Organizer: The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

Join the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in honoring Burmese investigative journalist Swe Win, editor-in-chief of Yangon-based news outlet Myanmar Now and winner of the 2021 Shorenstein Journalism Award. In his award keynote address, Swe Win will speak about journalism under threat in Myanmar, what it is like to report on the crisis from outside the country, and Myanmar’s future.

Swe Win is a human rights defender and recipient of multiple awards. Under his leadership, Myanmar Now has gained recognition for its in-depth, unflinching reports on cases involving physical injury, wrongdoing, and miscarriage of justice in the country. Swe Win has survived an assassination attempt and detention by his own government. Now he leads Myanmar Now from exile and his newsroom is in hiding.

The keynote will be followed by a conversation with Swe Win and two experts: Eileen Donahoe, who directs Stanford's hub for the development of policies that reinforce human rights and democratic values in digitized societies, and Scot Marciel, a career diplomat, former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar, and a visiting practitioner fellow on Southeast Asia at APARC.

The event will conclude with an audience Q&A session moderated by Donald Emmerson, director of the Southeast Asia Program at APARC.

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