From Students to Storytellers: Southeast Asian Journalists in Taiwan | Correspondents

More than a million people from Southeast Asia live, work and study in Taiwan. Some arrive as students and go on to become journalists, helping tell Taiwan's story to audiences at home and abroad. In this episode of Correspondents, host Andrew Ryan speaks with Indonesian journalist Jennifer Aurelia of Taiwan's Central News Agency and Filipino freelance reporter Gino Lopez. Both first came to Taiwan as students before building careers in journalism. They discuss why they chose Taiwan, how they navigated language and cultural barriers, and what it means to report on migrant communities, labor rights, culture and social issues from a Southeast Asian perspective. 00:00 – Intro 01:48 – Lopez: Taiwan draws Southeast Asian students 04:03 – Aurelia: Taiwan media serve migrant needs 05:09 – Lopez: Southeast Asian reporters cover culture, rights 06:47 – Lopez: Cultural ties strengthen reporting 08:37 – Lopez: Need for deeper stories about migrants 11:02 – Lopez: Many challenges for Southeast Asian journalists 11:56 – Lopez: Taiwan should also offer Filipino news 12:53 – Aurelia: Need to look beyond regional tensions Watch this episode of Correspondents, where we go behind the headlines with experts and journalists in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region. Subscribe to the Correspondents’ playlist to get the latest episodes:    • Correspondents   #TaiwanPlus #TaiwanPlusNews #TaiwanNews #CorrespondentsOnTaiwanPlus #journalists #Taiwan #Indonesia #Philippines #CentralNewsAgency #NewBloomMagazine #Altermidya #JalanJalanTaiwan #MigrantWorkers #MigrantCommunities -  TaiwanPlus｜https://www.taiwanplus.com  TaiwanPlus presents the country’s unique voice on not only local issues but also world events.  Connect with TaiwanPlus  » Watch shows made by TaiwanPlus    / @taiwanplus   » Like us on Facebook:   / taiwanplusnews   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / taiwanplusnews   » Follow us on Instagram:   / taiwanplusnews