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  • Atika Shubert is CNN’s new Tokyo correspondent

    Atika Shubert is CNN’s new Tokyo correspondent

    MUMBAI: CNN has appointed Atika Shubert as a CNNs Tokyo correspondent.Shubert will be replacing Rebecca Mackinnon.

    Her latest job portfolio include responsibility for the global news networks coverage of Japan Shubert joined CNN in 2000 and covered news from the Jakarta bureau. Prior to that, she was a correspondent for the Washington Post and the New Zealand Herald in Indonesia.

    In association with the present Jakarta bureau head Maria Ressa, Shubert has also covered major news events in Indonesia, including the Bali bombing attack in 2002, the fall of Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid and the inauguration of the current President Megawati Sukarnoputri, East Timors transition to independence, the resurgence of the Free Aceh separatist movement, the religious conflict in Ambon, the fall of Indonesian former President Suharto as well as the student reform movement. She has also contributed reports from the Philippines and Singapore, says a company release.

    Since she started reporting from Tokyo on attachment from Indonesia, in January 2004, Shubert has already covered several major news stories including the controversial deployment of Japans self defense forces to Iraq, the Japanese hostage case in Iraq, and the verdict of Shoko Asahara, the criminal mastermind behind the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo.

    Shubert graduated with a bachelors degree in Economics from Tufts University in Boston and speaks Bahasa Indonesia.

  • ‘Focus Asia’ correspondent Adrian Brown takes first prize at Amnesty press awards

    ‘Focus Asia’ correspondent Adrian Brown takes first prize at Amnesty press awards

    Star’s Focus Asia correspondent Adrian Brown took first prize in the English television category of the 7th Annual Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong. 

    This is the third successive year that Focus Asia has walked away with the esteemed award. Focus Asia correspondent Jennifer Lee took the prize in 2001 and correspondent Susan Yu won in 2000. 

    The 2002 award was given in recognition of Adrian Brown’s report on Child Sexploitation, which was originally broadcast on Focus Asia in April 2001. The report detailed the problem of child prostitution in Cambodia and the inability of Cambodian authorities to crack down and manage this widespread problem. In the report, Brown interviewed an American man in jail awaiting trial on child sex charges as well as a Japanese man accused of similar offences. He also interviewed a child rights campaigner who has worked to rescue under-age girls from brothels.

    Adrian Brown is an experienced television journalist and has worked in Asia since 1988. He has interviewed a number of Asian leaders for Focus Asia including former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen.

    Jim Laurie, vice-president of network news and current affairs, said: “We are extremely proud of this accomplishment by our Focus Asia correspondents. By taking our third consecutive Amnesty International Human Rights Press Award, we have proved that our talented team of correspondents rivals the best of any news team and that we are continuing to provide hard hitting and socially relevant reports affecting the Asian region.”

    Focus Asia is the flagship current affairs program produced by Star’s news team in Hong Kong, exploring a wide range of social, economic and political issues across the Asia region. Indian viewers can see this hard-hitting programme on Star World every Sunday at 5:30 pm (8:00 pm Hong Kong time). 

    The 7th Annual Human Rights Press Awards were sponsored by Amnesty International (Hong Kong), the Foreign Correspondents’ Club and the Hong Kong Journalists Association, and announced on 8 June.