We're Migrants! Citizen Journalism Training | Event Recap
14-15 March 2026

On 14–15 March 2026, MMC-JRU, in collaboration with Labour Rights Foundation ( LRF), Thailand and IOM Thailand, hosted a We're Migrants!Citizen Journalism training for 12 Myanmar migrant youth in Samut Sakhon. The two day interactive training aimed to equip migrant youth with fundamental media literacy and storytelling skills, empowering them to document and share their own lived experiences, highlight challenges and solutions, and to promote inclusive journalism that fosters understanding, and social harmony between migrants and host communities in Thailand.

Following the training, participants demonstrated increased knowledge about citizen journalism and migration reporting and also gained confidence in producing and sharing migration-related content. They developed story ideas grounded in their lived experiences and began creating narratives that highlighted both challenges and solutions within their communities. The workshop contributed to strengthening participants’ critical thinking, digital literacy, and sense of agency as storytellers.The training provided migrant youth with fundamental media literacy and storytelling skills, empowering them to document and share their own lived experiences, highlight challenges and solutions, and promoted inclusive journalism that fosters understanding, and social harmony between migrants and host communities in Thailand.





Mahidol Migration Center Joint Research Unit
Mahidol Migration Center- Joint Research Unit Institute for Population and Social Research at Mahidol University
Phutthamonthon Sai 4 Rd., Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand