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How have economic integration and openness shaped the media
environment in the Mekong region? What do audiences expect in the age
of more openness? What changes in press laws and access to information
have taken place in the last 15 years?

These are just some of the questions to be discussed and debated at
the Mekong Media Forum, to be held at the Holiday Inn in Chiang Mai,
Thailand on Dec. 9-12, 2009.

The conference will gather Mekong journalists, policymakers, civil
society and others to dis… Continue

IPS Asia-Pacific is looking for an editor to oversee editorial production for the region. Duty station: Bangkok, Thailand

He or she will:

-manage commissioning, planning and direction of coverage from Asia-Pacific for IPS Asia-Pacific’s editorial products, including its contribution to the World Service daily wire
-work on media development and capacity-building with IPS Asia-Pacific
-liaises with other editors in the IPS network

Qualifications of Candidates:

-at least five years’ experience… Continue

"We told you so," is one phrase that 'Jasad' magazine founder and editor-in-chief Joumana Haddad never ever wants to hear from family and friends. When she decided to push through with the no-holds-barred publication, people told her she was crazy and predicted she would give in to pressure from critics.

But two issues later, Haddad looks at the magazine's future with optimism. If the 3,000 maiden issue copies that were sold out in 11 days were any indication, then it looks like Haddad has foun… Continue

By Lynette Lee Corporal

BANGKOK, Mar 16 (AMF) — 'Jasad', a Lebanese magazine that is challenging taboos in the Arab world, has gone full speed ahead with its second issue this month - at the risk of earning the ire of more conservative sectors.

In contrast to its first issue that presented a suggestive photo of a naked woman wrapped in red silken fabric, the quarterly magazine's latest cover shows a naked women's intricately painted torso with only a pair of hands covering her genitals.

If th… Continue

By Lynette Lee Corporal

BANGKOK, Mar 6 (Asia Media Forum) - "Please help me find a way to have some money for milk," pleaded Benjawan Marongthong, a mother of two young boys who used to work in a garments factory.

Laid off two years ago and unable to find work at a time when the ranks of the unemployed are growing amid the global economic downturn, Benjawan is almost at the end of her rope.

With her husband the only breadwinner in her family, she has to make the most of the household's monthl… Continue