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Pressing Matters — 415 episodes

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The Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis In Myanmar

2

BTS Of The Greatest Show On Earth

3

Venezuela's High Stake Elections

4

Bangladesh's Unprecedented Violent Protests

5

Post Mortem on Global IT Outage

6

Will Trump 2.0 Be Different From Trump 1.0?

7

Turbulence In The PH1.0 Government

8

Malaysia's Media Industry Continues To Struggle

9

South Africa's New Ruling Coalition

10

Will Modi 3.0 Be Very different?

11

Status Quo In Iran's Regional And Domestic Power Structure

12

Governments Are Failing Journalists

13

Malaysia's Dismal Performance In Press Freedom

14

Bread And Butter Issues Dominate India's Election

15

Dual Rentierism Poses Challenges In Governing Palestine

16

Israel And Iran Tensions Reshape Middle East Conflicts

17

Gaza A Stark Reminder Of The Devastation Of War

18

Rebuilding Palestine's Economy

19

WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich's Wrongful Detention

20

Vietnam's Intriguing Political Structure

21

Parties And Dynasties In The Philippines

22

Will Prabowo Be Jokowi 2.0?

23

How Is Thai PM Sreetha Thavisin performing?

24

How Are Regulations Stifling Online Discourse?

25

How Are Armed Rebels Putting Pressure On Myanmar's Junta?

26

How Did BYD Beat Tesla In The EV Space?

27

The Evolution of Asian Philanthropy Presents Opportunities

28

Taiwan Post-Election - Status Quo?

29

US-China Relationship Needs To Mature To Managed Competition

30

Will 2024 Be A Dull Year For Malaysia Politically?

31

COP28: Words Really Do Matter

32

Rohingya Crisis Remains Stagnant

33

The Crypto Trials And Tribulations Of CZ And SBF

34

Media Council Valuable If Done Right

35

ESG Media Coverage And Practices

36

Youth Empowerment And The Path To Global Citizenship

37

Inside ASEAN's Response To Gaza

38

Healthy Skepticism Key To Battle Disinformation

39

The Growing Love Affair Of Durian In China

40

Media Prima Audio To Ride The Opportunities In AI

41

Financial Crime Lessons From 1MDB

42

Erosion Of Press Freedom In Hong Kong

43

Women's World Cup A Powerful Social Platform

44

ASEAN Tech Unicorns Pathway To Profitability

45

15 Questions To BFM Media Founder, Malek Ali

46

Frontier Myanmar - A Newsroom in Exile

47

Traditional News Rooms Have To Evolve With Social Media

48

Press Perspective Of State Elections

49

Getting The Scoop On The Scoop

50

Tech Giants To Pay Online News Outlets?

51

Calculating ROI In Sexual And Reproductive Health

52

Weak Ecosystem For Investigative Journalism

53

Addressing Unconscious Bias In Malaysia's Media Industry

54

South East Asian Tech Opportunities Remain

55

Health White Paper And GEG Legislation Not Thought Through

56

Caijin Trailblazes The Chinese Language Media Industry

57

Economic Implications Of Jocelyn Chia's Jokes

58

Airshows In A Multipolar World

59

Is The Penang South Island Project A Damaging Fantasy Island?

60

Thailand's Pivotal Election Driven By The Youth

61

Sudan's Never Ending Conflicts

62

Greenwashing And Greenhushing In Asia

63

Is ChatGPT A Job Killer?

64

Is Time Ticking For Tiktok In Asia?

65

Banking Fallout Continues To Unfold

66

Ordinary Pakistanis Feeling The Most Economic Pain

67

Parallels Between Tan Sri Muhyiddin And The 1MDB Trial

68

Singapore's Perspective On Budget 2023

69

Ukrainian Mood Remains Resilient

70

Devastating Turkish Earthquake Drives Local And Global Solidarity

71

Is Xi Jin Ping The Most Powerful Man In The World?

72

How Has Online Discourse Shaped Conversation On Sensitive Topics In Malaysia?

73

Will 2023 Business Stories In Asia Be The Same As 2022?

74

What’s At Stake At The UMNO General Assembly?

75

Pressing Matters 2022: International Headlines

76

Pressing Matters 2022: Reforms To Better Malaysian Media

77

Big Expectations, Big Challenges For New Cabinet On Media Reforms

78

Democracy Is More Than Elections

79

US Midterms 2022: Democrats Flip The Script

80

GE15: Democracy or Circus?

81

ASEAN Paralysis On Myanmar

82

Tracking China's Media Narratives in Malaysia

83

UK Newsrooms Grapple With Media Diversity

84

VLN Trial: High Drama In The High Court

85

Reforms Beyond The Dewan Rakyat For Representative Politics

86

Strengthening The Media Ecosystem Against Political Disinformation

87

The Case For Public Service Media Reforms

88

SRC International: Notes From The Courtroom

89

Spotlight On West Papua

90

Taiwan's Existential Dilemma

91

Reading The Signs For GE15

92

Final Stretch For The 1MDB-SRC Trial

93

Two Steps Forward But A Long Way Until Equality

94

Can Sri Lanka Chart A Path Out Of Crisis?

95

The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Media

96

Sportswashing Controversy Splits Professional Golf

97

Sinar Daily: Will Transparent and Truthful Reporting Win Out?

98

More Transparency Needed for Effective Criminal Justice Reform

99

Gun Debate Symptomatic of US Culture Wars

100

News Media Under Siege in Ukraine Conflict

101

Why The World Is Watching Russia On Victory Day

102

Can Macron Unite A Divided France?

103

Jerusalem A Nationalist Flashpoint

104

International Justice For War Crimes

105

Private Interests Eye MySejahtera Data Trove

106

The Social Media Battlefront Of The Ukraine War

107

UMNO's Show Of Unity Belies Internal Power Struggle

108

Beyond the Ballot Box in Johor

109

Behind the Byline: Stories of Women Journalists

110

Be Critical of Political Messaging

111

31 Questions Over Malaysia's 5G Roll-Out

112

Hijab Ban Puts Spotlight on Sectarian Politics in India

113

A Very Long Resistance in Myanmar?

114

Dispatch from China: On Zero Covid & Artificial Snow

115

Youth Making A Point With Street Protests

116

Understanding Hate Speech Patterns With #TrackerBenci

117

Are Malaysians Willing To Pay For News Media?

118

Little Recourse For Foreign Domestic Workers Caught In Bad Situation

119

Pressing Matters 2021: Headline Stories Of The Year

120

Sarawak Election: Voter Apathy, Low Turnout

121

Untangling The 1MDB Trials: SRC International

122

COP26 - Hype Over Substance?

123

Foreign Businesses Walk A Tightrope In China

124

Melaka Polls: Return To Stability?

125

#SaveNagaenthran Strikes A Chord In Singapore

126

Will Politicians Rise to the Melaka Challenge?

127

Will Politicians Take Up The Melaka Challenge?

128

The Marathon Race For Covid-19 Vaccines

129

The Complex Story Of Malaysian Palm Oil

130

Berita Baru Nak Up, The New Kid On The Block

131

How The Far Right Are Hijacking Pandemic Discontent In Australia

132

Fat Leonard: A Tale Of Corruption and Revenge

133

Remembering The Departed

134

Gender Equality In Citizenship, Finally

135

Whither Accountability In Forest Management?

136

Engage The Youth To Drive Up Covid-19 Vaccinations

137

Pressing For Answers Amid The Pandemic

138

Why Investors Should Care More About Press Freedom

139

Tokyo Olympics: Malaysia's Quest For Gold Continues

140

#Lawan Protest & A Parliamentary Cliffhanger

141

Tackling Hate Speech On Facebook Needs Localized Lens

142

2021 Digital News Report: How Much Do We Trust The News Media?

143

Daily Covid-19 Case Numbers Don't Tell The Whole Story

144

Grassroots Leading Political Change

145

Bolsonaro Bracing For A Winter Of Discontent

146

Combatting Migrant Stereotypes In Media Reporting

147

Content Code Revamp For The Digital Age

148

Another Royal Reckoning For The BBC

149

SPH Media Turns Non-Profit

150

Social Media Pressure Gains Reprieve For Bagan Lalang Mah Meri

151

Journalism In The Time Of Covid-19

152

Is Satire A Crime?

153

Climate Change: Looking Ahead to COP26

154

Vaccine Geopolitics: Nationalism vs Diplomacy

155

Whither Hong Kong Democracy?

156

Framing Matters: Media Messaging and Vaccines in Malaysia

157

Environmental CSI: Pasir Gudang

158

100 Days Later, The Farmers March On

159

Can Burmese Democracy Survive The Coup?

160

Online Media Bear Responsibility For Third Party Comments

161

Behind The Scenes Of The BBC’s Business Daily

162

Better Standards And Public Redress With Media Council

163

Democracy And The Right To Information

164

Julian Assange And The New York Times Problem

165

Contextualizing Malaysia for the Foreign Reader

166

Pressing Matters 2020: Conversations From Around The Region

167

Uyghurs Seen Through Distorted Lens Of Global Terrorism Policy

168

Where Money And Politics Collide

169

Murdoch Media Empire Under Fire

170

Budget 2021: Democracy In Action?

171

America In Truth Decay

172

The Problem With Propaganda

173

Budget 2021 - Between A Rock And A Hard Place

174

Myanmar’s Hollow Elections?

175

US Elections: Florida, the Bellwether State

176

How Do We Cure An Infodemic?

177

US Elections: States Choose the President

178

Thai Youth Calling for a Revolution in Politics

179

Investigative Journalism: Holding the Powerful to Account

180

Sunset on Abenomics?

181

The Heritage Paper Championing Sabahan Stories

182

China’s Sophisticated Media Strategy - A Cause for Concern?

183

Mixed Messaging Fuelling Covid Conspiracies In Indonesia

184

Bearing Witness To The Grief Of A City

185

Know Your Right To Know

186

Reaching New Audiences Through TV

187

The Fine Line between a Documentary and a News Report

188

Refocusing Public Media in the Digital Age

189

In Pandemic Polls, Singaporeans Vote for Political Diversity

190

Rethinking Migration Post-Pandemic

191

Whose Pants Are On Fire?

192

Missing: Freedom After Speech?

193

Busting Fake News with Fat Bidin

194

Secondhand Trade: A Relatively Invisible Industry

195

Malaysians Deserve a Functional Parliament

196

Subang Jaya Residents in a Coconut Shell Under MCO

197

Studying Women In The Media

198

The Orang Asli Denied a Dignified Existence

199

It's Not Over Yet

200

Pandemonium within Pakatan Harapan

201

Coronavirus: Dispatch from China

202

It’s Still Her World After 60 Years

203

Battling Virality On Multiple Fronts

204

The Quest for a National Narrative, Among Many, for Malaysia

205

How the Digital Revolution is Impacting Media’s Evolution

206

How Feasible Is A Listing?

207

Pressing Matters: Compelling Stories in 2019

208

Reform the Malaysian Media Industry, Restore Public Trust in Journalists

209

A 2019 Retrospective

210

Malaysian Media At A Crossroads

211

The Promise and Perils of the Pan Borneo Highway

212

Escape Plan to Cyprus for Cambodia’s Elite?

213

Market Forces should Dictate Mergers and Acquisitions in the Malaysian Insurance Industry.

214

Owning PLUS - Government, Private, or the People?

215

National Transport Policy - Directions without a Map?

216

Budget 2020 - a Full House in Parliament

217

Hong Kong Protests: No End In Sight

218

Housing - No Short-Term Solutions

219

New Naratif, Championing Press Freedom in SEA

220

Endangered Species, For Sale

221

Najib Trials - Another Begins

222

UNDI 18, Who Actually Wins And Will It Change The Way Parties Campaign?

223

Anwar's Olive Branch, Azmin's Future

224

Malaysia - A Drug Transit Hub No Longer?

225

Zaharah Othman and Malaysians Abroad

226

E-Wallets For Bubble Tea

227

On Talent, Culture, And a Changing Environment

228

Latheefa Koya - Consultation is Key

229

UMNO - The Elephants in the Room

230

Wang Kelian - Bigger Than We Think It Is

231

People Vs Najib Razak - Following the Money Trail

232

May 13th- Is It Better to Forget?

233

Off the Gravy Train

234

Influasia - A Recipe for Shareability

235

From Fake News To Fake Elections

236

Digital Taxes and Private Equity Emerge as National Funding Options

237

Self-regulation- If Not Now, Then When?

238

Mahathir - Tale as Old As Time?

239

A Life After Journalism

240

Malaysia's Vehicle APs: A Politicial Hot Potato

241

Barisan Nasional - On the Rocks?

242

Highways Take a Toll on Election Promise

243

A Look Into Watchdog Journalism

244

Exposing Wang Kelian

245

A Look At Chinese Dailies

246

The Regulatory Balancing Act

247

On The Ground At The Cameron By-Election

248

The Edge's Evolution Into TV

249

Pressing Matters: Is Bersatu Umno 3.0?

250

Pressing Matters: Compelling Stories in 2018

251

Nurul Izzah Resignation - What's the End Game?

252

The Buzz Continues On Astro-Maxis Merger

253

Of Pay Packages And Hidden Hands

254

Of Racial Tensions and Gangster Politics

255

Going Behind The Scenes with Skuad Badar

256

On The Ground At The PKR National Congress

257

US Midterm Elections 2018: A Malaysian Perspective

258

A Financial Journo's Take On Budget 2019

259

On The Parliament Beat

260

The Reality Of Inequality

261

Eye On MRT2 Renegotiations

262

Keeping Up With Tun M

263

UMNO's Foggy Future?

264

Malaysia's First 1MDB Book

265

Life As a Freelance Journo

266

Behind The Scenes - Tun M's China Trip

267

Missing GST Funds and Another National Car

268

This Land Is Whose Land?

269

Dear Minister Gobind...

270

Khazanah - What’s in Store?

271

Journalism, Islam, and Democracy in Malaysia and Indonesia

272

Satellite Hopes to Orbit

273

Brand Loyalty and Beyond

274

Covering UMNO in Crisis

275

Patient Progress on Pakatan's Promises

276

The Unapologetic Journalist

277

Dr Mahathir-Anwar Ibrahim, Redux

278

RM1 Trillion Debt - Real Problem or PR Exercise?

279

Dr Mahathir - The Pragmatist

280

Change Happens When You Least Expect It

281

Pakatan’s Eminent Choices?

282

GE14 - On The Road With New Mandala

283

Sinar's Fun Ways to Deliver the News

284

In Other News

285

Manifesto vs Manifesto

286

GE14 - What’s The Real Story?

287

Paywalls: The Price Is Right

288

Fake News - #BuryTheBill?

289

Who Will Save Environmental Journalism?

290

Covering Parliament - Infinite Possibilities?

291

Bitter Pill for Sugar King

292

Taking On Goliath

293

Selangor Football - Own Goal?

294

Uncovering PAS’ End Game

295

GE14 - Who’s Winning Social Media Battle?

296

Behind The Glitz + Glamour Of Lifestyle Magazines

297

ASEAN Journalists Say #MeToo

298

Printed Newspapers Are Still Relevant!

299

Selangorkini - Whose Voice?

300

Pressing Matters: Compelling Stories in 2017

301

Aliran Retooling to Stay Relevant

302

All The R.AGE

303

You Know Nothing About Fake News

304

MRT3 - Will Malaysia Be Taken For A Ride?

305

The ASEAN Post - The Who, What and Why

306

Runaway CEOs and GST Here to Stay?

307

Most Malaysians Use WhatsApp For News

308

Kleptocracy's Ringgit Premium?

309

Crime Doesn’t Pay, Most Times

310

Transforming TV

311

MAB's Boeing Deal, Forex RCI: Conclusive?

312

Kembong-nomics - A Mackerel View

313

Happy Families - LKY’s Succession Dilemma

314

Polarizing Forces of the Games

315

Do We Tango With Beijing?

316

Competing Regionalisms

317

Radio - Still Relevant?

318

Asian Financial Crisis: Malaysia Defying the Odds

319

High Rollers Raise the Stakes

320

Good Journalism, Bad Business?

321

Serving the Financially Savvy

322

Felda - Dueling Ceramahs

323

Geely Powering-up Proton?

324

Of TV Relevance and Tax Evaders

325

Indian Blueprint - Inflated Claims?

326

Indonesia’s Blasphemy Debacle

327

Behind Rev Asia's Recent Spike

328

What Creates Value - Mergers & Localisation

329

Not Gambling the Future Away

330

Demystifying Science Through Journalism

331

Malaysia Ill-Equipped To Deal With Sex Offenders

332

Bankers Beware! Change Is Coming

333

Donald Trump, The New York Times, and the L Word

334

Covering Financial Scandals in Malaysia

335

Kim Jong-nam Killing: Beyond The Headlines

336

Nazir: ASEAN's Pace Vindicated

337

The Future is Personalised Radio

338

As Seen On TV

339

The Upside Down Under

340

Will Tech Shake Up The Gaming Sector?

341

What's Mexico's Trump Card?

342

2016 - Political Game Changers

343

Whistleblowing, But Only Under Right Conditions

344

Going Undercover: Babies For Sale

345

What's AK Up To?

346

Duterte Diplomacy: His First State Visit To Malaysia

347

Where Content Is King, Can The Star Shine?

348

Beyond the Calais Jungle

349

Budget 2017 - An Election Budget?

350

The Taxman Cometh

351

The Flight of the Condor

352

Bank Negara Is Watching...

353

Indonesia - Clash of Civilisations?

354

Trump's Mastery at Media Manipulation

355

What's Next For Malaysia's Financial Markets

356

10 Reasons Not to Build the HSR

357

W(h)ither Malaysia's Online Journalism?

358

MCIL's HK Asset Sale: Is There More to the Story?

359

MRT Outdoor Advertising: Branding On The Go

360

Behind the Dhaka Terror Attack

361

AirAsia Add-Ons Are Adding Up

362

Lim Guan Eng Battles for Political Survival

363

Stockbrokerages: A Sunset Industry?

364

PAS, the Kingmakers?

365

Germany's Changing Attitudes

366

Understanding the Private Member's Bill on Hudud

367

Star Media's Star Shines Bright

368

Kingmakers in the East

369

Watching Quek's Moves

370

Is MAS Finally On The Right Route?

371

Bank Negara Gives SMEs a Break

372

Brazil - A Crisis Explained

373

Maybank's Musical Chairs?

374

1Malaysia Distorted Badly?

375

Of Empires and Change of Guards

376

The Week Ahead: US Politics and Malaysian Housemen Woes

377

ABC’s Four Corners - Crossing Lines?

378

Multimedia Act: Amendments Necessary?

379

Checking Up On Banks

380

Whistleblowing Under The Threat of OSA

381

Magnum Draws First

382

Soft Power: China's Conundrum

383

Climate Change - Dominant Narrative Pushback

384

1MDB & MAS: Failure To Communicate?

385

Rocky's Political Brew

386

The Disruptors & The Disrupted

387

TPP a Game Changer for APs?

388

The Year of 1MDB

389

Higher Car Prices in 2016

390

Edra-CGN Deal: Who Wins?

391

Building a Greater Malaysia

392

Stay Tuned for the Future of TV

393

Is the Media Lazy?

394

Southeast Asian Media Challenges

395

Missing Kids, Hidden Questions

396

He Said, She Said: AG vs BNM on 1MDB

397

Najib, Unfriended?

398

Haze: RM155bil Up in Smoke

399

Sports Management - “Rombak Semua”

400

The Uncertain State of The Nation

401

1MDB: Malay Readers Not Convinced

402

Zeti, Rock Steady

403

Malaysia Through The Eyes of Singapore Press

404

In The Ringgit's Defence

405

TNB Buys 1MDB Assets

406

Whether Dress Codes or Taxis, Change in Thinking Needed

407

Course Correction for AAX?

408

Reasons Behind The Weak Ringgit

409

1MDB : More Questions than Answers

410

Should Petronas Go Overseas?

411

Pre-paid GST and 1MDB Deals: Who Really Wins?

412

MASs Market or Premium

413

GST Pains

414

Turbulence in 1MDB and Flymojo

415

Ecoworld's Conflicts and Connections