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How have economic integration and openness shaped the media environment in he Mekong region? What do audiences expect in the age of more openness? What changes in press laws and access to information have taken place in the last 15 years?
What is the role of the market in today’s media in the Mekong region? Are all state media for propaganda? What are the differences in policy toward media, say, between countries like China and Vietnam? What hurdles do local photojournalists face in reaching regional and international audiences? What ‘inside’ stories can local journalists provide that visiting journalists cannot have as good access to?
These are some of the questions to be discussed and debated at the Mekong Media Forum, to be held in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai in December 2009.
The Mekong Media Forum (MMF), to be held on December 9-12, 2009 in Chiang Mai, will gather media professionals to discuss the state of media and creative space, learn new skills and exchange ideas around the media as an actor for social change in Mekong societies.
