VOICES Independent journalists had no access at all to election reporting. This is an interview with Nay Aung Editor-in-chief The Nation Voice Myanmar Where did you do your reporting during the our role is to provide information so that citizens election period? can make informed decisions. In the areas we I covered the election in Magway and Sagaing covered, some places could not hold elections regions. In Sagaing, around 70% of the work was while others did. Our work was mainly to report done in areas under revolutionary control, and on these situations for the benefit of local com- the remaining 30% was in areas under the SAC munities. administration. In Magway, I also reported from areas under mixed control by both sides. When doing election reporting, what safety procedures did your newsroom put in place for jour- Why did you decide to do election reporting? nalists? And how did you prepare to protect both As journalists, our job is to document history in a journalists and the news content? rough sense—to record events as they happen. At Our newsroom has long been using safety proce- the same time, we provide information that helps dures when working in these regions. These proto- the public make decisions about the future. Even cols were not only for the election period but were if it is a flawed or “fake” election, or any kind of already in place before. At the same time, since election, it is still an issue that concerns citizens. So the military council issued laws such as the death Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar 13