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Day 2: JMSC Radio

IMC Radio Coverage: Day 2

Presented by Rebecca Valli.
Produced by Angharad Law.

Reporting by Rich Macauley, Joy Zhou, Oscar Lin and Kitty Nandwani.

By Doug Meigs

Hu Shuli, one of mainland China’s most influential journalists, rejected widely held Western perceptions that the Chinese media are a monolithic state-dominated institution.

Photo of Hu Shuli by Alex Hofford

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Hu Shuili is Editor in Chief, Caixin Media, China

Cameraman: Roy Ching
Producer: Kevin Lau
Please credit the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

Also See:
Day 2: Mainland Media No Monolith -– the “most feared woman in China”
Day 2: U-Stream Video of Hu Shuli’s Keynote Address

Hu Shuli, Editor-in-Chief, Caixin Media, China:

Rejecting Hong Kong’s 2012 Electoral Reform package would lead to deadlock while accepting it could pave the way to greater reforms in future, Executive Councillor Anna Wu told the International Media Conference on Tuesday.

Anna Wu

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“There is no down side in voting the proposal in but there is every downside in voting it out,” she said.

“The 2012 reform is a step, albeit a small step, that leads us closer to the more critical reforms that lie ahead. The pan democrats have indicated that they will vote the proposal down without additional assurances on universal suffrage. In doing so they are coupling the 2012 reforms with the wider issues beyond 2012.

“This in effect is holding hostage future universal suffrage elections.

“The political price for voting it down is very steep. In fact, in 2005 similar proposals were voted down and the clock stood still for five years. Electoral reforms may be further delayed, distrust and polarization will intensify and the ability of the government to rule will be further eroded.  There is no down side in voting the proposal in but there is every downside in voting it out.

“I would urge all legislators to back the 2012 reforms and to look beyond 2012.  We must find some way to establish consensus and to forge alliances both within the ranks of the Legislative Council and within the community to deal with the more critical steps that lie ahead.

“To win the support of two-thirds of legislators on an electoral model is something that must be done within Hong Kong and by Hong Kong. This process is up to us.”

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Mike Chinoy, former CNN correspondent, talks about his latest documentary Assignment: China, the media in China and his new online venture, News Certified Exchange.

By Rebecca Valli

By Fu Lei

“Talking about it is one thing; doing it is another,” said Lam Thuy Vo, Hong Kong-based multimedia editor with the Wall Street Journal Asia, as she assembled the edible props for her one-hour workshop on multi-media production on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

That was the message of the “Sustainable Media Models in the Internet Age” panel at the International Media Conference, as expressed by South China Morning Post Editor Reginald Chua.

Updated with video wrap replacing rushes:
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By Maggie Chen

Self-censorship was singled out as a particularly insidious form of censorship at a session on media freedom on Day Two of the International Media Conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Featuring:
Chen Juhong, Editor in Chief, qq.com, Tencent, China
Steven Gan, Co-Founder and Editor, Malaysiakini, Malaysia
Julie Starr, Founder of AllAbouttheStory.com; Chief Blogger at The Evolving Newsroom; Editor in Residence at Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Tarun Tejpal, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Tehelka, India
Moderator: Sheila Coronel, Director and Professor, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, USA

Reposted from the Asia Media Forum

By Lynette Lee Corporal

HONG KONG, Apr 26, 2010 (IPS/Asia Media Forum) – The English language, as a medium for reporting in the region, is both a boon and a bane for many countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of getting ‘heard’ or generally being ignored by the global community. Read the rest of this entry »