Media in Cambodia

My worst day…

Oh well, I always realize that everybody has their own worst as well as, of course, best day at work. Mine is not very different but it was just even worstest. I hope I can’t put into words how I really wanted to change it.I don’t know whether to blame my lack of sleep the night before, resulting in drowsiness during working. That’s why I performed less actively and after all reacted late to situations. That day was the signing ceremony of Cambodia Angkor Air (new national flag carrier) presided...

my favourite media or journalism (more to come)

I’d like to make this post clear and concise. ‘Media’ is what I am taking classes to understand more and more. Historically, it has done so much work to the people with good and bad impacts, as known. Media theories are very useful and authentic in the way they can help improve society and people’s living conditions. It also shapes the structure of the society and how it is run depends on many factors, but one of them is the media itself. It turns out to be very hard for me to decide a favorite...

I find this AFP article quite funny!!

'Ghost' dollars offered for Pol Pot's shoes: reportPHNOM PENH (AFP) — A Cambodian photographer's attempt to sell the sandals of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot has yielded only one bid -- 790,000 fake dollars offered in protest at the sale, a report said.Nhem En, who photographed inmates at the regime's main torture centre and also snapped pictures at official regime ceremonies, announced last month he was selling the footwear along with two cameras.The shoes belonging to Pol Pot, who died in 19...

“Students Hack a New Path” on the Phnom Penh Post, March 20, 2009

By Kounila KeoThousands of high school students enter university every year in the hope of studying the right subject for a lucrative job. Business, information technology, and English are among the more popular university majors, but journalism suffers from a perception it is risky.However, this did not deter Chan Sovannara, 22, who attended journalism classes at Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) in 2007, even though his family warned him he would get a low-paid job by choosing that path.Af...