Three AUT University media graduates have been selected for annual international internships in China and Indonesia organised by the Pacific Media Centre with air fares sponsored by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Kim Bowden is bound for the China Daily.com for a three-month stint in April and Yvonne Brill will be going to Beijiing later in the year. Corazon Miller plans to go to the Jakarta Globe mid-year.
All three graduated last year as journalists with a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies and also did AUT's postgraduate Asia-Pacific journalism course. Miller, part Filipino New Zealander and fluent Tagalog speaker, was also the winner of the inaugural Kiwi-Asian journalism scholarship last year sponsored by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
China Daily's Jin Limeng says he is delighted that the AUT graduates will be joining his online team.
Two China Daily staff are also expected to go to AUT University later in the year on exchange.
AUT's last journalist on internship was Michele Ong who was in Beijing last year and is now with the Rodney Times in Warkworth. Jess Harkins also returned recently from a spell with the Jakarta Globe.
"It is great to see our graduates on the Asia-Pacific Journalism course following up with practical experience in the field in the region," says PMC director David Robie.
"It is not only great for their personal development, but also beneficial for the long-term development of New Zealand media expertise in the region."
A stint at the China Daily Online - Michele Ong
Pacific Media Centre
