Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific

30/09/2026

⭕️ ဒီဗီဒီယိုမှာ သတင်းမီဒီယာလောကမှာ သတင်းထောက်အဖြစ် ၁၀ နှစ်ကျော် လုပ်ကိုင်ခဲ့ပြီး လက်ရှိ Media Developer အဖြစ် ဆောင်ရွက်နေတဲ့ မြတ်နိုးက UNESCO နဲ့ Centre for Journalism and Trauma (CJT) တို ပူးပေါင်းကျင်းပတဲ့ Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) Workshop ကနေ ရရှိခဲ့တဲ့ အသိပညာနဲ့ အတွေ့အကြုံတွေကို မျှဝေထားပါတယ်။
Online ပေါ်က ဆဲဆိုမှု၊ ခြိမ်းခြောက်မှု၊ နာမည်ဖျက်မှု၊ Doxxing နဲ့ Deepfake တွေဟာ Screen ပေါ်မှာပဲ ရှိနေတဲ့အရာတွေ မဟုတ်ဘဲ သတင်းသမားတွေရဲ့ နေ့စဉ်ဘဝ၊ လုံခြုံရေးနဲ့ မိသားစုအပေါ်အထိ သက်ရောက်နိုင်ပါတယ်။
Hypervigilance, Doxxing, Deepfake နဲ့ ဆိုတာတွေက ဘာကိုဆိုလိုတာလဲ။ Digital Violence တွေကြားမှာ သတင်းသမားတွေ ဘယ်လိုကာကွယ်နိုင်မလဲ။
ဒီဗီဒီယိုမှာတော့ Exile Media မှာ လက်ရှိတာဝန်ထမ်းဆောင်နေတဲ့ အမျိုးသမီးသတင်းထောက် Bee ရဲ့ ကိုယ်တွေ့အတွေ့အကြုံတွေကိုလည်း နားဆင်နိုင်မှာ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
🎙 Media Developer — Myat Noe
🎤 News Presenter — Bee

⭕️ How does exposure to technology facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) impact a female journalist in exile? You are already isolated and facing heightened risk and TFGBV can add another menacing layer to your work risks.

A fellow from Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific UNESCO Bangkok tackling and fellowship talks to one of her colleagues on exposure and impact.
via 's Radio Myanmar
Kimina Lyall Cait McMahon Amantha Perera

08/09/2026

Delighted for Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific to listen and learn at this years First Nations Media Australia conference on the lands of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people in Cairns this year. Off to a great start.

27/08/2026

We are delighted to announce, and congratulate the successful applicants of our Early Childhood Journalism Institute facilitated by CJT - the Centre of Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific in collaboration with Global Center for Journalism and Trauma in November in Melbourne.

Top row: Mikele Syron, Ashlynne McGhee, Kellie Scott, Conor Duffy, Kayla Bathern Second row: Lyndal Rowlands, Natashya Gutierrez, Phoebe McIlwraith, Nicole Precel, Rhianna Patrick, Sarah Keoghan, Beverley Wang Third row: Lauren Novak, Rachael Bongiorno, Julie Cross, Lisa Martin, Rebecca Symons, Jeanette Severs Bottom row: Wing Kuang, Colin Cosier, Dellaram Vreeland, Jade Toomey, Anushri Sood, Aaliyah Dana Anderson, Ali Rae

Please see our full announcement here introducing the successful candidates here - https://journalismandtrauma.org/early-childhood-reporting

And full information about the program here - https://journalismandtrauma.org/

27/08/2026

To all our colleagues in

We stand with you, we honour your courage, and we support your vital role in holding communities together.

Amantha Perera Cait McMahon Kimina Lyall

Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific

25/08/2026

📢 New Digital Safety Resources for Journalists in the Mekong Region
Fellows from the UNESCO/CJT Mekong fellowship on mitigating and have developed a vital new hybrid information leaflet in Burmese, specifically tailored for journalists and media professionals.
✔️ What is the " "? The concept is designed to empower media workers to:
• Identify exposure to technology-facilitated hazards.
• Verbalise digital threats clearly.
• Utilise available awareness and resources to maintain a safe, professional workspace.

🌍 Addressing a Growing Threat - The Region is heavily impacted by the global rise of digital hazards. In vulnerable areas with poor infrastructure, or those affected by conflict, human rights abuses, and repressive regimes, the lack of ready tools makes journalists particularly vulnerable.
To support colleagues on the front lines, fellows have developed freely accessible resource materials in both and , helping to embed critical digital safety awareness directly into local communities.
This initiative is a key priority for CJT in supporting journalists in the most vulnerable areas of the Asia-Pacific, and is also part of the campaign—a collaborative partnership between CJT and Vero

ဒစ်ဂျစ်တယ် ကျည်ကာအင်္ကျီ
ဒစ်ဂျစ်တယ်ကျည်ကာအင်္ကျီဆိုသည်မှာ သတင်းအချက်လက်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာကျွမ်းကျင်သူများအား ပစ်မှတ်ထား ခြိမ်းခြောက်မှု နှင့်ပတ်သက်သည့် အကြောင်းအရာများကို သတိပြုမိပြီး စောစီးစွာရိပ်မိစုံစမ်းနိုင်စေရန် ကူညီပေးသည့် သဘောတရားတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။
ခြိမ်းခြောက်ခံရမှု တစ်ဦးတည်း သို့မဟုတ် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများအပေါ် အဓိကထားပြီး ထိုခြိမ်းခြောက်ခံရမှုကို ၎င်းတို့၏ လုပ်ငန်းခွင် သို့မဟုတ် လူမှုဘဝအခြေအနေများဖြင့် ချိတ်ဆက်သုံးသပ်ပြသည်။
တိကျသည့် ထိန်းချုပ်ကာကွယ်ရေးနည်းလမ်းများ ဖော်ထုတ်ခြင်း နှင့် လက်တွေ့အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ခြင်း များကို ပြလုပ်သည်။

UNESCO Bangkok UNESCO Myanmar Project Office Cait McMahon Amantha Perera Kimina Lyall Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT Frontier Myanmar The Irrawaddy - Burmese Edition The Irrawaddy - English Edition

13/07/2026

In the second from the series of outputs developed as part of our UNESCO funded fellowship on technology facilitated gender based violence and hate speech, two fellows from Cambodia Mengheng Seng and Vantha Phoung discuss digital safety and personal security for media professionals in this podcast.

ការពារស្នាមដានឌីជីថលរបស់អ្នក

ការការពារសុវត្ថិភាពឌីជីថលគឺមានសារៈសំខាន់ជាងពេលណាៗទាំងអស់។ រាល់ពេលដែលយើងបង្កើត បង្ហោះ ឬចែករំលែកនៅលើបណ្តាញសង្គម យើងតែងតែបន្សល់ទុកនូវស្នាមដានអត្តសញ្ញាណរបស់យើង។ ទង្វើខ្វះការប្រុងប្រយ័ត្នអាចធ្វើឲ្យបែកធ្លាយព័ត៌មានផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន ប៉ះពាល់ដល់កេរ្តិ៍ឈ្មោះ ឬសូម្បីតែបង្កឱ្យមានការគំរាមកំហែងតាមប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ីនធឺណិត។

សូមទស្សនា vodcast ពីនេះពីនោះ ជាមួយ ម៉េងហេង

They focus on trauma informed practice rather than technical interventions, advising journalists and activists to be cautious about sharing personal content like photos that could be weaponised against them.
They highlight the practical risk of digital footprints, explaining how private moments like family gatherings or social outings can be used by detractors to damage reputations or incite harassment.
To mitigate these threats, they suggest auditing past social media posts, remaining calm during online attacks, and reporting abuse directly to platform headquarters or authorities.
Their key takeaway is to prepare for digital challenges without withdrawing from cyberspace.
Informed by the content of fellowship they position the digital flak jacket concept as an important work resource.

✔️ Physical vs. Digital Protection: Vantha observes that while journalists are very careful with their physical safety with gear like flak jackets, they are often careless with their digital presence.
✔️ Digital Vulnerability: He notes that many people, including journalists and activists, fail to "protect" their social media accounts, often posting information like real-time locations or private photos that can be used as "weapons" against them later.
✔️Proactive Safety: The podcast encourages listeners to adopt a preventive mindset recommending that individuals should review their online history and be cautious about what they post to create a form of digital defence similar to the physical protection they use in the field.

Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific UNESCO Bangkok Vero Amantha Perera Cait McMahon Kimina Lyall

26/06/2026

Please consider donating today

Every story has a cost. Help journalists bear it.

https://www.givenow.com.au/cjt-safety-for-journalists

Across the Asia Pacific, journalists report from the frontlines of disasters, conflict, and human tragedy often without the tools to process what they witness. Research shows that repeated trauma exposure affects journalists' mental health, decision-making, and ability to do their jobs. Yet in many parts of our region, support is almost non-existent.

Since 2004, the Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific (CJT-formally Dart Centre Asia Pacific) has been changing that. However, we no longer have the core funding we used to have. We urgently need financial support to help us rebuild capacity, restore critical services, and ensure journalists aren’t left to carry trauma alone. The demand for our support and practical resources is growing across the region from the Pacific Islands to Southeast Asia and remote Australia - but we cannot meet the demand.

When we have responded the impact is real. A newsroom editor in the Solomon Islands told us that after joining one of our programmes, staff turnover dropped, reporter performance improved, and his team found "renewed passion for the job." Your donation funds our ability to provide programmes that reach journalists who would otherwise have no access to support, including journalists in exile from Myanmar - a program just completed in May, 2026 through a UNESCO grant.

CJT is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), so your donation is tax-deductible in Australia.

We are grateful for your generosity and your belief that a free, healthy, and resilient press matters. When you support CJT, you are not just supporting journalists but you are supporting the communities, stories, and accountability that depend on them.
https://www.givenow.com.au/cjt-safety-for-journalists

24/06/2026

Every story has a cost. Help journalists bear it.

https://www.givenow.com.au/cjt-safety-for-journalists

Across the Asia Pacific, journalists report from the frontlines of disasters, conflict, and human tragedy often without the tools to process what they witness. Research shows that repeated trauma exposure affects journalists' mental health, decision-making, and ability to do their jobs. Yet in many parts of our region, support is almost non-existent.

Since 2004, the Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific (CJT-formally Dart Centre Asia Pacific) has been changing that. However, we no longer have the core funding we used to have. We urgently need financial support to help us rebuild capacity, restore critical services, and ensure journalists aren’t left to carry trauma alone. The demand for our support and practical resources is growing across the region from the Pacific Islands to Southeast Asia and remote Australia - but we cannot meet the demand.

When we have responded the impact is real. A newsroom editor in the Solomon Islands told us that after joining one of our programmes, staff turnover dropped, reporter performance improved, and his team found "renewed passion for the job." Your donation funds our ability to provide programmes that reach journalists who would otherwise have no access to support, including journalists in exile from Myanmar - a program just completed in May, 2026 through a UNESCO grant.

CJT is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), so your donation is tax-deductible in Australia.

We are grateful for your generosity and your belief that a free, healthy, and resilient press matters. When you support CJT, you are not just supporting journalists but you are supporting the communities, stories, and accountability that depend on them.
https://www.givenow.com.au/cjt-safety-for-journalists

18/06/2026

វាគ្មិនបានជំរុញឱ្យអ្នកដែលធ្វើការងារងាយប្រឈមហានិភ័យ ដូចជា អ្នកកាសែត អ្នកធ្វើការសង្គម និងសកម្មជន ត្រួតពិនិត្យប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយសង្គមរបស់ពួកគេ ហើយត្រូវលុបរូបភាពផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន ឬទិន្នន័យឯកជនណាមួយ ដែលអាចប្រើអាវុធ ប្រឆាំងនឹងខ្លួនយើង។ បើក្នុងករណីដែលពួកគេបានរងការវាយប្រហារ សូមកុំមានការព្រួយបារម្ភ ឬក៏ស្លន់ស្លោ ត្រូវទាក់ទងទៅកាន់ទីស្នាក់ការកណ្ដាលនៃក្រុមហ៊ុនទំនាក់ទំនងសង្គមទាំងនោះដើម្បីទាមទារឱ្យលុបរាល់ព័ត៌មានទាំងនោះ។

A key goal in Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific engagements with media professionals is to provide access to CJT expertise to wider journalism communities, especially those who use national and local languages.
Vantha Phoung, who participated in our recent program on tackling and , has done this by presenting the framework in . He breaks down the process and explains how it can be applied practically.
The DFJ provided him awareness to assess his exposure threat. Soon after returning from the program, Vantha began to reassess some of the images available on his Facebook profile. He removed some of them that he deemed were inappropriate for an account where he shared his reporting as well. He said that given the wide use of social media, such images can be used out of context and weaponised to harm his credibility.
Cait McMahon Kimina LyallAmantha Perera UNESCO Bangkok

01/06/2026

The acronym may sound like boring technical jargon, but it is an ugly beast. It is spreading its tentacles across the Asia Pacific at an alarming rate. Given our dependence on social media for personal and professional interactions, this threat is going to keep increasing.

At the Centre for Journalism & Trauma Asia Pacific, combatting digital hate and harm is one of our key focus areas. We have a network of 15 senior journalists spread through region who function as community leads on TFGBV and hate speech. Our latest work is working with a cohort of 14 journalists from the Mekong region to build skills at community level in the region.

CJT partnership with is an essential component of taking this work wider. We have joined hands and combined our strengths to ensure that the media community in Southeast Asia gets world class expertise to combat TFGBV and hate speech.

Cait McMahon Kimina Lyall Amantha Perera

The Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific convened Southeast Asian journalists to address online harassment and technology-facilitated gender-based violence.