The 2012 Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships, scheduled for June 11 - 24, 2012, will take six to eight US journalists to Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, South Korea. The APJF program in Singapore and Taiwan will include high-level meetings with government officials as well as business, civic, cultural and religious leaders; NGOs; and other community members to gain a deeper understanding of these important economies and societies. Past programs have included meetings with Singapore’s minister of foreign affairs and the president of Taiwan.

In Seoul, journalists will participate in the East-West Center’s Third International Media Conference titled “Networked News: How New Media is Shaping Stories in Asia and the Pacific.” The East-West Center expects more than 300 journalists from the United States and throughout the Asia Pacific region to participate in this conference, one of the largest professional media gatherings of its kind in Asia. The conference will include keynote speakers and panels of journalists. We will ask a number of fellows in the APJF program to be panelists depending on their areas of expertise. Further details can be found at http://www.ewc50.org/mediaconference2012/