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Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia

Name: Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia
Author: Janet Steele

Janet Steele,

208 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia

Janet Steele,

About this book

Chronicles the success of Malaysia's only truly independent media outlet.

Founded in 1999 by Steven Gan and Premesh Chandran, Malaysiakini was one of many online portals that sprung up in the wake of Reformasi, a period of public protests sparked by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad's 1998 firing of his deputy Anwar Ibrahim. At first, there was no reason to think that Malaysiakini would be anything momentous. However, Malaysiakini wanted to do something much more important than just reporting on Reformasi—its founders intended to bring independent journalism to Malaysia in hopes of changing the country for the better.

Based on more than fifteen years of observation of Malaysiakini's newsroom practices, Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia is an intimate portrait of the people and issues behind Malaysia's only truly independent media outlet. The author illustrates Malaysiakini's unique mix of idealism in action, studying how sensitive issues such as race, religion, politics, and citizenship are discussed in the newsroom. This attention to the inner workings of one of the most important media institutions in the region yields not only a deep newsroom ethnography but a nuanced, rich history of modern Malaysia.

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