One Way to China

Experienced journalists from Asian and Pacific countries can apply for the East-West Center’s Jefferson Fellowship, which includes a study tour in May 2008 to explore China’s economy and growth. Deadline: December 5.
U.S. journalists are also eligible for the fellowship program, which brings together American and Asian colleagues to learn and share expertise. Applicants should be print, radio or TV journalists with at least five years of experience.
Fellows begin the tour at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, then continue on to Beijing, Chongqing, and Chengdu in China. The fellowship is aimed at cultivating, through the news media, a better public understanding of cultures, issues and trends in the Asia-Pacific region.
For more information, visit http://www.eastwestcenter.org/jefferson
If you want to go back to Manila:
Forum seeks papers on needs of Pacific media
Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Topic :Management, Networking
An upcoming forum on Pacific Islands media issues is seeking papers to be presented in July 2008 in the Philippines.
The Pacific Media Center and the Asian Media Information and Communication Center (AMIC) are cooperating on a South Pacific Islands Communication Forum. The forum would gather experts and media workers in July 2008 in Manila, according to an announcement. The organizers are seeking paper proposals on a variety of topics related to the Pacific Islands and their media and communication needs. They have not announced a deadline.
For more information, contact Evangelia Papoutsaki at epapoutsaki@unitec.ac.nz, or visit http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/SPICF/SPICF.shtml..