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Pichai Chuensuksawadi Bangkok Post Building, 136 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110, Thailand Office: +6626713131; Office Fax: +6626713137, Mobile: +66818372060
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Summary
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) – James Cook University, Australia Bachelor of Journalism – University of Queensland, Australia 30 years experience as working journalist (newspaper and television) Worked in the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia Conducted journalists training courses on ASEAN
Pichai Chuensuksawadi currently holds two positions in Post Publishing. He is Editor-in-Chief of Post Publishing, which publishes the Bangkok Post, Post Today (Thai-language business daily), M2F (Free daily tabloid) and Student Weekly. He is also Editor of the Bangkok Post, a position he re-assumed on 1 January 2014. His first term as Editor of the Bangkok Post was 1994-2002. Pichai has worked as a newsman and journalist for over 30 years, starting off as a proofreader with the Bangkok Post. He has held various editorial positions ranging from copy and layout editor to feature writer, foreign affairs reporter, Editor of the Op-ed pages, Editor of Perspectives before finally becoming News editor in 1992. In 1984 he spent a year as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun in Maryland, USA under the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship. He left journalism briefly to work as special assistant to Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato’ Ajit Singh in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1993-1994. He returned to Thailand to become Editor of the Bangkok Post (1994-2002) before launching the group’s Thai-language business daily, Post Today in 2002. In 2010, he assumed the position of managing director of Post News – a Post affiliate company which co-produces 8 hours of Thai-language television news each day on the government-owned National Broadcasting Services of Thailand or Channel 11. At the same time, he co-anchored on Bangkok Post Morning Focus – a daily news-analysiscommentary television program in English on Channel 11 since May 2010. However, the program was discontinued on 10 February 2012. In October 2011, Post launched its third newspaper called M2F (Monday to Friday) – a free tabloid with an audited circulation of 400,000. In 2014, M2F started distribution in 10 provinces outside Bangkok. Its current audited circulation is 600,000.
Academic Qualifications 1970 – 1973
St Joseph’s College, Nudgee Brisbane, Queensland Australia
1974 – 1976
James Cook University of North Queensland Townsville, Queensland Bachelor of Arts Political Science
1977 – 1979
Queensland University Brisbane, Queensland Bachelor of Arts Journalism
Other positions Board Member and Executive Committee Member of WAN-IFRA (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers) Chairman of WAN-IFRA Asia-Pacific Regional Committee Chairman of the Bangkok Post Foundation Chairman Phud Hong Leper Foundation Chairman of the Bangkok Post Provident Fund Board Member of the Press Council of Thailand (1998-2002) Media Training expertise In 2011-2013, Pichai conducted training courses on reporting on ASEAN regional integration for journalists from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. GIZ and the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia sponsored the courses. These courses involved detailed discussion with participants of topical and relevant ASEAN issues to be covered, arranging interviews with senior officials and ministers, reviewing stories and oneto-one rewriting, coaching and advisory discussions.
