Uncovering Asia (https://2014.uncoveringasia.org/category/uncategorized/)
Every great conference needs tote bags, notebooks, and pens. But check out the job that our local host — the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism — did for Uncovering Asia. These are too nice to give away… Continue Reading →
Nearly 70 speakers from 25 countries are heading to Manila this week to speak on panels and conduct workshops. So who’s coming to Asia’s first investigative journalism conference? You’ll find top investigative reporters, data journalists, security and legal experts, editors and publishers, educators and more. We’ll have journalists from the BBC, Thomson Reuters, Asahi Shimbun, Newstapa, Caixin, Inter-Press Service, Malaysiakini, Bangkok Post, Philippine Daily Inquirer, NHK, Irrawaddy, Thai Rath, South China Morning Post, Tempo, CommonWealth, ABS-CBN, GMA Network, and Seoul Broadcasting, to name a few. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project will be there, talking about their extraordinary cross-border projects. The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is doing a special seminar, and we have security tips from the Tactical Technology Collective and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
There’s IndiaSpend and the new Centre for Investigative Journalism, India, the Nepal Centre for Investigative Journalism, Himal, IRPI – Investigative Reporting Project Italy, Germany’s Correctiv, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, Investigative Reporting Denmark, and more. Continue Reading →
Why are we heading to Asia? That’s easy. It’s where most of humanity lives, and the demand for quality investigative reporting is enormous. More than 4.3 billion people call Asia home – that’s 60% of the global population. It has the world’s second and third largest economies, and its share of global GDP is expected to double. But the region is also among the weakest links in an emerging global community of investigative journalists. Continue Reading →
Uncovering Asia is bringing together top investigative reporters, data journalists, and media law and security experts from across Asia and around the world. The program will feature nearly 30 sessions and special events. There will be panels on finding hidden facts online, covering the environment, digging into business, new journalism models and funding your investigation; seminars on security and tracking dirty money; data journalism workshops by the best in the business; and much more. Uncovering Asia also will mark two important occasions: first, on Saturday evening, a special reception honoring the 25th anniversary of the pioneering Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, which is now a model for nonprofit investigative centers around the world. Then, on Sunday evening, join us for a candle-light assembly at nearby Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, historic site of the 1986 People Power Revolt, to commemorate the UN-designated International Day to End Impunity. Continue Reading →
Already speakers from 15 countries have signed up, including some of the world’s top trainers in investigative and data journalism. The official hashtag of the event is: #IJAsia14. Among the speakers:
Mar Cabra, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Ying Chan, University of Hong Kong Media Studies Centre
Umar Cheema, The News/Center for Investigative Reporting Pakistan
Reg Chua, Thomson Reuters
Sheila Coronel, Columbia University School of Journalism
Kunda Dixit, Nepal Center for Investigative Journalism
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend
David Kaplan, Global Investigative Journalism Network
Yolanda Ma, Data Journalism China
Malou Mangahas, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Smari McCarthy, International Modern Media Institute
Nils Mulvad, Investigative Reporting Denmark
Paul Myers, BBC
Syed Nazakat, The Week, India
Peter Noorlander, Media Legal Defence Initiative
Paul Radu, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Giannina Segnini, Columbia University
Drew Sullivan, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Yoichiro Tateiwa, NHK, Japan
Yong Jin Kim, Korea Center for Investigative Journalism
Educators — Uncovering Asia will feature a special workshop on teaching investigative journalism. Among the schools which will be represented at the conference: the Ateneo de Manila University’s Asian Center for Journalism (Philippines), Asian College of Journalism (India), Chung-Ang University’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication (Korea), Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (U.S.), Danish School of Media and Journalism (Denmark), Hong Kong University Journalism and Media Studies Centre (Hong Kong), and Waseda University’s Journalism School (Japan). Continue Reading →