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Producing an independent magazine like it was the last time

The plan was to make a pitstop in Kuala Lumpur. Take a week or two to reset, recharge and backup all the interviews and photos before setting off again, back to Borneo, for another story-gathering trip for the third issue, Water. As with the rest of the world, I thought Read more

By deemay.tan, 6 years23 July 2020 ago

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Representation in food media, why you need to check your bylines

Having been trained as a journalist in Australia and the UK, lecturers and tutors would often prompt bright-eyed first years and post-graduates to look up to “established” news outlets. For me, those typically included The Guardian, BBC and The New York Times. But having “grown up” and “grown out” of Read more

By deemay.tan, 6 years16 July 2020 ago