Fiji Sun Editor Rosi Doviverata Wins Place In Top Fellowship
A Fiji Sun editor is among elite journalists who have been selected for a prestigious international fellowship in China.
Fiji Sun Managing Editor Digital Rosi Doviverata is the first from the Pacific to be included in the Dongfang Fellowship Programme.
This is run by China Daily, which has the widest circulation of any English-language newspaper in China. The fellowship is conducted by the China Daily in conjunction with two top rated academic institutions, Shanghai International Studies University and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.
Ms Doviverata next month joins editors and senior journalists from countries such as Russia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia and Spain in an intensive month-long fellowship, starting in Shanghai.
Fiji Sun Publisher/CEO Peter Lomas said: “This is outstanding news. This is an excellent fellowship. Rosi’s acceptance into it reflects both her own strong record and that of the Fiji Sun as Fiji’s main newspaper.”
The journalism side of Ms Doviverata’s Dongfang fellowship focuses on the digital transformation of the news media. Courses are led by professors from the School of Journalism and Communication at Shanghai International Studies University.
Participants do courses in areas such as convergence reporting, drone journalism, data journalism and coding techniques.
Ms Doviverata and the other participants also visit Chinese global internet business and technology leaders Alibaba and Tencent. Media outlets Xinhua news agency and the People’s Daily, China’s biggest newspaper group, are included in study tours
In Beijing professors at the University of International Business and Economics will lead courses on issues such as the Chinese Economy and Society: Developments and Problems; and the Financial System, Market Entry and Business Culture in China.
Mr Lomas added: “This is one of the best such international fellowships available. We’re specially appreciative to China Daily and their editor-in-chief Zhou Shuchun for Rosi’s selection.”
Edited by Ranoba Baoa
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