Level 26, with accompanying website “TO SEE the interrogation, log into LEVEL26.com and enter the code: violated.” I’m halfway through the digi-novel Level 26: Dark Origins. The note provides the code to access another cyber-bridge, an online video that’s part of the whole multi-platform literary experience. I put the book down, log into the website, […]
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Dr M to launch news website, Malaysian Mirror
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 June 2009: The competition is growing among online news portals, with Malaysian Mirror making its debut soon. Mahathir (Pic by Shamsul Said @ Flickr)“We are going to have the launching on 30 June, by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad,” said Malaysian Mirror editor Francis Siah. Malaysian Mirror is said to […]
Umno to use new media to attract the young
SHAH ALAM, 11 May 2009: Umno will harness the power of the new media to attract the young towards the party but not in the way the opposition has been using them to undermine leaders of other parties. Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan said the strategy would be among the steps he would take in […]
What media freedom, prime minister?
By Jacqueline Ann SurinON 6 April 2009, three days after he was made prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak spoke about a new way forward in policy, politics and the media. To many in the media, his rhetoric about a “vibrant, free and informed media” was welcome, especially in an environment where government control of the traditional media […]
Fearless reporting needs free environment
By Gayathry VenkiteswaranIN response to Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak‘s 6 April 2009 speech on encouraging a national dialogue through the media, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) asks for a more concrete set of commitments in realising the PM’s vision. Najib Razak (Pic courtesy of theSun)To foster a transparent “national discourse” that leads to […]
