Asiavision’s Global News Forum: Ensuring good mental health for journalists covering the pandemic
The ABU’s Global News Forum 2020 took the form of a webinar on the story-of-the-decade, entitled COVID-19 and the challenge to journalism. It was a virtual platform of support for Asiavision broadcasters as news leaders reflected on their many challenges and diverse experiences during the
Pacific Media Forum Confronting COVID-19 Challenges – “Out of desperation comes innovation”
There might be relatively few coronavirus cases in the Pacific but the impact of closed borders has been devastating for island countries who depend on tourism for much of their income. The CEO of the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation, Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, said business was terrible for
Asiavision’s Virtual Workshops turn into Targeted Training
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to keep borders closed and training online, Asiavision’s series of Virtual Workshops are also available as Targeted Training. Originally, Script Writing (five modules) and Versatile Videos (four modules) were offered to Members in an Anytime Training model where journalists, producers
Asiavision Members’ outstanding COVID-19 response with thousands of news stories uploaded
On January 3, 2020, VTV posted the first Asiavision story on an emerging novel coronavirus outbreak, noting how “Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is working closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO), watching the pneumonia outbreak in China in order to devise suitable prevention measures.” This
Asiavision’s new promo reel – Where Storytellers Meet – features Members and their stories
There has been a very positive response to the release of Asiavision’s 2020 promo reel. Entitled ‘Asiavision: Where Storytellers Meet’, the four-minute video features many Members as it focuses on the essence of AVN’s News Exchange – helping Members tell the stories of the day
News Department pioneers a Virtual Workshop format to ensure ALL Members can access training
With Asiavision’s Training Strategy and its plan for In Country Training and Regional Workshops on hold for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency, the News Department developed an initiative called Let’s Get Digital featuring Virtual Workshops for participants to access when they have time. With
TV1 Samoa and Myanmar’s MRTV win Monthly Awards for the first time
Each month there is strong competition for the Asiavision award for the best news story or series of stories uploaded onto Brightcove with several Members vying for the accolade each time. In December, we were thrilled to honour two Members for the very first time
Putting Passion First – Asiavision’s Chairman outlines the focus for 2020
When News Group Chairman Indra Singh spoke to the Members’ Forum at the Tokyo General Assembly, he focused on passion. He highlighted the commitment that is needed so Asiavision Members work together as a Union to deliver the best stories about their countries and people.
Making the most of Asiavision’s MOJO Workshops
With Mojo (mobile journalism) training one of the top priorities of Asiavision’s Training and Development Strategy in 2020, Indonesia’s TVRI is the first broadcaster to take up the skills training. Two back-to-back, two-day workshops are being held in late January for 45 journalists from Jakarta
ABU begins exchanging news items with AUB
After signing a Sister Union agreement to swap items between the ABU’s news exchange program Asiavision and the African Union of Broadcasting’s news exchange AUBvision, the News Department has begun curating news stories from Africa.
