Pen for Peace (Salapaka Santipheap in Khmer) is a weekly radio program produced by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) to raise the awareness of the Cambodian journalists and the general public about the issues related to media in Cambodia. It is one of the activities of the CCIM's project entitled "Enhancing Independent Media in Cambodia" with funding support from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) of the European Union and partly supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Strategic Programme Fund (FCO-SPF) of the British Embassy in Phnom Penh and the Cambodia Office of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
The following are the episodes of the radio program.
Mar. 30, 2010 Episode
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Mar. 23, 2010 Episode
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March 16, 2010 Episode
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Mar. 9, 2010 Episode
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Mar. 2, 2010 Episode
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Feb. 23, 2010 Episode
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Feb. 16, 2010 Episode
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Justice for the Journalists
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. Feb. 09, 2010 Episode
Studio Guests: Mr. Pen Bona, Editor in Chief of Cambodge Soir Mr. Am Sam Ath, Technical Chief of LICADHO
Journalists and Quotations
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. Feb. 2, 2010 Episode
Studio Guests: Mr. Pen Samithy, President of CCJ Mr. Sek Borisoth, Media Program Manager of Pact Cambodia
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. January 19, 2010 Episode
Studio Guests: Mr. Pu Kea, Correspondence of Kyodo Newspaper Dr. Nou Sovathiro, General Secretary of State of Ministry of Information
Summary: Spokesman is a man or woman who speaks on behalf of the institution. He/she is responsible in providing news or data or information to the general public through the journalists. There is not enough spokesman in each government institution. There are about 7 to 8 spokesmen. So it is difficult to get information from the top leaders and other highly positioned government officials because they are very busy so we depend on the spokesmen. All countries in the world, they give the value to the spokesmen to provide information to the general public because the journalists have a role to provide information to the people. If we give value to information and to journalists we will get more information. The Prime Minister said that if no information, means no rice.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. January 12, 2010 Episode Studio Guests: Mr. Mann Bunthoeun, Editor of New millennium (Sahasavat Thmey) Mr. Khoun Phlay Vy, General Secretary of Independent journalists Union
Summary: Dissemination of information using word of mouth, means reporting of an event that may not certainly happened, but it is reported through word-of-mouth dissemination, then disappeared. This is similar to spreading rumors. Sometime verbal dissemination of information is true, sometimes not. Rumors sometimes have sources, sometimes no sources.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. January 05, 2010 Episode Studio Guest: Mr. Neth Phaktra, Editor of Phnom Penh Post
Summary: Information is news that relate to the lives of the people. The correct news means truth, acceptable and reflecting to the real events that happened. Information is a daily food for humans. Everyone can not live without information, if so they will become a frog in the well. Information can educate the people, make the people know about what is new and how the world develops.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. December 29, 2009 Episode Guests: Mr. Sok Sovann, President of Press Council of Cambodia
Summary: The journalists have press ID card to identify that he/she is a journalist. Each media institution can get eight (8) ID cards from the Ministry of Information. In another country, a person who wants to become a journalist must study in a university, but in Cambodia everyone can be a journalist.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. December 22, 2009 Episode Studio Guests: Ms. Ros Sothea, Reporter of VOA Mr. Nop Vy, Reporter of VOD
Summary: There are about 100 newspapers registered but only around 10 are printing. Media can be categorized in three types: first, electronic media such as radio, TV, internet; Second, print media such as newspapers, magazines, leaflets; and third is the online media such as website, web blogs, and internet.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. December 15, 2009 Episode Studio Guests: Ms. Kong Kalyan, Reporter of Cambodge Soir Mr. Chhay Sophal, Free Land Reporter and director of Cambodia News
Summary: There are about 1000 journalists who are working for domestic and foreign media in Cambodia. The foreign media includes the AP of USA, AP of French, DPA of Germany, Reuter of UK, VNA of Vietnam, Shinhour of China, and BBC of UK. For the radio progams that the people can listen in Khmer Language are the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio France Internatinal (RFI), and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). These radio progams are managed by Khmer reporters but owned by foreign companies. There are some newspapers that are considered as local newspapers such as the Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh Post, Shinhour and Cambodge Soir but printed in Khmer and foreign languages.
December 08, 2009 Episode Studio Guests: Mr. Ek Visarakhun, General Secretary, Press Council of Cambodia Mr. Kao Chandoung, Vice President, Khmer Journalists Democracy
Summary: PCC is an independent institution, it was established in 2008 by 18 journalist associations to promote free media, press freedom and democracy in Cambodia. During the first year, there was no fund to support PCC’s activity, but in this year PCC get support from UNESCO to organize a congress.
December 01, 2009 Studio Guests: Mr. Pen Bona, Editor of Cambodge Soir Mr. Moeun Chhean Narith, Director of Cambodian Institute for Media Research.
Summary: Criticism for development must come from the goodwill of the criticizer. It means that they want to change something to be good, but this criticism must have a result. So the criticizer tries to make another party accept and another party also want to change too.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. November 24, 2009 Episode Studio Guests: Mr. hen Phearak, President of Cambodia Press Association for Liberty Mr. Kheav Kola, Executive director committee of CCJ
Summary: Now the advertisement on media is increasing both in quantity and quality. Before, advertising is just on the newspaper and magazines, radio, TV, but now there are advertisement on internet websites. In the downtown there are advertising on leaflets, posters, and light books on the road as well. There are two types of advertisement: one is positive that serves the people's interest; and second is negative that affects the people.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. November 17, 2009 Studio Guests: Mr. Sek Borisoth, Media Program Manager of Pact Cambodia Mr. Am Sam Ath, Investigation Program Manager
Summary: There are a lot of conflicts lately between journalists and journalists such as Serey Pheap Thmey, Koh Santipheap, 13 journalists with a journalist in Shihanoukville city, and lately between Mr. Ros Sokit and Mr. Soy Sopheap which resulted to jailing Mr. Ros Sikit for two years on disinformation.
Listen to the radio episode in Khmer language. Nov.10, 2009 Episode Studio Guests: Ms. Kong Kalyan, Reporter, Cambodge Soir Ms. Lim Thida, Radio Producer, Mohanokor FM 93.5 MHz
In Cambodia, women journalists are very few. However, during the last five years women journalists are increasing due to increasing encouragement from the society and their families. Also, more women are getting braver in getting a journalism carreer. These are the ideas discussed by the two female studio guests of the November 10 episode of Pen for Peace radio program.
