CJR: Singapore not so modern on press freedom

Jun. 30 | Extract from Columbia Journalism Review: What Singapore’s overseers don’t seem to grasp is that without a press free to monitor power and challenge wrongdoing, even otherwise “developed” countries suffer greatly. One need look no farther east...

Why RSF’s Press Freedom Index is flawed – and why it works

Nov. 2 | Cherian George Originally published in journalism.sg. Reproduced with permission. The Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is once again making the news in Singapore, with law minister K Shanmugam dismissing the Republic’s low ranking...

Law Minister defeats “Reporters without Borders’” straw man

Oct. 29 | Pritam Singh In a speech on 26 Oct 2009 to the New York State Bar Association that covered the press situation in Singapore, Law Minister K Shanmugam did little more than to successfully tackle a straw man. Questioning Reporters without Borders’ (RwB)...

S’pore press freedom ranked 133rd – MP says this shows “our press remains credible” !

Oct. 21 | Mr Zaqy Mohamad, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Information, Communications and the Arts, said the improved ranking “underlines that our press remains credible especially in the face of challenges like the new media”. Today