BALI HILTON HOSTS MEDIA AND SECURITY SECTOR WORKSHOP
17 April 2002 - 19 April 2002

Nine journalists from prominent Indonesian media organizations have spent three days at a workshop sponsored by the British Embassy in Jakarta to explore the role of the media in developing and explaining defence and security policy. The workshop was organized by the UK Consultant Public Administration International (PAI) and forms part of the British Government's initiative on Security Sector Reform. Speakers included PAI's Director Bob Raitt, Professor Chris Bellamy from Cranfield University and the UK's National Defence Academy, formerly Defence Correspondent of the Independent newspaper and Lt. Gen Agus Widjojo, Vice-Chairman of the MPR. The journalists were introduced to issues of war reporting and the experience of many different conflicts, and how to learn more about defence and strategic issues as part of the role of a free responsible media in a democracy.

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