by Ross Settles | Dec 10, 2010 | Media
Today I am in Kota Kinabalu observing one of the Level 1 Citizen Journalism training sessions. During the first break we discussed what entrepreneurial journalism meant. Clearly there is a need for basic news writing skills which is included in the CJ training. But...
by Ross Settles | Oct 18, 2010 | Media
MalaysiaKini is currently working on a community news site, KomunitiKini, to provide news and information on communities across Malaysia. The local news situation in Malaysia is a microcosm of the national news situation, but only with fewer dedicated traditional...
by Ross Settles | Oct 5, 2010 | Web/Tech, 中国／台湾／香港
The Asia China New Media Conference, hosted by MalaysiaKini’s Chinese Service and sponsored by Open Society Institute and the University of Hong Kong’s Center for Journalism and Media Studies, gathered over one hundred journalists, bloggers and academics to discuss...
by Ross Settles | Sep 24, 2010 | Web/Tech
Interesting short piece from McKinsey on Internet in Malaysia, China and India. In the conclusions, especially interesting is the observation: “Content and Web services providers need to foster the growth of local and regional advertising markets to help defray...
by Ross Settles | Sep 24, 2010 | Web/Tech
Through a friend in Hong Kong, I have started contributing a short piece for Clickz Asia. This is the newest expansion for the Clickz network and one that I think online publishers in Asia will find valuable. Rather than re-post the entire article, I will just...
