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Noy Chum Journalist, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) January 12 - February 11, 2010 |
Noy Chum was in conversation with apexart Programs Manager Julia Knight on Feb 9, 2010. |
Noy
Chum was born in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) in 1979. She studied
Photography and journalism (2003) at the Royal University of Phnom
Penh. She currently works at Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center
in Phnom Penh as a Cultural Event Manager. Founded by award-winning
Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, Bophana is the first and only center
in Cambodia for their mission to preserve, collect and promote
all audiovisual archives about Cambodia and make these archives
available to a wide public. This is important because Cambodia
lost most of its documents during the war years. Since 2002, she
underwent training at the French newspaper, Cambodge Soir,
where she was a journalist and photographer in the cities of Siem
Reap and Phnom Penh. She later worked as a reporter for the television
program Business Edge, which was subsidized by the World
Bank. Following this she worked as a public relations manager in
the family business "La Compagnie BosbaPanh". It was a good opportunity
and the first time for her to work with Cambodian artists and musicians
to help them to and promote the Cambodian musical heritage.
Noy Chum was recommended by Erin Gleeson, an American historian of Asian art and curator living in Cambodia. Read Ms. Chum's online journal. |
