covering asia - field notes
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart" (Confucius) - Nathan Gray in China
In July-August 2008, author and Tu Mai correspondent Nathan Gray revisited some of the places of his Great Wall of China trek in 2000, and was among the wide-eyed visitors at the Beijing Olympics, witnessing the change and excitement in the Chinese capital.
From Hutt News to Phnom Pehn Post - Priyanka Bhonsule in Cambodia
Priyanka Bhonsule, a 2007 Massey University graduate journalist, won an Asia:NZ media scholarship to the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia. She sent us this account of her impressions so far.
A taste of the Big Durian - William Robertson in Jakarta
Massey University journalism graduate William Robertson attended the ACICIS Journalism Professional Practicum in the Indonesian capital in early 2008, with assistance from Asia:NZ and AUT's Pacific Media Centre. He is still living and working in Jakarta and has sent us these impressions of his first seven months in the big city.
Sacred horses, whale meat and business partnerships - Grant Fleming travels to Japan and Korea
NZPA journalist Grant Fleming spent a week in Japan and Korea, covering Prime Minister Helen Clark's official visits as well as researching a few other stories published later in the New Zealand media.
IUniversity of Canterbury journalism graduate Kate Shuttleworth worked as an intern at CNN IBN television in New Delhi.
Chinese extremes - Jenny Macintyre
Freelance journalist Jenny Macintyre was on her way to the airport to fly to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, when the massive May 12 earthquake struck the region.
A stint at the Philippine Star - Rachel Williamson
Canterbury University journalism graduate Rachel Williamson is in The Philippines on an Asia:NZ-sponsored work placement at the major English language daily, The Philippine Star.
Rebecca Palmer - Living and working in Shanghai
In late 2007, Dominion Post reporter Rebecca Palmer was assisted by Asia:NZ's media programme on a six-week exchange to the Shanghai Daily newspaper.
Dylan Quinnell's work experience at TVRI Indonesia
The AUT journalism graduate attended the Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) journalism professional practicum in Jakarta in early 2008.
Ian Llewellyn at the Signing of the China-New Zealand FTA in Beijing
NZPA journalist Ian Llewellyn's photos and report from the official signing of the China-New Zealand FTA.
Can Kiwi Business Foot It in China? Rebecca Macfie Shares Her Insights
Rebecca Macfie of The Listener was one of two journalists who in April 2008 travelled to Beijing supported by Asia:NZ to cover the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between China and New Zealand.
The Colourful Sights of India through the Lens of Mark Dwyer
Taranaki Daily News' chief photographer Mark Dwyer recently spent six weeks in Bangalore on a grant from the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Waikato Times' Susan Pepperell Visits New Zealand Businesses in China
In October 2007 Susan Pepperell travelled to China on an Asia New Zealand Foundation media grant. She writes about her various experiences in Shanghai, Beijing and Guilin in southern China.
Violence Towards Journalists in the Philippines
My two weeks in the Philippines gave me a new appreciation of how lucky New Zealand journalists are to live in a country where they are able to pretty much write or broadcast whatever they want without fear of physical recrimination.
Probably the last thing most New
Zealanders heard about the Chinese media was the sound of Helen Clark's
lips moving silently as she was censored on live TV in Beijing in May
2005.
The view from the 38th floor
of the Shanghai Daily newsroom is like staring hundreds of years into
the future. Skyscrapers recede into the smoggy horizon as far as the
eye can see from all four sides of the building.
Working at the Phnom Penh Post
Fresh out of journalism school, most junior reporters expect to be landed with stories about weddings, babies, and the local high school reunion.
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