How do you control an interview when you are being interviewed?
Journalists love interviewing people. Well, love may be the wrong word, but they have to interview people because it’s their job. But personally, I love it. I love asking people […]
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News is the news in Apple’s new iOS9!
I bought the first generation iPad in Australia even before it came out in Malaysia because I was so captivated by how WIRED magazine was promoting their digital version for […]
It’s supposed to be the golden age for millennial journalists, and I’m a millennial!
Apparently it’s the golden age for journalism. But only if you’re a millennial. Wait, what’s a millennial? Am I one? I’m not sure!! But I’d like to be one! Ahh!! […]
Is Buzzfeed finding trouble trying to break into hard news?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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