Posted by: alex chen on October 27, 2006 01:46 PM | Comments (0)

Have you travel to any parts of Southeast Asia? Have you ever listened to any radio stations from Southeast Asia, or any pieces about that part of the world? "Telling stories far from home" is a breakout session which helps you understand how to do radio documentaries internationally, and this session focused partly on working in Southeast Asian culture and doing radio shows in an undeveloped country with limited resources. The reason that its important to do this kind of work is because there is not enough discussion about international issues on the radio in the U.S.

One of the pieces that most influenced me was a story about girls and women in Cambodia. The piece helped me understand how the women fought for their freedom in undeveloped countries where they were kept in brothels. I also learned more about their cultures.

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