Views and Points

CLIMATE CRISIS: ‘Is the role of media to make people more hopeless? We have to turn helplessness into solutions’
The media need to be useful in our search to fix a broken climate, says Kunda Dixit, author of ‘Dateline Earth: Journalism As If the Planet Mattered’. Reporting Asean’s Johanna Son speaks to him soon after the release of the book’s third edition.

SOUTHEAST ASIA: ‘Haze is not high among the list of concerns because of its seasonal nature’
Haze has been a chronic problem for Southeast Asia over nearly three decades. Reporting ASEAN talks to Dr Helena Varkkey about how the conversation around haze, and fires that cause them, is changing and the challenges to ASEAN’s management of a touchy issue.
Data Box

The S Files: Sustainability in Numbers
The ‘S Files’ looks at varied facets of our ongoing conversation around sustainability.
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Amando Doronila: A True-blue Newshound
The passing of Amando Doronila, one of the Philippines’ most respected journalists and former chief editor of the ‘Manila Chronicle’, brings back the journalistic lessons I learned from him. Among them – let your story speak for itself, and keep writing.
Tools for Journalists

News Tool : Reporting on a Stressed Planet: 16 Concepts
31 October 2022 | Updated 23 December 2022 | REPORTING ASEAN Read/download the eBook here in English and here in Khmer! ‘Net-zero emissions’, ‘extreme weather events’, ‘noise pollution’ and ‘organic’ – these phrases have weaved their way into the news we consume and daily conversations we have. Our everyday language now reflects our concerns as […]

A Real-World Tool in Newspeak – ‘Gender on Our News Radar: A View from Southeast Asia’
If you haven’t yet noticed, the conversations around gender in news and public spaces have been changing – in ways that were hard to imagine even a few years ago. Drawing from news realities, this 64-page book explains how gender-informed storytelling is an investment in spotting and producing ing nuanced, engaging news reports.