Asia Peace Initiatives Program
[Webinar] One Year from the Myanmar Military Coup and Three Months before the Philippines’ Presidential Election: The Situation Facing the Media in Southeast Asia (Jan 28, 2022)
February 3, 2022
Full seminar video provided by FPCJ
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Foreign Press Center Japan (FPCJ) held a webinar on Friday, January 28, 2022, on the topic “One Year from the Myanmar Military Coup and Three Months before the Philippines’ Presidential Election: The Situation Facing the Media in Southeast Asia.”
One year after the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, the editor-in-chief of The Irrawaddy, an independent media outlet in Myanmar, spoke in this webinar about the current state of journalism in Myanmar, as the army clamps down harder on the media. The managing editor of Rappler, which is led by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms. Maria Ressa, who was arrested and charged with crimes under the Philippines’ current government, also discussed the challenges facing journalism in the Philippines, where a presidential election will be taking place in May 2022.
Editorial staff from Malaysiakini and the CCIM (Cambodian Center for Independent Media), and Nikkei Asia’s editor-at-large based in Thailand, also joined as panelists. They discussed how the media can work together with the freedom of the press under threat and democracy in crisis throughout Southeast Asia.
The webinar had a total of 256 participants including 45 journalists from Japan and overseas.
[Panelists]
Mr. Aung Zaw, Founder and Editor in Chief, The Irrawaddy (Myanmar)
Ms. Chay F. Hofileña, Founder/Managing Editor, Rappler (Philippines)
Mr. Steven Gan, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder, Malaysiakini (Malaysia)
Mr. Sothoeuth Ith, Media Director, CCIM (Cambodian Center for Independent Media) (Cambodia)
Ms. Gwen Robinson, Editor-at-large, Nikkei Asia (Japan/based in Thailand)
Ms. Kimiko Aoki (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute/Moderator)
▶ See here for panelist profiles and the program for the webinar.
For more details, please see the summary report of the discussions at the page below.
A critical moment for journalism in Southeast Asia
One year after the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, the editor-in-chief of The Irrawaddy, an independent media outlet in Myanmar, spoke in this webinar about the current state of journalism in Myanmar, as the army clamps down harder on the media. The managing editor of Rappler, which is led by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms. Maria Ressa, who was arrested and charged with crimes under the Philippines’ current government, also discussed the challenges facing journalism in the Philippines, where a presidential election will be taking place in May 2022.
Editorial staff from Malaysiakini and the CCIM (Cambodian Center for Independent Media), and Nikkei Asia’s editor-at-large based in Thailand, also joined as panelists. They discussed how the media can work together with the freedom of the press under threat and democracy in crisis throughout Southeast Asia.
The webinar had a total of 256 participants including 45 journalists from Japan and overseas.
[Panelists]
Mr. Aung Zaw, Founder and Editor in Chief, The Irrawaddy (Myanmar)
Ms. Chay F. Hofileña, Founder/Managing Editor, Rappler (Philippines)
Mr. Steven Gan, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder, Malaysiakini (Malaysia)
Mr. Sothoeuth Ith, Media Director, CCIM (Cambodian Center for Independent Media) (Cambodia)
Ms. Gwen Robinson, Editor-at-large, Nikkei Asia (Japan/based in Thailand)
Ms. Kimiko Aoki (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute/Moderator)
▶ See here for panelist profiles and the program for the webinar.
For more details, please see the summary report of the discussions at the page below.
A critical moment for journalism in Southeast Asia