Christoph Grabitz

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A lawyer and a journalist by training, Christoph Grabitz has worked for more than a decade as an award winning freelance reporter and essayist for various newspapers and magazines in Germany and Switzerland. Prior to his designation as Director of the KAS Media Programme Asia in 2018 he has worked as a criminal defense lawyer and author. Under Christoph’s leadership the Media Programme focusses on new formats and business models for the Asian Media Industry in the 21st Century, Internet-Governance, and the abuse of legal systems to infringe Freedom of the Press in Asia.

Christoph Grabitz will feature in...

25 June 2020

18:00 SGT

Community

Opening Remarks

Hi and welcome to Asia’s first virtual mobile journalism conference! KAS Media Programme Asia’s Director, Christoph Grabitz, will share with you what we have planned for this conference: be ready for insightful webinars, our state of the art masterclass on crisis reporting, and fun interactive community engagement activities.

Join us to kick off this special edition of MOJO Asia! 🎉

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27 June 2020

16:00 SGT

Panel

Global Perspectives on MOJO

Mobile Journalism is a global phenomenon. On this panel, KAS Media Programme directors Christoph Plate (Sub-Saharan Africa) and Christoph Grabitz (Asia) share their experience with MOJO from two distinct regions. They will provide an organisational perspective on the importance of Media Development Cooperation, globally. The JONA Programme, the journalism academy of KAS in Germany, is represented by Anca Specht on this panel. She will elaborate on journalistic education and its need for keeping an open eye on global dynamics. Nicolás Guzmán will provide the perspective on an active journalist, with insights from South America and Germany.

27 June 2020

17:00 SGT

Community

Community Feedback and Closing Remarks

We want to hear from you, of your experience during this conference, key takeaways and also meet the team behind-the-scenes. Everyone is invited and this will be facilitated via Zoom breakout groups.

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