Fellowships
Ms Tran Le Thuy
Ms Tran Le Thuy
Ms Tran Le Thuy
- Reporter, Tuoi Tre, Vietnam – Michaelmas and Hilary 2008/09
- Sponsor: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ms Tran is one of the most prominent young journalists in Vietnam. Formally trained in journalism, she’s worked for and published in Vietnam’s biggest newspapers, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Inter Press Service Europa, Panos London and Choices, the magazine of United Nations.
Complementing these experiences, she is one of the highest international decorated Vietnamese journalists with a first prize and a special prize as Young Development Journalist of the year in Developing Asia Journalism Award in Tokyo, 2004 and winner of Panos London/GKP journalism award in United Nations’ information society summit, 2005.
Ms Tran was a Fulbright visiting scholar at New York University in 2005/06 and attended the Business and Financial Reporting course in the International Institute for Journalism, Germany, 2003.
Research Project
Comparative Study of UK and Vietnam Press Law
Internet Picks
Title: Tuoi Tre newspaper
Web: http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx
Summary: This is where I work.
Title: The New York Times
Web: http://www.nytimes.com/
The electronic edition of the New York Times
Title: The BBC news
Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Summary: Both the BBC and NYT are very good sources of information.