacy organizations, wishes to encourage journalists to pursue a fellowship program within the region. The program, the first
of its kind in Southeast Asia, is intended to deepen understanding among
journalists in Southeast Asia while exposing regional readers and viewers
to in-depth reportage produced within the region. The benefits for the
journalists themselves are obvious in that they will gain greater access
to their peers while pursuing difficult stories either in a neighboring
country or, in some cases, in their own countries. The fellows’ home media
organizations, many of which are financially strapped even in the best
of times, will have the benefit of being able to produce an in-depth story
of wide interest at no cost to themselves, save the time away from the
home office of the fellow. The fact that a significant story will result
from the fellowship is a powerful incentive to the home organizations
to allow one of their staff members to participate. In addition, the fellowship
is expected to bring wide recognition to both the journalist/fellow and
his or her employer.
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