Recently, news website Rakyat Times, made a public appeal asking for donations to keep themselves afloat in financially trying times. What does this say about the state of news organisations […]
Okay! Word is in that Facebook’s Instant Articles really is fast! There’s no doubt about it because, aside from all the articles written about it, I have also tried it […]
Buzzfeed has been the buzz word (See what I just did there?? Hahaha!!) for many news content producers around the world for their viral stories and massive traffic. Every one […]
Seeing how my love for storytelling is the reason why I am in the career that I am in (journalism, of course!), I was naturally attracted to this story which was […]
I was a freelance writer for about 15 years (wait a minute… I still am actually!) and the issue of rates and payments has always been one that is icky […]
In war-torn countries, it is almost too common to see the ultra-poor unable to bring themselves ahead in life. And this was what I saw in Afghanistan. In the mountains of […]
The human factor or the Chartbeat culture? This is a debate that has been raging on in newsrooms everywhere (including here in Malaysia) and the most common argument is that […]
1. The New York Times’ report, ‘Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, shunned by Malaysia, are spotted adrift in Andaman Sea‘ by Southeast Asia correspondent Thomas Fuller (who I’ve worked with before) […]
Eric Peris is one of Malaysia’s first photojournalists. Born in 1939, he started his career in photojournalism by joining Fanfare magazine published by Time Publishing in 1957. He has had […]
When I talk about news, content and social media, I have always meant platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, YouTube and all that. I could just kick myself for never […]
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