Steven Gan in Davos

Malaysiakini News Team reported that Malaysiakini editor-in-chief Steven Gan will address the Who’s who of the global media industry at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, next week.

Gan is the only Southeast Asian selected and one of nine Asians.

He is among 100 ‘most influential and respected media leaders in the world’ picked to join the WEF’s inaugural International Media Council (IMC), a new body set up by the organisers of the WEF. Over 3,000 journalists around the world were asked to suggest potential members and 900 nominations were received.

Gan will be among those speaking at the opening session themed ‘Old Questions, New Answers’ which will examine the challenges facing the old and new media. He will also be on a panel session entitled ‘Journalism is Dead – Long Live the Journalist’ which explores the meaning of journalism in the new media world.

"I assume malaysiakini was picked because we are a new media with a healthy dose of old journalism," said Gan.

"There has been a lot of excitement – as well as hype – over the potential of new media. A lot of us – journalists who are facing the painful process of migrating from old to new media – are still trying to make sense of the rapid changes we see around us."

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