The Splice archive
All the stories. All the transformation.
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Singapore
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- May 19, 2021 Why nothing is going to change at SPH May 19, 2021
- Apr 28, 2020 How Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University teaches students to transform newsrooms Apr 28, 2020
- Feb 13, 2020 Tech In Asia is finally on a path to profitability after a decade of testing business models. Feb 13, 2020
- Jan 14, 2020 Chasing a regional profile, Rice Media’s Mark Tan plants his Singapore startup in Thailand. Jan 14, 2020
- Feb 28, 2019 Local filmmakers, local stories on a regional video network: This is how Singapore’s Viddsee is meeting the demand for short videos. Feb 28, 2019
- Dec 18, 2018 How do you transform a sprawling conglomerate like SPH? Get the product right. Dec 18, 2018
- Jun 14, 2018 A summit, the media, and a $25-million gamble. Jun 14, 2018
- Apr 2, 2018 Coconuts, once a fast-growing BuzzFeed-style site in Asia, takes a hard right into memberships. Apr 2, 2018
- Dec 12, 2017 Leading Millennials: Kyle Malinda-White, Freelance Reporter Dec 12, 2017
- Dec 7, 2017 Layoffs, restructurings and pivots to digital were the hallmarks of Singapore’s media in 2017. And 2018 isn’t much better. Dec 7, 2017
- Nov 8, 2017 Beating the 404 death knell: Singapore news startups struggle to cover costs and find their footing. Nov 8, 2017
- Oct 28, 2017 Which way forward for Singapore’s print monopoly? Oct 28, 2017
- Sep 22, 2017 New Naratif tests Southeast Asia’s appetite for a member-funded journalism service. Sep 22, 2017
- Jan 14, 2017 Leading Millennials: Kirsten Han, Freelance Reporter Jan 14, 2017
- Jan 10, 2017 Leading Millennials: Rebecca Pazos, SPH Jan 10, 2017
- Dec 26, 2016 Leading Millennials: Elizabeth Law, Agence France-Presse Dec 26, 2016
- Nov 23, 2016 Leading Millennials: Victoria Ho, Mashable Nov 23, 2016
- Nov 21, 2016 Media Entrepreneurs: Ashima Thomas’ journey from broadcast news to building better stories through VR Nov 21, 2016
- Nov 2, 2016 Leading Millennials: Yiwen Chan, Bolt Media Nov 2, 2016
- Nov 2, 2016 Leading Millennials: Mark Cheong, SPH Nov 2, 2016
- Oct 20, 2016 Tickled Media’s Roshni Mahtani on being a hustler, a hacker, and an operations manager in building her startup Oct 20, 2016
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India
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- Jan 13, 2021 Lakshmi Chaudhry’s Splainer is re-imagining what it means to build a direct relationship with an audience Jan 13, 2021
- Jul 17, 2020 Building a newsroom dedicated to diversity Jul 17, 2020
- Jun 23, 2020 To crack India’s diverse and massive local news markets, Lokal started asking users what they actually wanted Jun 23, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 How The News Minute is using Covid-19 to better understand its audiences Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 The Ken on holding the line on paid journalism in a pandemic Apr 6, 2020
- Jan 30, 2020 Seeing a gap in Southeast Asia, India’s The Ken plots a regional expansion with local teams Jan 30, 2020
- Dec 11, 2019 India’s cashed-up news aggregators like DailyHunt hit a revenue roadblock Dec 11, 2019
- Sep 19, 2019 To capture reader revenue and engagement, some Indian newsrooms are going back to the once-scorned comments section. Sep 19, 2019
- Jan 22, 2019 Ahead of India’s general election, fact-checking initiatives are mushrooming online. Jan 22, 2019
- Nov 8, 2018 First developed by women to report on rural villages in India, Khabar Lahariya is now a national phenomenon. Nov 8, 2018
- Oct 17, 2018 India’s #MeToo movement is shaking up newsrooms and putting male journalists on notice. Oct 17, 2018
- Jul 10, 2018 India’s fight against fake news has a problem: More needs to be done on regional languages. Jul 10, 2018
- Apr 10, 2018 For the past decade, Bengaluru’s crowdfunded Citizen Matters has been getting its readers to report on civic issues. This is how it works Apr 10, 2018
- Mar 12, 2018 Women journalists should not have to wear fake wedding rings in the field. Mar 12, 2018
- Nov 28, 2017 A startup is publishing India’s first braille lifestyle magazine. Here’s how they break even. Nov 28, 2017
- Nov 17, 2017 The Ken managed to get people to pay for its one-article-a-day news service in India. Can it survive a second year? Nov 17, 2017
- Nov 6, 2017 Harassment, abuse and death: Why India is one of the most dangerous places to report the news Nov 6, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017 India’s most famous newspaperman Shekhar Gupta pivots to digital with The Print. Oct 5, 2017
- Oct 7, 2016 Sri Ramakrishnan on how he built Nyusu, a video news platform, by getting out of his comfort zone Oct 7, 2016
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Diversity
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- Mar 22, 2022 Going beyond the ‘weird Japan’ narrative in reporting Mar 22, 2022
- Mar 30, 2021 We aren’t getting enough journalists from different socioeconomic backgrounds. This is what we need to do. Mar 30, 2021
- Aug 6, 2020 How TNN covers the tribal regions of Pakistan with one foot in radio, and the other on digital platforms Aug 6, 2020
- Jul 17, 2020 Building a newsroom dedicated to diversity Jul 17, 2020
- Jul 7, 2020 This 25-year-old podcaster is Myanmar’s leading voice for gender equality Jul 7, 2020
- Jun 23, 2020 To crack India’s diverse and massive local news markets, Lokal started asking users what they actually wanted Jun 23, 2020
- Nov 26, 2018 Indonesian media needs to reconsider how it covers LGBT issues. Nov 26, 2018
- Nov 8, 2018 First developed by women to report on rural villages in India, Khabar Lahariya is now a national phenomenon. Nov 8, 2018
- Oct 17, 2018 India’s #MeToo movement is shaking up newsrooms and putting male journalists on notice. Oct 17, 2018
- Sep 27, 2018 Enter Liminal, the new media force carving out a space for Asian-Australians. Sep 27, 2018
- Apr 26, 2018 Where are all the fellowships and grants for journalists in Asia? Apr 26, 2018
- Apr 13, 2018 A new project aims to tackle Myanmar’s tone-deaf coverage of women by giving journalists access to a database of female experts. Apr 13, 2018
- Mar 12, 2018 Women journalists should not have to wear fake wedding rings in the field. Mar 12, 2018
- Mar 1, 2018 Meet the team behind Magdalene, Indonesia’s feminist website covering ‘taboo’ subjects on gender and sexuality. Mar 1, 2018
- Nov 28, 2017 A startup is publishing India’s first braille lifestyle magazine. Here’s how they break even. Nov 28, 2017
- Oct 6, 2017 How the brutal rape and murder of a schoolgirl exposed shortcomings in Indonesia’s press. Oct 6, 2017
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Media Entrepreneurs
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- Jun 7, 2022 Is your About page even about you? Jun 7, 2022
- Apr 17, 2020 The Splice Lights On survey shows that over 40% of media orgs expect to start cutting jobs in the next 12 months. Apr 17, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 The Ken on holding the line on paid journalism in a pandemic Apr 6, 2020
- Feb 13, 2020 Tech In Asia is finally on a path to profitability after a decade of testing business models. Feb 13, 2020
- Jan 14, 2020 Chasing a regional profile, Rice Media’s Mark Tan plants his Singapore startup in Thailand. Jan 14, 2020
- Oct 29, 2019 After struggling for 5 years, Minh Bui Jones almost shut Mekong Review down this month. Oct 29, 2019
- Dec 20, 2017 How IDN Media grew from a hobby project into one of Indonesia’s fastest growing millennial sites Dec 20, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017 India’s most famous newspaperman Shekhar Gupta pivots to digital with The Print. Oct 5, 2017
- Mar 31, 2017 Media Entrepreneurs: Why Manggadget’s Rakhmadi Afif Kusumo stepped out of mining and finance to start a tech review site in Indonesia Mar 31, 2017
- Mar 2, 2017 Media Entrepreneurs: Contextly’s Ryan Singel on delivering great recommendations, building newsroom tools and learning to ask for money Mar 2, 2017
- Jan 21, 2017 Media Entrepreneurs: How Tom Grundy of Hong Kong Free Press learned how to crowdfund his news service, build a team and keep the lights on Jan 21, 2017
- Dec 10, 2016 Media Entrepreneurs: Antenna’s Porter Bayne on how he’s trying to help publishers build communities and the challenges of working with newsrooms Dec 10, 2016
- Dec 3, 2016 Media Entrepreneurs: 263Chat’s Nigel Mugamu wants to build dialogue in Zimbabwe. Dec 3, 2016
- Nov 21, 2016 Media Entrepreneurs: Ashima Thomas’ journey from broadcast news to building better stories through VR Nov 21, 2016
- Oct 7, 2016 Sri Ramakrishnan on how he built Nyusu, a video news platform, by getting out of his comfort zone Oct 7, 2016
- Sep 28, 2016 Tarek Atia on the importance of hyperlocal journalism in Egypt Sep 28, 2016
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Australia
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- Feb 22, 2021 Facebook’s ban on news is a damning view of Australia’s media industry. Feb 22, 2021
- Sep 17, 2020 Digital-only newsrooms in firing line as Australian news laws grind towards reality Sep 17, 2020
- Jun 15, 2020 What’s the value of news to the platforms? Jun 15, 2020
- Feb 6, 2020 Australia’s fires point to another inferno: the state of the country’s media Feb 6, 2020
- Jul 24, 2019 Never mind the death of women’s magazines in Australia. Primer believes the money’s on digital — and enough to give away to charity. Jul 24, 2019
- Mar 31, 2019 Kristofor Lawson is building a global media company around the seed of a single podcast, Moonshot. Mar 31, 2019
- Dec 12, 2018 I don’t like being told what to think, says founder of apolitical news site The Squiz. Dec 12, 2018
- Nov 13, 2018 How Australia’s Junkee Media is growing up – and down – with its changing readership. Nov 13, 2018
- Sep 27, 2018 Enter Liminal, the new media force carving out a space for Asian-Australians. Sep 27, 2018
- Aug 6, 2018 Nine’s takeover of Fairfax spells trouble not just for Australia’s mainstream media — but for startups and independents too. Aug 6, 2018
- Jun 6, 2018 Australia’s digital media inquiry suffers from a public interest deficit. Jun 6, 2018
- May 15, 2018 Seeking a wider readership, The Australian reaches out to Chinese readers Down Under. May 15, 2018
- May 3, 2018 Erin Cook’s newsletter is brash, funny, and an indispensable guide to Southeast Asia news. May 3, 2018
- Apr 17, 2018 How Australia’s Stockhead uses the best of digital marketing to build a niche audience of stock traders. Apr 17, 2018
- Feb 7, 2018 Australia, one of Asia-Pacific’s rare defenders of press freedom, may soon have a law that silences journalists. Feb 7, 2018
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Myanmar
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- Apr 14, 2021 Pack up the parachutes. It’s time to rethink the work of foreign correspondents. Apr 14, 2021
- Jul 7, 2020 This 25-year-old podcaster is Myanmar’s leading voice for gender equality Jul 7, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 Frontier Myanmar on knowing your audience Apr 14, 2020
- Sep 6, 2019 In Bangladesh, Rohingya community media operates under tight restrictions in the world’s most populated refugee camp Sep 6, 2019
- Jun 11, 2018 Myitkyina News Journal is harnessing the power of local journalism in a country that until just a few years ago had no independent media. Jun 11, 2018
- Apr 13, 2018 A new project aims to tackle Myanmar’s tone-deaf coverage of women by giving journalists access to a database of female experts. Apr 13, 2018
- Feb 28, 2018 A new site is tracking cases brought against journalists under Myanmar’s notorious 66(d) anti-defamation law Feb 28, 2018
- Feb 19, 2018 This is life as a fixer in Myanmar’s increasingly hostile media space. Feb 19, 2018
- Jan 23, 2018 Meet the journalist who started a newsroom in Myanmar to cover Buddhist extremism. Jan 23, 2018
- Nov 13, 2017 Frontier Myanmar just launched the country’s first local-language podcast — on Facebook. Nov 13, 2017
- Oct 23, 2017 Reporting on the Rohingya crisis? Here’s what you need to know. Oct 23, 2017
- Sep 13, 2017 A digital platform is providing fresh avenues for Myanmar comic artists to publish their work. Sep 13, 2017
- Nov 1, 2016 Leading Millennials: Verena Hölzl, Freelance Reporter Nov 1, 2016
- May 3, 2015 HaseenahPost and its mission of explaining the new Myanmar to the rest of the world May 3, 2015
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Audience
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- Jul 9, 2025 Let’s be neighbours: What Sebastián Auyanet is learning about building for neighbourhoods in Montevideo Jul 9, 2025
- Jul 2, 2025 AI is your newest audience: The B2A(2C) design challenge Jul 2, 2025
- Apr 2, 2025 Tell me what you want: why every piece of media needs a call to action Apr 2, 2025
- Mar 17, 2025 Are you a journalist? Here’s why you might already be the product designer your users need Mar 17, 2025
- Apr 9, 2024 An audience of one — served at scale Apr 9, 2024
- Jul 6, 2022 Passive audio: Is it time for a new user experience? Jul 6, 2022
- Jun 7, 2022 Is your About page even about you? Jun 7, 2022
- May 19, 2022 Tyler Denk of beehiiv on audience engagement and scaling newsletter readership May 19, 2022
- Apr 26, 2021 How New Naratif reframed its pitch to members Apr 26, 2021
- Dec 15, 2020 From direct-to-consumer to direct-to-believers Dec 15, 2020
- Apr 24, 2017 Echobox’s Antoine Amann on the role of AI in automating newsrooms and the importance of patience in entrepreneurship Apr 24, 2017
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Splice Low-Res
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- Jul 17, 2020 Building a newsroom dedicated to diversity Jul 17, 2020
- Jun 8, 2020 Emergency funding for Covid-affected newsrooms Jun 8, 2020
- May 6, 2020 How Romania’s Decât o Revistã is doubling down on its community during Covid May 6, 2020
- Apr 29, 2020 How freelancers are making the most of the pandemic in Asia Apr 29, 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 How Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University teaches students to transform newsrooms Apr 28, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 How The News Minute is using Covid-19 to better understand its audiences Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 Frontier Myanmar on knowing your audience Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 MDIF on the financial survival of newsrooms Apr 13, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 The Ken on holding the line on paid journalism in a pandemic Apr 6, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 Hong Kong Free Press on building a sustainable newsroom Apr 6, 2020
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Gender
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- Jul 7, 2020 This 25-year-old podcaster is Myanmar’s leading voice for gender equality Jul 7, 2020
- Mar 4, 2020 Informed by data, Taiwan’s female-focused media startup Womany preps Asia expansion Mar 4, 2020
- Nov 26, 2018 Indonesian media needs to reconsider how it covers LGBT issues. Nov 26, 2018
- Nov 8, 2018 First developed by women to report on rural villages in India, Khabar Lahariya is now a national phenomenon. Nov 8, 2018
- Apr 13, 2018 A new project aims to tackle Myanmar’s tone-deaf coverage of women by giving journalists access to a database of female experts. Apr 13, 2018
- Mar 12, 2018 Women journalists should not have to wear fake wedding rings in the field. Mar 12, 2018
- Mar 1, 2018 Meet the team behind Magdalene, Indonesia’s feminist website covering ‘taboo’ subjects on gender and sexuality. Mar 1, 2018
- Oct 6, 2017 How the brutal rape and murder of a schoolgirl exposed shortcomings in Indonesia’s press. Oct 6, 2017
- Sep 25, 2017 Women are taking charge of newsrooms in Afghanistan so they can finally tell their own stories. Sep 25, 2017
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Indonesia
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- Jan 10, 2019 This alternative news source from Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization is fighting hardline Islamism online. Jan 10, 2019
- Nov 26, 2018 Indonesian media needs to reconsider how it covers LGBT issues. Nov 26, 2018
- May 3, 2018 Erin Cook’s newsletter is brash, funny, and an indispensable guide to Southeast Asia news. May 3, 2018
- Mar 1, 2018 Meet the team behind Magdalene, Indonesia’s feminist website covering ‘taboo’ subjects on gender and sexuality. Mar 1, 2018
- Jan 31, 2018 A project on Medium to chronicle Indonesia’s anti-communist purges is now a moving digital scrapbook. Jan 31, 2018
- Dec 20, 2017 How IDN Media grew from a hobby project into one of Indonesia’s fastest growing millennial sites Dec 20, 2017
- Nov 2, 2017 Saracen may have been shut down but Indonesia still needs a plan to take down other fake news generators. Nov 2, 2017
- Oct 6, 2017 How the brutal rape and murder of a schoolgirl exposed shortcomings in Indonesia’s press. Oct 6, 2017
- Mar 31, 2017 Media Entrepreneurs: Why Manggadget’s Rakhmadi Afif Kusumo stepped out of mining and finance to start a tech review site in Indonesia Mar 31, 2017
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Malaysia
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- Mar 30, 2021 We aren’t getting enough journalists from different socioeconomic backgrounds. This is what we need to do. Mar 30, 2021
- Dec 1, 2018 After more than a century, Malaysia’s oldest tabloid The Malay Mail ceases print operations. Dec 1, 2018
- Oct 15, 2018 How the Sarawak Report broke Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal Oct 15, 2018
- Sep 17, 2018 After Malaysia’s political shift, journalists push for legislative change. Sep 17, 2018
- May 21, 2018 Malaysiakini spent two decades fighting for Malaysia’s democracy. With the opposition in power for the first time since independence, what comes next? May 21, 2018
- Dec 4, 2017 As transformation sweeps Malaysia’s newsrooms, millennial-focussed R.AGE finds a surprising niche: investigative journalism. Dec 4, 2017
- Oct 11, 2017 Malaysia’s Sinar Project shines a light on the murky world of government data. Oct 11, 2017
- Sep 28, 2017 Academics say Malaysia’s journalism schools are producing mediocre graduates. Sep 28, 2017
- Sep 11, 2017 The Malaysian Insight’s Jahabar Sadiq looks forward with his new media venture for readers under 30. Sep 11, 2017
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Philippines
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- Apr 5, 2021 This former Philippine legislator combines law, journalism, and activism in his fight for human rights. Apr 5, 2021
- Mar 26, 2018 How the Philippine media’s use of code switching stands apart in Asia. Mar 26, 2018
- Jan 19, 2018 With the order to shut Rappler, the Philippine government puts its new weapon against the media on full display. Jan 19, 2018
- Jan 11, 2018 How pro-Duterte bloggers went from the margins to the mainstream of Philippine politics on the back of fake news. Jan 11, 2018
- Dec 12, 2017 The fighting is over in Marawi but there are still lingering questions over how the Philippine military interacts with journalists. Dec 12, 2017
- Nov 4, 2016 Leading Millennials: Candice Montenegro, D5 Studio Nov 4, 2016
- Oct 21, 2016 GadgetMatch’s Michael Josh Villanueva on finding your own identity in starting up outside the traditional newsroom Oct 21, 2016
- Jul 1, 2015 This is how the Philippine TV network GMA built a Facebook-only newscast Jul 1, 2015
- May 8, 2015 Media Entrepreneurs: Martin Andanar’s plans to turn a teenage dream into a podcasting empire in Southeast Asia May 8, 2015
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Covid
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- Jul 17, 2020 Building a newsroom dedicated to diversity Jul 17, 2020
- Jun 8, 2020 Emergency funding for Covid-affected newsrooms Jun 8, 2020
- May 6, 2020 How Romania’s Decât o Revistã is doubling down on its community during Covid May 6, 2020
- Apr 17, 2020 The Splice Lights On survey shows that over 40% of media orgs expect to start cutting jobs in the next 12 months. Apr 17, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 How The News Minute is using Covid-19 to better understand its audiences Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 Frontier Myanmar on knowing your audience Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 MDIF on the financial survival of newsrooms Apr 13, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 The Ken on holding the line on paid journalism in a pandemic Apr 6, 2020
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Journalism
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- Jul 2, 2025 AI is your newest audience: The B2A(2C) design challenge Jul 2, 2025
- Apr 2, 2025 Tell me what you want: why every piece of media needs a call to action Apr 2, 2025
- Mar 17, 2025 Are you a journalist? Here’s why you might already be the product designer your users need Mar 17, 2025
- Apr 9, 2024 An audience of one — served at scale Apr 9, 2024
- Mar 22, 2022 Going beyond the ‘weird Japan’ narrative in reporting Mar 22, 2022
- May 19, 2021 Why nothing is going to change at SPH May 19, 2021
- Apr 14, 2021 Pack up the parachutes. It’s time to rethink the work of foreign correspondents. Apr 14, 2021
- Dec 15, 2016 How to murder media in 2017 Dec 15, 2016
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AI
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- Jul 9, 2025 Let’s be neighbours: What Sebastián Auyanet is learning about building for neighbourhoods in Montevideo Jul 9, 2025
- Jul 2, 2025 AI is your newest audience: The B2A(2C) design challenge Jul 2, 2025
- Apr 2, 2025 Tell me what you want: why every piece of media needs a call to action Apr 2, 2025
- Apr 9, 2024 An audience of one — served at scale Apr 9, 2024
- May 7, 2018 SCMP’s Gary Liu is betting on tech to transform the business. This is how they’re deploying it. May 7, 2018
- Jan 29, 2018 A newspaper in Japan is using AI to summarize news stories to get them out quicker. Jan 29, 2018
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Japan
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- Mar 22, 2022 Going beyond the ‘weird Japan’ narrative in reporting Mar 22, 2022
- Jan 28, 2019 Japan’s Nordot is building a common publishing platform to unite media outlets — and lower their costs. Jan 28, 2019
- May 9, 2018 Japan’s NHK is putting an AI-powered cartoon anime on air to read you the news. ??♀️ May 9, 2018
- Mar 28, 2018 Backed by crowdfunding, the Waseda Chronicle represents one of the best new hopes for investigative reporting in Japan. Mar 28, 2018
- Jan 29, 2018 A newspaper in Japan is using AI to summarize news stories to get them out quicker. Jan 29, 2018
- Oct 24, 2017 Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is trying to transform itself with a crazy idea: Let’s get on the internet. Oct 24, 2017
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Press Freedom
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- Sep 17, 2018 After Malaysia’s political shift, journalists push for legislative change. Sep 17, 2018
- Aug 21, 2018 Social media is reshaping the way satire is produced and distributed across Asia — as well as how governments strive to contain it. Aug 21, 2018
- May 29, 2018 Sri Lanka’s president made some big promises on press freedom when he came to power. But has he followed through? May 29, 2018
- Feb 7, 2018 Australia, one of Asia-Pacific’s rare defenders of press freedom, may soon have a law that silences journalists. Feb 7, 2018
- Jan 23, 2018 Meet the journalist who started a newsroom in Myanmar to cover Buddhist extremism. Jan 23, 2018
- Jan 19, 2018 With the order to shut Rappler, the Philippine government puts its new weapon against the media on full display. Jan 19, 2018
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Reporting
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- Aug 30, 2018 In Pakistan, a mere mention of the military can get a journalist in trouble. Yet some startups are bravely reporting the facts. Aug 30, 2018
- Jun 14, 2018 A summit, the media, and a $25-million gamble. Jun 14, 2018
- Apr 30, 2018 Hong Kong’s investigative news startup FactWire has a radical approach to ‘collective journalism’: no editors. Apr 30, 2018
- Feb 19, 2018 This is life as a fixer in Myanmar’s increasingly hostile media space. Feb 19, 2018
- Dec 12, 2017 The fighting is over in Marawi but there are still lingering questions over how the Philippine military interacts with journalists. Dec 12, 2017
- Oct 23, 2017 Reporting on the Rohingya crisis? Here’s what you need to know. Oct 23, 2017
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Startups
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- Jun 7, 2022 Is your About page even about you? Jun 7, 2022
- Mar 4, 2020 Informed by data, Taiwan’s female-focused media startup Womany preps Asia expansion Mar 4, 2020
- Oct 29, 2019 After struggling for 5 years, Minh Bui Jones almost shut Mekong Review down this month. Oct 29, 2019
- Dec 12, 2018 I don’t like being told what to think, says founder of apolitical news site The Squiz. Dec 12, 2018
- Apr 24, 2018 Mediati is forming an army of content makers to shake up South Korea’s staid media landscape. Apr 24, 2018
- Nov 8, 2017 Beating the 404 death knell: Singapore news startups struggle to cover costs and find their footing. Nov 8, 2017
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Asia Undercovered
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- Mar 22, 2022 Going beyond the ‘weird Japan’ narrative in reporting Mar 22, 2022
- Jul 13, 2021 Reporting on Vietnam without the clichés Jul 13, 2021
- May 5, 2021 If you’re only reporting on politics, you’re missing a chance to tell a wider story. May 5, 2021
- Apr 5, 2021 This former Philippine legislator combines law, journalism, and activism in his fight for human rights. Apr 5, 2021
- Mar 23, 2021 Getting Taiwan on the news map isn’t easy when editors only care about China. Mar 23, 2021
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Cambodia
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- Jul 26, 2018 With Cambodia’s independent media in tatters, journalism students face a bleak future. Jul 26, 2018
- May 27, 2018 “My perfectionism used to really inhibit my creative process.” May 27, 2018
- Feb 14, 2018 Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Post wanted a younger audience, so it started rapping the news. Feb 14, 2018
- Sep 30, 2017 Cambodia’s hot media startup Khmerload has big plans to build an empire across Southeast Asia. This is how they’ll do it. Sep 30, 2017
- May 18, 2015 Straight to mobile: The Cambodia Daily’s strategy in getting content out to a fast-growing audience May 18, 2015
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Freelancing
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- Apr 29, 2020 How freelancers are making the most of the pandemic in Asia Apr 29, 2020
- May 27, 2018 “My perfectionism used to really inhibit my creative process.” May 27, 2018
- Apr 15, 2017 Leading Millennials: Didem Tali, freelance reporter Apr 15, 2017
- Jan 14, 2017 Leading Millennials: Kirsten Han, Freelance Reporter Jan 14, 2017
- Nov 1, 2016 Leading Millennials: Verena Hölzl, Freelance Reporter Nov 1, 2016
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Membership
5
- Apr 26, 2021 How New Naratif reframed its pitch to members Apr 26, 2021
- Apr 14, 2020 Frontier Myanmar on knowing your audience Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 The Ken on holding the line on paid journalism in a pandemic Apr 6, 2020
- Jan 30, 2020 Are you ready for membership? Jan 30, 2020
- Apr 2, 2018 Coconuts, once a fast-growing BuzzFeed-style site in Asia, takes a hard right into memberships. Apr 2, 2018
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Podcasts
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- Mar 31, 2019 Kristofor Lawson is building a global media company around the seed of a single podcast, Moonshot. Mar 31, 2019
- Feb 6, 2018 The Splice guide to some of Asia’s most interesting podcasts Feb 6, 2018
- Jan 17, 2018 A new English-language podcast in Vietnam wants to bring lively debate to one of the region’s most restrictive media environments. Jan 17, 2018
- Nov 13, 2017 Frontier Myanmar just launched the country’s first local-language podcast — on Facebook. Nov 13, 2017
- May 8, 2015 Media Entrepreneurs: Martin Andanar’s plans to turn a teenage dream into a podcasting empire in Southeast Asia May 8, 2015
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Product
5
- Mar 17, 2025 Are you a journalist? Here’s why you might already be the product designer your users need Mar 17, 2025
- Apr 14, 2020 Frontier Myanmar on knowing your audience Apr 14, 2020
- Jan 17, 2018 A new English-language podcast in Vietnam wants to bring lively debate to one of the region’s most restrictive media environments. Jan 17, 2018
- Nov 13, 2017 Frontier Myanmar just launched the country’s first local-language podcast — on Facebook. Nov 13, 2017
- Feb 5, 2017 Leading Millennials: Robin Kwong, Financial Times Feb 5, 2017
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Taiwan
5
- Mar 23, 2021 Getting Taiwan on the news map isn’t easy when editors only care about China. Mar 23, 2021
- Mar 4, 2020 Informed by data, Taiwan’s female-focused media startup Womany preps Asia expansion Mar 4, 2020
- Nov 1, 2018 As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan emerges as Asia’s hub for foreign media. Nov 1, 2018
- Aug 16, 2018 At Cofacts in Taiwan, volunteer editors and a time-saving chatbot race to combat falsehoods on LINE. Aug 16, 2018
- Mar 15, 2018 The News Lens in Taiwan is doing what most media startups won’t — it’s acquiring its peers. Mar 15, 2018
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Fake News
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- Aug 16, 2018 At Cofacts in Taiwan, volunteer editors and a time-saving chatbot race to combat falsehoods on LINE. Aug 16, 2018
- Jul 10, 2018 India’s fight against fake news has a problem: More needs to be done on regional languages. Jul 10, 2018
- Jan 11, 2018 How pro-Duterte bloggers went from the margins to the mainstream of Philippine politics on the back of fake news. Jan 11, 2018
- Nov 2, 2017 Saracen may have been shut down but Indonesia still needs a plan to take down other fake news generators. Nov 2, 2017
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Funding
4
- Jun 8, 2020 Emergency funding for Covid-affected newsrooms Jun 8, 2020
- Apr 17, 2020 The Splice Lights On survey shows that over 40% of media orgs expect to start cutting jobs in the next 12 months. Apr 17, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 MDIF on the financial survival of newsrooms Apr 13, 2020
- Jan 18, 2020 How to ask for money Jan 18, 2020
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Hong Kong
4
- Apr 6, 2020 Hong Kong Free Press on building a sustainable newsroom Apr 6, 2020
- May 7, 2018 SCMP’s Gary Liu is betting on tech to transform the business. This is how they’re deploying it. May 7, 2018
- Apr 30, 2018 Hong Kong’s investigative news startup FactWire has a radical approach to ‘collective journalism’: no editors. Apr 30, 2018
- Jan 21, 2017 Media Entrepreneurs: How Tom Grundy of Hong Kong Free Press learned how to crowdfund his news service, build a team and keep the lights on Jan 21, 2017
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Leading Millennials
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- Apr 15, 2017 Leading Millennials: Didem Tali, freelance reporter Apr 15, 2017
- Feb 5, 2017 Leading Millennials: Robin Kwong, Financial Times Feb 5, 2017
- Jan 14, 2017 Leading Millennials: Kirsten Han, Freelance Reporter Jan 14, 2017
- Jan 10, 2017 Leading Millennials: Rebecca Pazos, SPH Jan 10, 2017
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Media Ownership
4
- Feb 13, 2020 Tech In Asia is finally on a path to profitability after a decade of testing business models. Feb 13, 2020
- Feb 6, 2020 Australia’s fires point to another inferno: the state of the country’s media Feb 6, 2020
- Dec 7, 2017 Layoffs, restructurings and pivots to digital were the hallmarks of Singapore’s media in 2017. And 2018 isn’t much better. Dec 7, 2017
- Oct 28, 2017 Which way forward for Singapore’s print monopoly? Oct 28, 2017
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Splice
4
- Jul 6, 2022 Passive audio: Is it time for a new user experience? Jul 6, 2022
- Mar 12, 2019 Splice is looking for freelance writers from across Asia to cover the information and media industry Mar 12, 2019
- Oct 12, 2018 How to start your own media newsletter Oct 12, 2018
- Jul 30, 2018 Splice 100: Our crazy plan to catalyse a generation of media startups in Asia. Jul 30, 2018
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China
3
- Mar 23, 2021 Getting Taiwan on the news map isn’t easy when editors only care about China. Mar 23, 2021
- Nov 1, 2018 As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan emerges as Asia’s hub for foreign media. Nov 1, 2018
- May 17, 2018 Pear Video has all the basic tenets of journalism in place — without the journalists. May 17, 2018
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Crowdfunding
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- Apr 6, 2020 Hong Kong Free Press on building a sustainable newsroom Apr 6, 2020
- Apr 10, 2018 For the past decade, Bengaluru’s crowdfunded Citizen Matters has been getting its readers to report on civic issues. This is how it works Apr 10, 2018
- Sep 22, 2017 New Naratif tests Southeast Asia’s appetite for a member-funded journalism service. Sep 22, 2017
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Data
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- Jul 4, 2019 How Thailand’s Boonmee Lab uses impact-led design to drive election insights. Jul 4, 2019
- Oct 11, 2017 Malaysia’s Sinar Project shines a light on the murky world of government data. Oct 11, 2017
- Jan 10, 2017 Leading Millennials: Rebecca Pazos, SPH Jan 10, 2017
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Design
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- Mar 17, 2025 Are you a journalist? Here’s why you might already be the product designer your users need Mar 17, 2025
- Jul 4, 2019 How Thailand’s Boonmee Lab uses impact-led design to drive election insights. Jul 4, 2019
- Jan 10, 2017 Leading Millennials: Rebecca Pazos, SPH Jan 10, 2017
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Education
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- Apr 28, 2020 How Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University teaches students to transform newsrooms Apr 28, 2020
- Jul 26, 2018 With Cambodia’s independent media in tatters, journalism students face a bleak future. Jul 26, 2018
- Sep 28, 2017 Academics say Malaysia’s journalism schools are producing mediocre graduates. Sep 28, 2017
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Newsletters
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- May 19, 2022 Tyler Denk of beehiiv on audience engagement and scaling newsletter readership May 19, 2022
- Oct 12, 2018 How to start your own media newsletter Oct 12, 2018
- Feb 6, 2018 The Splice guide to some of Asia’s most useful newsletters Feb 6, 2018
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User experience design
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- Apr 2, 2025 Tell me what you want: why every piece of media needs a call to action Apr 2, 2025
- Mar 17, 2025 Are you a journalist? Here’s why you might already be the product designer your users need Mar 17, 2025
- Jul 6, 2022 Passive audio: Is it time for a new user experience? Jul 6, 2022
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User-centricity
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- Apr 2, 2025 Tell me what you want: why every piece of media needs a call to action Apr 2, 2025
- Mar 17, 2025 Are you a journalist? Here’s why you might already be the product designer your users need Mar 17, 2025
- Jul 6, 2022 Passive audio: Is it time for a new user experience? Jul 6, 2022
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Video
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- Feb 28, 2019 Local filmmakers, local stories on a regional video network: This is how Singapore’s Viddsee is meeting the demand for short videos. Feb 28, 2019
- May 17, 2018 Pear Video has all the basic tenets of journalism in place — without the journalists. May 17, 2018
- Oct 7, 2016 Sri Ramakrishnan on how he built Nyusu, a video news platform, by getting out of his comfort zone Oct 7, 2016
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Advertising
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- Sep 21, 2017 This Singapore startup is building Asia’s first exchange to automate TV ad management. Sep 21, 2017
- Dec 15, 2016 How to murder media in 2017 Dec 15, 2016
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Afghanistan
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- Mar 12, 2018 Women journalists should not have to wear fake wedding rings in the field. Mar 12, 2018
- Sep 25, 2017 Women are taking charge of newsrooms in Afghanistan so they can finally tell their own stories. Sep 25, 2017
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Asia
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- Mar 12, 2019 Splice is looking for freelance writers from across Asia to cover the information and media industry Mar 12, 2019
- Feb 6, 2018 The Splice guide to some of Asia’s most useful newsletters Feb 6, 2018
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Bangladesh
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- Sep 6, 2019 In Bangladesh, Rohingya community media operates under tight restrictions in the world’s most populated refugee camp Sep 6, 2019
- Oct 23, 2017 Reporting on the Rohingya crisis? Here’s what you need to know. Oct 23, 2017
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Magazines
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- Feb 8, 2018 Against the odds, the niche literary magazine Mekong Review finds its audience in Southeast Asia. Feb 8, 2018
- Nov 28, 2017 A startup is publishing India’s first braille lifestyle magazine. Here’s how they break even. Nov 28, 2017
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Newspapers
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- Dec 1, 2018 After more than a century, Malaysia’s oldest tabloid The Malay Mail ceases print operations. Dec 1, 2018
- May 15, 2018 Seeking a wider readership, The Australian reaches out to Chinese readers Down Under. May 15, 2018
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Reader revenue
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- Jan 30, 2020 Are you ready for membership? Jan 30, 2020
- Sep 19, 2019 To capture reader revenue and engagement, some Indian newsrooms are going back to the once-scorned comments section. Sep 19, 2019
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Resources
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- Feb 6, 2018 The Splice guide to some of Asia’s most interesting podcasts Feb 6, 2018
- Feb 6, 2018 The Splice guide to some of Asia’s most useful newsletters Feb 6, 2018