Tag Archives: Journalism

Olympics mean a softer touch for foreign correspondents, maybe

Posted on December 2, 2006 by Will Moss

Ed Cody of the Washington Post’s Beijing bureau has written an interesting story on a new decree from the Chinese government that will grant foreign correspondents in China significantly more freedom in the months before and after the games. The … Continue reading →

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The elephant in the newsroom

Posted on October 23, 2006 by Will Moss

Imagethief was interested to read in yesterday’s People’s Daily Online a brief articlereporting on a conference to address the problems that China’s international news organizations face in reaching foreign audiences. The discussion focused on how China is portrayed by services … Continue reading →

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Foxconn shoots themselves, Apple in foot

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Will Moss

Note: This post consolidates three original posts on this topic that were published on consecutive days. It was also cross-posted on my CNET blog, published in 2006 and 2007. Part One: Foxconn shoots themselves, Apple in foot You may recall … Continue reading →

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Tank Man’s place amongst the iconic images of my lifetime

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Will Moss

In the last couple of day’s I’ve been slowly winding my way through Frontline’s documentary, “The Tank Man“, which is now available online in its entirety. Only the first page is accessible in China, but the rest of the content … Continue reading →

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How to write a generic China bird flu story

Posted on November 8, 2005 by Will Moss

Bird flu may not be sweeping through the human population, but it’s sure sweeping through the media. It seems that every newspaper and wire service has packed their Beijing reporter off to the poultry-infested boonies of China (which begin right … Continue reading →

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Are PR and MNCs corrupting Chinese media?

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Will Moss

The week before last I had lunch with a foreign correspondent who asked me if there was corruption in PR in China. Although I was only providing background, and not speaking to him on the record, I was, to put … Continue reading →

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