Post by Nanyang Technological University Singapore

#NTUsg communications undergrads Zachary Lim and Anis Nabilah originally planned to chase a story on how human activity along the Moei River is disrupting the ecosystem and the livelihoods of Myanmar’s indigenous Karen community. Instead, the more the students from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information spoke to people about river pollution, unregulated fishing and damming, the more they found themselves drawn to the stories of those defending both ecology and community. As part of NTU’s flagship overseas journalism programme, Going Overseas for Advanced Reporting (GO-FAR), they spoke to farmers, students and villagers in the district of Mae Sot, bordering Thailand and Myanmar, unearthing stories of ground-up activism, ecological responsibility and river conservation. Zachary said: “GO-FAR has trained me to be a resourceful journalist; to reach out to small communities through creative and unconventional means, while also exercising respect and empathy for their vulnerable circumstances.” Their stories have been compiled into a zine and published in top media outlets such as The Straits Times and South China Morning Post SCMP. Read their account of what it took to report on stories of hope, resilience and survival at one of Southeast Asia’s largest refugee settlements here: https://ntu.sg/HEY63GOFAR 📸: GO-FAR 2025 team #NTUAdmissions #NTUsgEducation #NTUsgInternational