Following on the successes and rigorous discussions of the 2022 TechCamp, CMT in conjunction with DFAT has had the opportunity to work with visiting journalists from across the Asia Pacific to compare and contrast our media environments to address problems and share potential solutions.This started with a team of Malaysian journalists and scholars, who raised the challenges of a highly conflicted political environment and a society divided – both within itself and by external forces. CMT has also met with a delegation of journalists from the Philippines where politics is also a considerable concern given that country’s authoritarian government continues to enjoy popularity in an environment where accountability and transparency are lacking.
After an upcoming meeting with Indonesian journalism associates, we hope to continue not just maintaining but elevating international dialogue about media, both as it endures ongoing transition and as it contends with the complex history of its local and international development. It is our goal to collaborate using these meetings as a steppingstone for future and more successful events like TechCamp as well as international and inclusive scholarship that identifies shared problems and the opportunities for shared solutions.
Tim Koskie, CMT Researcher