2023 Asian Journalism Forum

Founded in 2013, the Asian Journalism Forum was established to foster exchanges among media professionals in Asia and share invaluable insights on news media development.

Every year, the forum brings to Taiwan outstanding journalists from across Asia, including from Hong Kong, Macao, China, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, and Indonesia. At the forum’s seminars, they engage with Taiwan’s journalists, students and faculty of Departments of Communication, and other media enthusiasts. Over the years, the forum has become widely recognized within Taiwan’s media community as an important platform for international exchange.

Marking its ninth edition in 2023, the forum will return to in-person conferences in light of the waning pandemic. A lineup of eight sessions has been organized, featuring distinguished journalists from Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (please refer to speaker bios for more information). This year, the forum’s theme is “News Coverage amid U.S.-China Geopolitical Rivalry.”

【Host】: the Foundation for Excellent Journalism Award

【Co-Host】: The Graduate Institute of Journalism, National Taiwan University

【Date】: June 10 – 11, 2023

【Agenda】: as attached. ( download PDF file)

【Speaker】:as attached.

【Venue】: International Conference Hall, Tsai Lecture Hall, College of Law, NTU.

Registration only. From now till June 5

【Format】: In-Person

Host

Co-Host

Sponsor

【Languages】: Chinese, English, Korean. Chinese-English, Chinese-Korean simultaneous translations available. Please bring your own earphones (3.5mm earphone only, please bring your own USB-Type C, Apple adapter)

【Registration Fee】: It will be a two-day forum.
For the general public: Half-day NT$250/One-day NT$400/Two-day NT$700
For students: Half-day NT$150/One-day NT$250/Two-day NT$400

【Please Note】: no food or drink are allowed inside the forum venue. Participants are required to follow COVID-19 prevention measures and may only eat and drink as designated location during tea breaks and luncheon.

File online registration at www.feja.org.tw

【Payment】: event organizers will send each applicant an email notifying registration fee payment method once his or her application is accepted. Please make the payment within three days after receiving the email

Please call or email Mrs. Wu for any further questions. Thank you.
Tel: (02)2522-3520 Email: feja@feja.org.tw

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Agenda

June 10(Saturday)

09:10 Registration

09:40~10:00
Opening Remarks / Guests Introduction

Moderator：Tzen-ping Su（Chairman, FEJA）

10:00~12:00

- Topic：Reporting the Conflict of Taiwan Strait: Taiwan Media vs International Media
- Panelists:：
  Marcos Shiang (Senior Journalist, SETN)
  Chenlung Kuo (Deputy Managing Editor, United Daily News)
  Joyu Wang（Journalist, The Wall Street Journal ）
  Adrien Simorre (Taiwan Correspondent, Radio France International)
- Moderator：James Tu（Board member, FEJA）

12:00 Lunch

13:00~14:30

- Topic：The Philippines-US enduring alliance: a journalist’s note
- Speaker：Ron Lopez (Manila Correspondent, AFP)
- Discussant：Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang (Associate Research Fellow, Foundation for Future Generations, Taiwan)
- Moderator：Chen-Ling Hung （Board member, FEJA）

14:30 Coffee break

14:50~16:20

- Topic：Keeping the attention on Myanmar’s crisis – the battle between the resistance and a regime backed by Beijing and Moscow
- Speaker：Thompson Chau（Editor-at-large, Frontier Myanmar）
- Discussant：Will Chih Chiang Yang (Contract Journalist, The Reporter)
- Moderator:Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (Chairman, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation)

16:25~17:55

- Topic：An Indonesian Media Perspective on US-China Rivalry
- Speaker：Uni Zulfiani Lubis (Editor-in-Chief, IDN Times)
- Discussant：Jay Chou (Deputy Director of International and China News Center, CNA )
- Moderator：Ping-Hung Chen（Board member, FEJA）

June 11(Sunday)

09:00 Registration

09:30~11:00

- Topic：Would Taiwan Be a Trap of Thucydides?
- Speaker：Sukhee Sohn (Japan Correspondent, JTBC)
- Discussant：Chien-Hao Yang (Founder of KORNEWS)
- Moderator：Sy-Chi Doong (Deputy CEO, Taiwan Think Tank)

11:05~12:35

- Topic：How to avoid influence of certain narratives
- Speaker：Kenji Kawase (Chief Business News Correspondent, Nikkei Hong Kong Bureau)
- Discussant：Hsia-Ju Liu（Managing Director of the Board, Radio Taiwan International(Rti).）
- Moderator：Yuan-huei Lin (Board member, FEJA)

12:35 Lunch

13:30~15:00

- Topic：Crackdown of press freedom in Hong Kong under the CCP rule
- Speaker：Sherly Liang (Editor-in- Chief , Photon Media , former Apple Daily journalist)
- Discussant：Chih Te Lee (Senior Journalist in Taiwan)
- Moderator：Chi-Hui Chung (Board member, FEJA)

15:00 Coffee break

15:20~16:50

- Topic：Seeking truth in a dark age
- Speaker：Li Yuan (Asia Tech Columnist , The New York Time)
- Discussant：
  Ting-Yao Lin （Deputy Chief Editorial Writer, The Storm Media）
  Annie Zhang（ Founder, Matters Lab）
- Moderator：Ping Lu (Board member, FEJA)