CSM cos Eli dareth ask ...

Pls forward to anyone interested in this workshop. To reserve a spot and any enquiries, please contact Faisal at 019-2232002.
TQVM. e

Workshop on Election Reporting for Journalists and Bloggers


Date: 15 July 2007

Place: Crystal Crown, Petaling Jaya

Agenda

0900 - 0930 am Registration

0930 - 0945 am Opening Remark

0945 - 1000 am Section I: Newsworthiness in Election Reporting: What in store if the PM dissolves the Parliament today? Presenter: Mr. Liew Chin Tong (REFSA/Bersih secretariat)

1000 - 1100 pm Section II - Trend in Electoral Reporting: Past Record and Future Prospect
Presenter: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anuar K. Mustafa (USM)

1100 - 1115 am Tea break

1115 am - 100 pm Section III: Meaning in Electoral Reporting: Why we may have Elections without DemocracyPresenter: Mr. Wong Chin Huat (IKMAS, UKM / WAMI)

100 - 200 pm Lunch

200 - 430pm Workshop 1-6: What and How to inform the citizenry about/in the event of ......

+Political Debates and Mudslinging - real v pseudo issues, negative campaigning

+Civil Society and Citizen in Elections

+Polling Irregularities - phantom voters, exclusion/transfer of voters, missing ballots

+Campaigning Irregularities - intimidation, vote-buying (with private money)

+Administrative Neutrality - vote-buying (with state funds and policies), caretaker government

+Electoral System - gerrymandering, mal-apportionment and disproportionality

Coordinator: Faisal Mustaffa (BERSIH secretariat)

430 - 500 pm Wrap-up session

Coordinator: Ms Gayathry V. (CIJ)

500 pm Tea break

Further Details:

Organizer: Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH)



Objectives:

(a) To enhance professionalism, depth and reflectivity in election reporting amongst professional and amateurish journalists;

(b) To promote free and fair elections in the citizenry via quality election reporting

Participation: by invitation, free of charge

Target Participants: Journalists, Bloggers, Media/Journalism Students

Any enquiries, please contact 019-2232002

Now, dear Faisal and Eli, where's the mandatory, like voting!, tehtarik?