INTRIGUING INSIGHT: Apau (front row third left) with nine other selected journalists from Australia, Laos, Indonesia and Nepal get a behind the scenes look at a government-owned TV station in Beijing.
KUCHING: The Borneo Post senior journalist Samuel Aubrey has been selected to join the month-long Edward Murrow Programme for Journalists.
Phyllis Wong
Samuel Aubrey
Samuel said he was excited with the invitation and looked forward to learning much from the programme.
The Edward Murrow Programme allows participating journalists to travel to American cities to gain an understanding of media coverage of state politics and government and to observe civic life and grassroots involvement in political affairs in smaller communities.
“I am excited for Samuel and The Borneo Post for this forthcoming experience in examining journalistic practices in the United States together with other journalists worldwide,” said The Borneo Post general operations manager Phyllis Wong.
“This aptly fits a regional newspaper like The Borneo Post, which services a close-knit community in Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei.”
The programme will conclude in Chicago, with visits to major media outlets and a symposium highlighting the outcome of the presidential election and its impact on US foreign and domestic policy.
Wong said The Borneo Post was committed to giving young journalists the best exposure and training.
“While we are committed to value accuracy, speed and exclusivity and staying close with the community, we are equally committed to our journalists in giving them opportunities and training in their profession,” she said.
Earlier in April, features editor Margaret Apau joined nine other journalists from the Asia Pacific region in a dialogue study tour programme held in Indonesia and China.
Apau assessed first-hand the difficulties and solutions in addressing climate change impacts and issues in Indonesia and China’s highly-populated and developing economies.
The programme, supported by the Myer Foundation and Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, brought the journalists to Melbourne, Australia; Jakarta, Indonesia; as well as Beijing, Jinan and Weihai in China.
During the study-tour, Apau and other journalists met experts, senior policy makers and journalists to assess energy policies, renewable energy targets, and carbon trading pilot schemes and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) programmes.