New.Now.Next Media Conference

    #NewNowNextMediaConference

    AAJA-Asia is proud to host the 13th edition of the New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con) May 25-28, in Singapore.

    N3Con 2023 brings together journalists and media professionals throughout Asia. Come join discussions of important media trends and pick up new skills at N3Con workshops, from how to use ChatGPT for reporting to finding stories in data. There will be opportunities to network with a diverse group of editors and reporters from local as well as international news media outlets.

    Join us for N3Con 2023 in the welcoming Lion City.

    Draft Agenda

    All times are in Singapore Time (GMT+8). Please note that this is a draft schedule, subject to change. Updates will be made in due course.
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    • 25 May

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    • 26 May

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    • 27 May

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    • 28 May

      Sun

    • This tour designed for media professionals brings you behind the closed doors of leading news organizations. Get a rare glimpse into how they put out the news day by day, hour by hour, on news cycles that are getting impossibly shorter and shorter. Find out what drives their coverage and unravel the mysteries of how editorial decisions are made. This is your chance to ask top editors and journalists the questions you’ve always wanted to ask! (Tour program tbc)

    • This tour designed for media professionals brings you behind the closed doors of leading news organizations. Get a rare glimpse into how they put out the news day by day, hour by hour, on news cycles that are getting impossibly shorter and shorter. Find out what drives their coverage and unravel the mysteries of how editorial decisions are made. This is your chance to ask top editors and journalists the questions you’ve always wanted to ask! (Tour program tbc)

    • This tour designed for media professionals brings you behind the closed doors of leading news organizations. Get a rare glimpse into how they put out the news day by day, hour by hour, on news cycles that are getting impossibly shorter and shorter. Find out what drives their coverage and unravel the mysteries of how editorial decisions are made. This is your chance to ask top editors and journalists the questions you’ve always wanted to ask! (Tour program tbc)

    • This tour designed for media professionals brings you behind the closed doors of leading news organizations. Get a rare glimpse into how they put out the news day by day, hour by hour, on news cycles that are getting impossibly shorter and shorter. Find out what drives their coverage and unravel the mysteries of how editorial decisions are made. This is your chance to ask top editors and journalists the questions you’ve always wanted to ask! (Tour program tbc)

    • AI-powered tools are helping newsrooms to meet the needs of evolving audiences and marketers, allowing them to offer more personalization and dynamic multi-format content. OpenAI's ChatGPT is an eye-opener on the potential as well as the challenges of using AI for producing quality news content. We will discuss how forward-thinking news media are deploying AI for content creation, news gathering and distribution. What are the biggest opportunities to implement AI in a news organization? What new roles, newsroom structures and workflows will be needed? We'll also examine the ethical guidelines and standards that should frame the use of these transformative technologies.
      Plenary

    • Have ambitions but don't have a plan to get there? Feeling stale in your role? Come join us to share and exchange ideas on how to take your career to the next level, lead by a coach or experienced newsroom journalist. Participants will be divided in groups according to their professional experience, from students and early career reporters to mid-career journalists. Participants will share market trends and insights on how to strategize their next career steps.
      Careers

    • We'll go through the ins and outs of solutions journalism, talk about why it’s important, explain key steps in reporting a solutions story, and share tips and resources for journalists interested in investigating how people are responding to social problems. We'll also explore some actual story examples that embraced solutions journalism successfully.
      Workshop

    • Ms. Kuma Chow, a former journalist and now mental health counsellor, will discuss her PhD research topic “Applying Logic-Based Therapy to Help Journalists Suffering From Moral Injuries”. She will share the common type of moral injuries that she observed in her journalist clients, as well as some tips on how to prevent and handle the negative emotions stemming from the moral injuries.
      Workshop

    • In this session, talent recruiters/ HR and newsroom executives from Singapore and international newsrooms will pitch their news brands, present the roles they are currently trying to cover and discuss market trends, preferred profiles, job openings and tips for applying for a role at their company.
      Careers

    • Exacerbated by China's ambiguous position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tensions in Asia are growing on all fronts: the South China Sea; increasing military action around Taiwan; the rise of authoritarian regimes; rising nationalism in China. This panel will feature journalists based in the US, Greater China and APAC, seeking to unpack the challenges facing the region under Xi's third term as president of the PRC. It will also discuss the increasing difficulties these journalists are facing to cover these issues in a tensed diplomatic context.
      Plenary

    • Governments in the Asia Pacific region have stepping up their game in recent years for regulating so far unregulated areas in the digital economy space (internet access, content moderation, online misinformation...). These new regulations, which are often imposed with little or no democratic debate and restricted public awareness often have severe consequences for journalists and social media influencers in countries where freedom of speech is already strictly controlled.. How should the media industry tackle this growing threat? What collaborative measures could we undertake to ensure rule of law and protect free speech?
      Plenary

    • Unconference Session 1 : This session will consist of a roundtable, moderated conversation. Participants in N3Con 2023 are welcome to suggest tweaks in the session's topic and to volunteer to contribute. The suggested conversation will be about how newsrooms can use the community approach and how journalists can leverage it: - What does community mean for media organizations or journalism platforms? - How does it enhance audience engagement? - What do journalists need to do (differently) to assimilate their communities in their mission? - How can newsrooms leverage their communities to drive impact/change?
      Unconference (Conversation)

    • Unconference Session 2 : This session will consist of a roundtable, moderated conversation. Participants in N3Con 2023 are welcome to suggest tweaks to the session's topic and to volunteer to contribute. The suggested conversation will be about how small newsrooms can produce investigative journalism, aiming for maximum impact through joint investigations and partnerships. Should a "decolonized journalism" approach incentive news media with an international footprint to work more closely with small, independent, local newsrooms?
      Unconference (Conversation)

    • In this session, early career journalists will talk to students about working in the media. Students will have an opportunity to ask professionals for early career advice and hear more about what they do as reporters. Each of the three panelists will bring experiences in a specialized area. This session's live streaming will be available online for free for students unable to travel to Singapore for N3Con 2023.
      Careers

    • Reporters are already using the public version of ChatGPT in their daily work. In this session, we will share useful tips about how ChatGPT can help you produce better reporting. We will also highlight the pitfalls to avoid and set some clear ethical guidelines that one should always keep in mind when using AI tools.
      Workshop

    • Giving a voice to the voiceless, is one of journalism's key missions. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are not only a question of fairness: they are decisive tools for improving your reporting's quality and reach. In this workshop, participants will get to understand gender Equality, Diversity, Inclusion-related key concepts, appreciate the importance of Inclusive management and explore new approaches/tools to improve GEDI in their reporting and newsrooms.
      Workshop

    • Unconference Session 4 : This session will consist of a roundtable, moderated conversation. Participants in N3Con 2023 are welcome to suggest tweaks to the session's topic and to volunteer to contribute. When a journalist turned media entrepreneur successfully manages to launch his/her own media outlet, an unexpected challenge can be the difficulty to maintain objectivity in the process of news production regardless of the funders' pledges. What kind of pressures can small newsrooms experience from investors as well as from outsiders? In this session, participants will share their experiences on this and other challenges they encountered as media entrepreneurs and discuss the future of independent journalism.
      Unconference (Conversation)

    • Unconference Session 5 : This session will consist of a roundtable, moderated conversation. Participants in N3Con 2023 are welcome to suggest tweaks to the session's topic and to volunteer to contribute. Over the past few decades, the importance of freelancers in providing coverage across Asia has grown as North American and European outlets closed bureaus and cut down on staff. The pandemic – which made “parachute journalism” across the region nearly impossible due to strict border controls – only accelerated the use of freelancers. In this session, participants will discuss the specific challenges of freelancers in Asia. It will highlight the need for better connections among them, the difficulties for creating platforms or networks for communication across this diverse region, and brainstorm how AAJA-Asia and other platforms could better support freelancers.
      Unconference (Conversation)

    • This advanced training session is reserved for the current members of the AAJA-Asia Training Network who were certified in January 2023
      Workshop

    Sponsors

    AAJA’s New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con) regularly attracts close to 200 journalists from across Asia and the U.S., including leading Asian and international media companies such as Bloomberg, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Reuters and more.

    N3Con is sponsored by some of the world’s leading organizations that share our spirit of honoring the Asian heritage while training the future generation of journalists. Below are displayed N3COn 2022’s sponsors. 2023 confirmed sponsors will be displayed soon. Contact AAJA-Asia to partner with us.

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