Sachini Kavindya

“‘Build it, and they will come’ is still very much the default mindset for our industry.” That’s how Corrine Podger, Director at Digital Skills Agency, Australia, began the second day of the Asian Media Leaders eSummit 2021, striking a chord with many attendees. Podger moderated the session, which featured three other speakers: Gaurav Sachdeva, Chief […]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the release of Paul Chouta, a well-known Cameroonian journalist and whistleblower who has been held arbitrarily for nearly two years and has been subjected to an absurdly drawn-out trial on a charge of defamation and spreading fake news. After 26 hearings, the trial’s penultimate stage is finally

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international community to react to the Myanmar military’s latest attempts to impose complete control over news and information, which have taken a new turn in the past two weeks with the publication of lists of wanted journalists as well as more arbitrary arrests of journalists. Amid continuing protests

RSF 2021 Index: Covid makes African journalism more vulnerable than ever With reporters attacked and arrested, their incomes falling and media undermined by disinformation and draconian laws, the coronavirus pandemic has compounded the huge difficulties for journalism in sub-Saharan Africa, where 23 of the 48 countries (two more than in 2020) are now marked as

2021-04-15. Asian news publishers The Jakarta Post and The Philippine Daily Inquirer reveal their strategies for developing and sustaining successful digital news products at the Asian Media Leaders e-Summit 2021. At a session at the Asian Media Leaders eSummit (AMLS) 2021, Rudyard Arbolado, President and CEO of The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), and Adisti Sawitri,

2021-04-14. Many publishers in Asia are running initiatives to gain a better understanding of their readers and drive higher loyalty and retention. At WAN-IFRA’s 2021 Asian Media Leaders eSummit, leaders from the South China Morning Post, Singapore Press Holdings, MediaCorp, and REV Media Group shared their perspectives on using a data-informed approach to evolve their