reader Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 Sponsored by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, this event will be carried on the club's Facebook page (see link below) on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 beginning at 7p.m. Bangkok time. The program should also be available on demand followimg the live broadcast. Two of the most familiar faces for expats and foreign media in Thailand during the lockdown period were Richard Barrow, a long-time resident of Bangkok and inveterate Tweeter, and Natapanu Nopakun, of Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who conducted regular English-language briefings for foreign media on behalf of the CCSA (Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration). For many in the foreign community, they have become a familiar and trusted source of information and commentary on efforts to contain Covid-19 and the impact of the lockdown. In this free-wheeling discussion, they will give personal perspectives on the challenges of engaging with media and the public in this period, and insights into the high and low points of maintaining a constant flow of information during an unprecedented public health crisis. They will be joined by correspondents May Wong, CNA (Channel News Asia) Thailand bureau chief and senior Indochina correspondent, and Gwen Robinson, FCCT president and editor-at-large of Nikkei Asian Review, who reported on pandemic-related issues. https://www.facebook.com/events/292467982067797/ ============================================================= Richard Barrow is a British expat living in Thailand for twenty-five years who has been blogging about life and travel in Thailand since 1998. http://www.richardbarrow.com/ Quote
