Working Conditions

By Shailendra Singh

SUVA, Feb 26 (IPS) - Media organisations and civil society groups in Fiji have condemned the deportation overnight of an expatriate newspaper publisher by Fiji’s interim government.

By Beena Sarwar

KARACHI, Oct 26 (IPS) - When TV cameraman Arif Khan added to the list of over 140 people who died in the bombings that targeted the welcome procession for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on Oct. 18, it highlighted the many risks that journalists in Pakistan now face.

By Munza Mushtaq

COLOMBO — Most posters plastered in every nook and cranny in Sri Lanka often address political and trade union issues. They seldom highlight issues connected to the hotel industry, which is often identified as a hunky-dory sector with few concerns.

By Lynette Lee Corporal

BANGKOK, Jun 22 (IPS Asia-Pacific) - Despite the unexpected 'closure' of the Khmer and French-language daily newspaper 'Cambodge Soir' more than a week ago, its editorial staff remains optimistic that the management will have a change of heart and re-open the 13-year-old Cambodian paper.

Migrant workers will hopefully learn how to lead better lives as entrepreneurs while watching a TV soap opera made just for them.

Behind every tearjerker is a lesson waiting to be uncovered. With soap opera dramas currently the rage in Asia, advocacy groups are learning that the best way to get their valuable message across is to tug at the heartstrings of their target viewers.

In Sichuan province in mainland China, a new TV drama series will debut Wednesday on Sichuan TV's Public Channel. 'My Future is not a Dream,' taken from a popular Chinese song, is not your ordinary soap opera. It has a more important purpose - to encourage migrant workers to start their own businesses.

   Q and A By Katherine Stapp

NEW YORK, Jul 7 (IPS) - When IPS contributor Alaa Hassan was ambushed and shot six times as he drove to work in Baghdad on Jun. 28, it brought to 75 the number of reporters killed while working in the country since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.

   By Sonny Inbaraj

MEDAN, North Sumatra, Jun 23 (IPS) - ''I really feel strongly that the issue of health and safety of reporters covering avian flu must be addressed by the management of news organizations,'' said Daenk Haryono of the North Sumatra-based 'Harian Global' daily.

   By Zofeen Ebrahim

KARACHI (Asia Media Forum) - The Pakistani media have played an unprecedented role in the days, weeks and months after the massive October earthquake, stirring strong public response at times and adopting a remonstrative one where the government and army faltered.

   By Zofeen Ebrahim, Asia Media Forum

Hamid Mir, bureau chief of Geo television, was the first to break the news about the collapse of the Margalla Towers in Islamabad on Oct. 8 at 9:10 am, about 17 minutes after the quake.

   By Surasak Glahan

BANGKOK (Asia Media Forum) - Charin Sritaptim, 46, braved four hours in traffic from his home in the suburb of Bangkok to Lumpini Park to catch a mobile talk show in early December - still going strong after weeks --  by media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul.