Open-mic journalism
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 […]
Tag Archives: journalism
Freelance writers banding together to take powers out of the hands of publishers
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 […]
A photo print of an ultra-poor Hazarat family in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
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 […]
Should metrics and audience analytics determine journalistic and editorial direction?
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 […]
Fat Bidin recommended reads, views and listens from the Internet this week
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) […]
Malaysian photojournalists need to tell local stories instead of only wanting to travel overseas, says Eric Peris
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 […]
Malaysiakini makes the right move to Whatsapp
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 […]
BBC’s 5 ways of addressing the importance of social media and mobile
Social media and mobile Internet can not be neglected or put on the back burner by any news organisation. And the BBC is one of the last who would want […]
BBC’s mobile journalism strategy
The BBC shared it’s mobile strategy in a short video. It’s quite interesting to see how they studied the Internet habits of different countries and regions and catered their test […]
GoPro Journalism!
I lost my GoPro in the Celebes Sea last week. Tried to free dive 30 meters to try and retrieve it, but I’m no Bajau Laut! Goddammit!! And so I […]
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