Handbook for exiled journalists published A new handbook for training journalists in remote and disadvantaged parts of South Asia is currently being printed in Nepal. It is the brainchild of T.P. Mishra, founding president of the Bhutan Chapter of the Bangladesh-based Third World Media Network.
The book was originally aimed at the Bhutanese refugee journalists who work, unpaid, in the refugee camps in Nepal, but those behind it want it made available to all journalists working in exile. Media Helping Media has contributed a chapter on journalism and activism for the book. In the following question and answer session, we asked T.P. Mishra to explain his thinking behind the publication. http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/354/1/ Q: How do people living overseas pay for and get hold of a copy? The book will be kept online, although those browsing the online version will be able to accessed all the full content. They will have a choice to either buy the electronic copy or they can buy the hardcopy through Pay Pal . Once again I request the audience to buy the copy since the fund we collect would be best-used to promote the publics right to information. Footnote: T.P Mishra comes from a remote district of Bhutan. He fled the country for Nepal with his family when he was six years old. He is a graduate in journalism and mass communication, and has been a refugee camp-based correspondent for The Bhutan Reporter (TBR) monthly. He is now chief editor and publisher of TBR, working unpaid. He is also the founding president of the Bhutan Chapter of the Bangladesh-based Third World Media Network since 2006.
