Investigative Journalism in Asia Faces Many Challenges, From the Technological To the Political

By: Paul Myers | BBC

Asia is a huge and diverse region, and many of its journalists face pressures we can barely imagine in Western newsrooms. Some are hampered by technological problems; others feel threatened by ideological sensitivities and political pressure.

But Asian journalists are never short of rich, intriguing stories to cover or the drive and tenacity to dig them out. I was therefore thrilled to be invited to Manila to attend Uncovering Asia - the first investigative journalism conference on the continent.