IPS Asia-Pacific is engaged in a number of media and communication projects, often undertaken jointly with regional or international partners. Special mention goes to the Imaging Our Mekong (www.newsmekong.org) media fellowship programme, which IPS Asia-Pacific has been implementing with Probe Media Foundation Inc. since 2002. The programme is open to journalists from the Mekong countries — China, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Lao PDR and Vietnam — who work in print media, photojournalism and television. IPS Asia-Pacific also organises exhibits of quality photographs from the journalist-fellows who take part in the annual programme. Exhibits have been held in Thailand, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Australia, among others. Other projects include: the Asia Water Wire (www.asiawaterwire.net), (www.ipsnewsasia.net/bridgesfromasia) exploring issues linking Asia with North America and Europe, coordination of Asia Media Forum website (www.asiamediaforum.org), and participation in the Mekong Programme on Water Environment and Resilience (www.mpowernet.org). Publications Over the years, IPS Asia-Pacific has produced conference newspapers at meetings that have included:  The Eighth International AIDS Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka (ipsterraviva.net/tv/colombo2007/default.aspx)
TerraViva, the IPS conference newspaper, at the ILO Theme Seminars on the Informal Economy, May 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
The XV International AIDS Conference, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
Other important publications include:
Stories from the Asia Water Wire, a compilation of articles on water and development in the Asia-Pacific, produced under the Asia Water Wire (www.asiawaterwire.net) project.
Asia Media Report: A Crisis Within, which looks into regional trends in media, provides profiles of media in selected countries, and releases sets of indicators.
Crossing Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong, which compiles the work of the fourth group (2005-06) of journalist-fellows under the Imaging Our Mekong programme (see above).
Voices, a supplement to IPS TerraViva conference newspaper at the World Social Forum 2005 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Bustling Borders; Reportage from Our Mekong, which compiles the work of the third group (2004-05) of journalist-fellows under the Imaging Our Mekong programme (see above).
Exploring Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong, which compiles the work of the second group (2003-04) of journalist-fellows under the Imaging Our Mekong programme (see above).
Invisible Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong, which compiles the work of the first group (2002-03) of journalist-fellows under the Imaging Our Mekong programme (see above).
Risks and Rewards: Stories from the Philippine Migration Trail, a compilation of articles along the theme of migration and reproductive health. The stories follow migrants from the Philippines, the country known as the largest organised exporter of human labour whose nationals have been sent to more than 120 countries of the world.
Voices and Viewpoints: When Youth Make News, featuring the articles written by teams of senior journalists and young writers who worked together for a month in seven East Asian countries.
Dateline Earth: Journalism As If The Planet Mattered, by Kunda Dixit. Also available in Indonesian (Dateline Earth: Jurnalisme Seakan Planet Itu Penting).
Cities and Citizens: The AP 2000 Experience, a compilation of articles and other material on the liveability of cities in Asia.
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