Training conducted in Thailand for journalists from the region.

Since its inception, the IMMF has conducted 14 training courses in Thailand for journalists from the region: 

May 1994 - Basic Journalism (Print)
October 1995 - Reporting on the Environment -- Land, Logging and Energy  Issues (Print)
May 1996 - Business and Economic Reporting (Print)
October 1996 - Reporting on the Environment -- Marine and Coastal Issues (Print)
April 1997 - Photojournalism -- Social and Health Issues
October 1997 - Radio Journalism -- Women and Children Issues
May 1998 - Reporting on the Environment -- Mekong River Issues (Print)
October 1998 - Business and Economics Reporting (Print)
May 1999 - Reporting on the Environment -- Marine and Coastal Issues (Print)
March 2000 - Photojournalism - Recording Cultural Traditions and Change
November 2000 - Reporting on the Environment -- Agricultural Issues (Print)
May 2001 - Business and Economic Reporting (Print)
October 2001 - Reporting on the Environment -- Urban Issues (Print)

Courses are conducted in English and last three to four weeks. An average of 16 journalists from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam attend.

Further Information

For general information on IMMF News Workshops, click here.

For general information on IMMF Photojournalism Workshops, click here.

In-country journalism workshops conducted through an interpreter

The IMMF has also organised journalism workshops in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam using interpreters to train journalists whose lack of English language skills means they cannot take part in the regional courses in Thailand.

May/June 1995 - Six weeks training for journalists working for the newly launched Vientiane Times in Laos.
June 1995 - Small workshop for editors in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
September 1995 - Two one-week workshops in basic journalism for Lao women journalists in Vientiane.
March 1996 - Two-week basic journalism workshop at the Cambodian Journalists' Association in Phnom Penh.
March 1997 - One-week training in basic journalism for 25 Lao journalists in Vientiane.
January 1998 - Two-week radio journalism training for 12 journalists from Myanmar, including ethnic Shan and Chin, working for the Democratic Voice of Burma in northern Thailand.
May 1998 - One-week training in basic journalism for 30 Lao journalists covering urban environmental issues in Vientiane.
April 1999 - Two-week radio journalism training for seven journalists at the Cambodian Communication Institute in Phnom Penh.
May 1999 - Ten-day radio journalism course for 12 journalists at Lao National Radio in Vientiane.
January/February 2000 - Three-week radio journalism training for 12 provincial Lao journalists in Luang Prabang, northern Laos.
July 2000 - Ten-day print journalism training in Pakse, southern Laos, for 21 journalists from central and southern Laos and 21 observers.
July 2000 - Five-day print journalism course in Vientiane, Laos.
September 2000 - Two-and-half-week print journalism training for journalists from The Nation in Thailand.
December 2000 - Three-day print journalism training for journalists from Irrawaddy Magazine in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

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