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Media Reforms Take One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Eric Loo
Media Reforms Take One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Eric Loo
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Malaysians are evidently freer today to openly criticise their government than they were prior to 1998.
But fundamental reforms that civil societies had hoped for during the internet-driven Reformasi movement in 1998 and Bersih rallies (in 2007, 2011 and 2012) are wanting.
Instead, Malaysians have a government focused on achieving a high-income developed-nation status by 2020 while eschewing the cultural prerequisites of a normative democracy — freedom of access to public information, free and fair elections, vigilant media and press freedom.
Online And Onwards: It Gets Better For Gay And Lesbian Media, Marcus O'Donnell
Online And Onwards: It Gets Better For Gay And Lesbian Media, Marcus O'Donnell
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Last week’s announcement that Australia’s oldest and most respected lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) weekly newspaper, Sydney Star Observer (SSO), will change to a monthly print format and a reinvigorated web presence does not come as a surprise given the global state of newspapers.
I edited SSO from 1999 to 2006 and, to me, the shift makes sense. What’s more, the publication’s move online says just as much about the evolution of the LGBTI community as it does about the changing fortunes of print media.
Gay and lesbian media have been one of the essential elements in the …