by HARRIET ALEXANDER August 30th, 2007 SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – The University of New South Wales is deflecting Australian media investigations into its Singaporean fiasco by claiming that it is bound by Singapore’s secrecy laws….
by CHERIAN GEORGE August 23rd, 2007 This is a preliminary analysis of case files from 1996 to 2006, representing all known state actions directed at regulating internet content. The database can be found online at…
by ALEX AU August 11th, 2007 In his Yawning Bread blog, Alex Au reports on how The Straits Times Forum page’s impatience with figures has allowed lobbyists to push antiquated data to support the anti-gay…
by DANIEL ONG August 6th, 2007 DOHA – People in Singapore have welcomed the move by Al Jazeera English to secure broadcast rights in the city state. Read the story on gulf-times.com. – The reporter,…
by CHRISTOPHER CHIA August 2nd, 2007 The poet, William Butler Yeats, once said: “Think like a wise man, but communicate in the language of the people.” The voices of the people are coming to us…
by JOHN LUI July 20th, 2007 Of the types of trade periodicals in Asia (e.g. healthcare, law, energy, aeronautics, chemicals), IT trade magazines probably generate the most revenue and have greatest circulation. Every company either…
by CHERIAN GEORGE July 13th, 2007 The Li Hongyi controversy is another case of Net-induced disclosure of government information. Pre-internet, such an incident would have been confined to coffeeshop talk; mainstream media may have been…
by JUNE GWEE AND WENDY WONG July 11th, 2007 A research paper in the Civil Service College publication, Ethos Perspectives (December 2006), provides a window on current thinking within some sectors of the administration. The…
by P N BALJI July 10th, 2007 Writing in Today, veteran editor P N Balji argues that newspapers need to practise less government-centric journalism to retain their readers’ interest and fight the trend of falling…
by TONY BLAIR July 3rd, 2007 In one of his final speeches before stepping down as Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair held an unflattering mirror up to the press. His widely reported speech (it…