2026 Asian Journalism Forum｜Panelists Overseas

Ju-Hyun Park is a seasoned media professional at Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s national news agency, where he currently plays a leading role in the AI Strategic Team. Throughout his career at Yonhap, he has spearheaded major strategic initiatives, including digital transformation(DX), the convergence of broadcasting and wire-service operations, and the agency’s broader transition toward AI-driven journalism.

His current work focuses on exploring the strategic direction of news agencies in the era of Agentic AI. He is particularly dedicated to developing methods for producing and delivering trusted journalistic content more effectively while preserving its accuracy, integrity, and public value. With expertise in technology planning and newsroom innovation, he works to bridge the gap between emerging AI technologies and the practical needs of journalists and editors.

Through these efforts, he seeks to redefine the role of news agencies in a rapidly changing media landscape, where automation, personalization, and AI agents are reshaping how news is created, accessed, and consumed.

He is the author of several books, including Journalism in the AI Era (2019), How AI News is Produced (2021), Prospects for ChatGPT and Generative AI (2023), and Generative AI and Data, Money, and People (2024).

Rahul Sabharwal, an Indian journalist with 18 years of experience, serves as Senior Associate Editor at The Indian Express. In his current role, he oversees a network of reporters in 20 states, driving both daily coverage and special projects. Before this, he served as the newspaper’s City Editor, steering coverage of India’s national capital across the print edition and the website. He has also spent years editing for the newspaper’s front page. Rahul joined The Indian Express in 2013. Previously, he was with the Hindustan Times for half a decade, where he helped launch two products and worked on their front page.

In 2005, he co-founded the Chinese edition of Malaysiakini. More than two decades have since passed in the field of digital media. He currently serves as Managing Editor, overseeing the organization’s trilingual news operations. In 2014, he attended the Excellence in Journalism Award Forum in Taipei, where he spoke about the rise of online media. A decade on, the media landscape has undergone a profound reshuffle—many of the “futures” once envisioned have since become the past.

As Malaysiakini approaches its next 25th anniversary, the organization has also shifted its focus—from prioritizing speed and immediacy to placing greater emphasis on in-depth reporting, data journalism, and interactive storytelling. While formats continue to evolve, its core principles remain unchanged: a steadfast commitment to truth, holding power to account, and giving voice to the marginalized. For over twenty years, what it has done is, in essence, quite simple: to practice good journalism. No matter how technology advances, it maintains that content is king, and that journalism will endure.

Tri Joko Her Riadi is a journalist based in Bandung, Indonesia, with more than 18 years of experience, mostly as a field reporter.

Joko was the recipient of the Adinegoro Awards for his coverage of the national education budget scandal back in 2014. Holding a master’s degree in journalism from Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, he regularly holds journalism classes and delivers training.

Joko is the founder and editor-in-chief of BandungBergerak.id, an alternative local media focusing on marginalized communities and underreported issues. He was the Indonesian Editor of Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) 2023-2025, and is still a member of The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia.