Another Step Forward<\/p>\n
Asia News Network takes another step forward with this poll,
\nmarking the first time that the grouping's Southeast Asia
\npartners have come together to conduct a region-wide poll.<\/p>\n
ANN boasts of a membership of 13 English newspapers and a
\nvernacular daily. It was formed in 1999 to improve coverage of
\nAsian affairs in the Asian media.<\/p>\n
Its founding members are: The Straits Times (Singapore), The
\nStar and Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia), The Jakarta Post (Indonesia),
\nVietnam News (Vietnam), The Manila Times (the Philippines), The
\nNation (Thailand) and The Statesman (India).<\/p>\n
In due course the Philippine Daily Inquirer became the member
\npaper from Philippines.<\/p>\n
Over the years ANN has grown to include leading newspapers
\nfrom East and South Asia as well.<\/p>\n
The Korea Herald from Seoul, Tokyo's Daily Yomiuri and Yomiuri
\nShimbun, and the Beijing and Hongkong editions of China Daily are
\nnow members of the grouping.<\/p>\n
From South Asia, the Daily Star of Bangladesh and the Island
\nof Sri Lanka are now members, making ANN the world's largest
\ngrouping of newspapers, with a footprint of 50 million readers.<\/p>\n
The network has been successful because it has been a "win-
\nwin" proposition for all its members irrespective of whether they
\nare from developed or developing countries said Felix Soh, ST's
\nDeputy Editor and an ANN founding member.<\/p>\n
"All members gain from a daily exchange of same-day news as
\nwell as cooperation in story projects and other areas," he said.<\/p>\n
The lesson from the grouping, he said, is that the same group
\nof people should be interacting regularly with one another.<\/p>\n
ANN representatives, for instance, often travel together on
\noverseas trips and conferences.<\/p>\n
"When you are cloistered together with your fellow Southeast
\nAsians in a conference hall or on a coach from Davos to Zurich,
\nyou begin to understand the other person better.<\/p>\n
"Also, you learn to communicate better with each other. My ANN
\ncolleagues are not strangers but old friends who are fond of each
\nother, notwithstanding our foibles and follies," he said.<\/p>\n
-- Shefali Rekhi<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/another-step-forward-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }