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We hope that you will share this announcement widely with your newsrooms and networks and encourage qualified journalists to apply. The 2018 program will provide journalists an opportunity to explore how domestic, regional, and global forces are influencing the democratic progress in Southeast Asia and producing a new generation of populist leaders and movements as well as identity-based conflict.
Program Theme: Populism, Identity, and the State of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Destinations: Honolulu, Hawaii; Singapore; Manila, Philippines; Kuala Lumpur/Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Dates: June 18 – July 10, 2018 Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 About the Jefferson Fellowships: U.S. and Asia Pacific journalists participate in a three-week study, dialogue and travel reporting program to deepen their knowledge of key regional issues and build international networks to enhance coverage of the Asia Pacific region. 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. Funding: The Jefferson Fellowships are supported by a grant from The Freeman Foundation and by the East-West Center. These funds provide for 10-12 full or partial scholarships, including approximately 4-5 for qualified American journalists and 7-8 for Asia Pacific journalists. Participants and their media organizations are strongly encouraged to cost share. All participants, regardless of amount of scholarship, must pay an $800 programming fee to cover costs not provided by the scholarship funds. Participants are also responsible for all applicable visa fees, any additional visa-related expenses, health insurance and baggage fees. Information and applications: For more information about the program and how to apply, please visit our website: www.EastWestCenter.org/jeffers
Program Theme
Populism, Identity, and the State of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Honolulu, HI; Singapore; Manila, Philippines; Kuala Lumpur/Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia June 18 – July 10, 2018 The 2018 Jefferson Fellowships program will explore “Populism, Identity, and the State of Democracy in Southeast Asia.” A three-week dialogue, study, and travel program to Honolulu, HI; Singapore; Manila, Philippines; and Kuala Lumpur/Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, will enable participating journalists to better understand how domestic, regional, and global forces are influencing democratic progress in Southeast Asia and producing a new generation of populist leaders and movements as well as identity-based conflict. The 2018 Jefferson Fellowships program will begin at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii with U.S.-based experts regarding the spread of populism in the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Journalists will also share perspectives from their own countries on populism and identity politics through topic papers and presentations. Travel to Manila will explore the rise of Rodrigo Duterte, including his populist economic policies, criticism of the Philippine-U.S. relationship and the Catholic Church, and extrajudicial drug war. Journalists will explore how the President has portrayed himself as an authentic voice of the masses and how his language of crisis has delineated a criminal “other.” Travel to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu will similarly examine Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration, the nexus between ethnic and religious identity in Malaysia, and its impact on representative and electoral politics ahead of a competitive election that must be held by mid-2018. The Jefferson Fellowships will also include participation in the East-West Center’s 6th International Media Conference in Singaporewhere journalists will gather to discuss “What is News Now,” and share on-the-ground information on news and media issues in the region. Finally, efforts by political leaders to undermine media’s legitimacy will be explored throughout the program.
Contact: Liz A. Dorn, [email protected] or (808) 944-7368
Apply Now! Deadline: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding between the United States and the nations of the Asia Pacific region through cooperative research, education and professional development programs. You are receiving this email because of your connection with the East-West Center. |