The East-West Center, Honolulu is accepting applications for the Spring 2010 Jefferson Fellowships Program.

Given below is a summary of the program. Please share this information with newsrooms, editors, news directors, professional media organizations and journalists. 

 
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Spring 2010 Jefferson Fellowships for Journalists

 

The East-West Center is accepting applications for the Spring 2010 Jefferson Fellowships for Journalists, a three-week seminar and travel program for journalists from the United States and Asia Pacific. The theme is “Reporting New Realities: Beyond the Economic Crisis” with travel to Honolulu, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Jakarta. The application deadline is Wednesday, January 27, 2010.

 

The Jefferson Fellowships provide an excellent opportunity for journalists to broaden their knowledge of regional issues and to engage in dialogue with colleagues from across Asia and the U.S. In addition to the dialogue program in Honolulu and study tour travel in Asia, this special Spring 2010 program also provides an opportunity to network with hundreds of regional journalists, high level newsmakers and regional experts at the East-West Center’s 2^nd International Media Conference in Hong Kong from April 25-28 and to cover the opening of the World Expo on May 1 in Shanghai.

 

Dates: April 17-May 9, 2010

Theme: Reporting New Realities: Beyond the Economic Crisis

Travel Destinations: Honolulu, Hawaii; Hong Kong SAR and Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia

Who Can Apply: Working print, broadcast, and on-line journalists in the United States, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Five years of experience preferred. English fluency required. Ten journalists will be selected, approximately 4 from the United State s and 6 from Asia Pacific.

Funding: Airfare, lodging, per diem and most other program expenses are provided through a grant from The Freeman Foundation of Stowe, Vermont. Participants are responsible for all applicable visa fees and any additional visa-related expenses. 

Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Information and applications: For more information about the program and how to apply, please visit: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/jefferson

Contacts: Send applications and questions by email to jefferson@eastwestcenter.org or fax at (808) 944-7600. For phone inquiries, please contact Ann Hartman, Jefferson Fellowships Coordinator at (808) 944-7619.

Theme: “Reporting New Realities: Beyond the Economic Crisis”

The shock of the global financial crisis and renewed commitment to addressing climate change pose new realities for countries around the world. Leaders at the APEC Summit in Singapore in November 2009 stated “We cannot go back to ‘growth as usual’ or ‘trade as usual.’ The post-crisis landscape will be different. We need a new growth paradigm. We need a fresh model of economic integration.” But what will such models look like, and how are countries positioned to implement them?

 

Participants in the Spring 2010 Jefferson Fellowships will explore new realities in the U.S.- Asia Pacific region in the wake of the shock of the global economic crisis and in the face of the growing challenge of climate change. This special Jefferson Fellowships program will begin with one week of dialogue sessions at the East-West Center in Honolulu, followed by an opportunity to attend the East-West Center’s 2^nd International Media Conference in Hong Kong on the theme “Reporting New Realities in the Asia Pacific Region.” The conference will provide on-the-ground updates on news and media issues throughout the world's most dynamic region through keynote speakers, panels of journalists and other professionals, plenary sessions with regional experts, and media workshops.

 

Participants will then travel to Shanghai and Jakarta to explore some of these new realities. China and Indonesia are countries with huge populations and rising influence in the Asia Pacific region. As members of the G-20, they both have a seat at the new international table to discuss the future of global governance. Yet both are still developing countries that are seeking a model of sustainable economic growth in the face of new global economic realities, regional power balances and climate change. Participants will visit Shanghai in advance of the opening of the World Expo on the theme “Better City, Better Life” to explore the significance of the Expo for China and for Shanghai, the new Chinese-U.S. relationship, and how China is moving forward with its economic recovery and future development. In Jakarta, participants will explore the under-reported "new reality" of democratic and economic transition in the world’s fourth most populous country and the largest Muslim democracy. They will examine the many challenges that lie ahead for the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual country to develop a robust, effective democracy and economic growth in a challenging new global landscape.