Journalism in Africa: Kenya’s plans for industrial growth could boost media
Kenya’s plans for industrialization by the year 2030 will have a major impact on the country’s media, writes Dennis Itumbi for Journalism.co.uk. Intervention in economic policies, the tourism sector,...
View ArticleBangkok Post: 400 Thai websites ordered to shut down
More than 1,200 websites in Thailand that violated the country’s Computer Crime Act – of which 344 had content deemed insulting to the Thai monarchy – have been discovered by the Thai Information and...
View ArticleIt’s old-fashioned journalism from the bunker and there’s more to come, says...
So who wants the films rights to MPs’ expenses? It’s on a far less grave subject, but maybe it will be like the 9/11 films; the aftermath still permeating society, when the scripts are sold and...
View ArticleSHM.com.au: Italian photographer shot dead in Thailand violence
An AFP report on the Sydney Morning Herald site confirms that an Italian photographer was among those shot dead in the clash between protesters and military forces in Thailand. “An Italian man was shot...
View ArticleInternational journalists in Thailand spread word in the face of violence
First-hand accounts and Twitter updates from journalists on the ground in Thailand this week have given an insight into the level of violence faced by citizens and journalists reporting ongoing clashes...
View ArticleBangkok Post publishes Thailand’s first 3D newspaper
A Thai newspaper has become the first in the country to produce a 3D photo edition of its newspaper, according to the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper blog. The Bangkok Post, an English-language...
View ArticleWikiLeaks launches ThaiLeaks following government censorship
WikiLeaks has launched ThaiLeaks, a web page of downloadable ‘magnet links’ to Thailand news items, after authorities blocked citizen access to the main website yesterday. The whistleblower announced...
View ArticleThai authorities withold full report on death of Reuters cameraman
Thai authorities have refused to release the full report on the death of Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto in April, following a report by Reuters which claimed leaked parts of the report indicated the...
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Thailand to host World Editors Forum in June 2013
Image from Google Maps The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has today announced that the World Editors Forum will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 2 to 5 June next year....
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