SEAPA | Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Theme: Towards an information society in Southeast Asia

The reach and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the region's different countries are uneven. All the same, from their immersion in communities - some in far-flung jungle or mountain areas, others in major cities - the people of the region have embraced new technologies even in remote villages, while even in more developed areas others continue to be deprived of basic facilities - even their right to correct information.

The 2004 Journalism Fellowship is geared towards highlighting the opportunities and challenges of new technologies and how these interact with the mainstream media, the political systems, people's access to information and knowledge and the disparities in infrastructure and demographics that define the haves and the have nots.