2016

As journalism evolves with technology, remember the fundamentals. By Jay Hartwell. I have learned one thing from watching journalism transform from the Linotype machine of my parents’ weekly to the IBM Selectric used as a reporter in Honolulu to the internet […]

Abe administration threatens press freedom with favoritism. By Hajime Nambu, Japan Federation of Commercial Broadcasting Workers Unions. The latest ranking of Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index was disastrous for the Japanese media industry. The country was ranked No. 72 […]

Social media is becoming a primary news source; news outlets risk waning revenue. By Channy Lee On April 13, 2016, NBA fans turned to Facebook for live coverage of LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s final game. Sports news outlets including […]

Traditional media outlets survive on corporate and government pandering. They will soon need a real solution. By Taehoon Lee I sold my soul to work as a reporter for South Korea’s longest-running English-language newspaper until early 2013. When Samsung was being […]

Machine-generated news era is not far off, but funding is insufficient. By Jihyoung Son / Illustration by Gavin Huang. As soon as the Korean stock market closes, a computer program collects information from the Korean bourse, puts it through an […]

If newspapers have any future, it is at the hyperlocal level. But even this is under attack by the virtual world. Mark Hughes, Bangkok Post As it is a public company, it doesn’t take much to discover the Post Publishing Public […]

By Dave Hazzan Mobile technology is helping the repressed find a voice. But that doesn’t make journalists freer. Pravit Rojanaphruk worked at The Nation for 23 years. One of Thailand’s top reporters and editors, he was fired following the military coup […]

 Naver’s dominance has led to a dogfight of yellow journalism and clickbait media By Jihyoung Son As Beijing expands its influence over Hong Kong, concerns for Hong Kong’s media independence have been on the rise. There is officially no state censorship […]

Millennial media outlets pave the way to the future of Indonesiaís publishing. By Enricko Lukman, Content Collision Say what you will about listicles and fun GIFs, but these two things have helped millennial media firms like Buzzfeed and Vox rise to […]

In disaster-hit Nepal, radio stations connect with communities through social media. By Deepak Acharya, Community Information Network. The devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015, and its aftershocks caused massive destruction in 14 districts in Nepal. Millions of people were displaced and […]