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Pressing Matters — 415 episodes
The Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis In Myanmar
BTS Of The Greatest Show On Earth
Venezuela's High Stake Elections
Bangladesh's Unprecedented Violent Protests
Post Mortem on Global IT Outage
Will Trump 2.0 Be Different From Trump 1.0?
Turbulence In The PH1.0 Government
Malaysia's Media Industry Continues To Struggle
South Africa's New Ruling Coalition
Will Modi 3.0 Be Very different?
Status Quo In Iran's Regional And Domestic Power Structure
Governments Are Failing Journalists
Malaysia's Dismal Performance In Press Freedom
Bread And Butter Issues Dominate India's Election
Dual Rentierism Poses Challenges In Governing Palestine
Israel And Iran Tensions Reshape Middle East Conflicts
Gaza A Stark Reminder Of The Devastation Of War
Rebuilding Palestine's Economy
WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich's Wrongful Detention
Vietnam's Intriguing Political Structure
Parties And Dynasties In The Philippines
Will Prabowo Be Jokowi 2.0?
How Is Thai PM Sreetha Thavisin performing?
How Are Regulations Stifling Online Discourse?
How Are Armed Rebels Putting Pressure On Myanmar's Junta?
How Did BYD Beat Tesla In The EV Space?
The Evolution of Asian Philanthropy Presents Opportunities
Taiwan Post-Election - Status Quo?
US-China Relationship Needs To Mature To Managed Competition
Will 2024 Be A Dull Year For Malaysia Politically?
COP28: Words Really Do Matter
Rohingya Crisis Remains Stagnant
The Crypto Trials And Tribulations Of CZ And SBF
Media Council Valuable If Done Right
ESG Media Coverage And Practices
Youth Empowerment And The Path To Global Citizenship
Inside ASEAN's Response To Gaza
Healthy Skepticism Key To Battle Disinformation
The Growing Love Affair Of Durian In China
Media Prima Audio To Ride The Opportunities In AI
Financial Crime Lessons From 1MDB
Erosion Of Press Freedom In Hong Kong
Women's World Cup A Powerful Social Platform
ASEAN Tech Unicorns Pathway To Profitability
15 Questions To BFM Media Founder, Malek Ali
Frontier Myanmar - A Newsroom in Exile
Traditional News Rooms Have To Evolve With Social Media
Press Perspective Of State Elections
Getting The Scoop On The Scoop
Tech Giants To Pay Online News Outlets?
Calculating ROI In Sexual And Reproductive Health
Weak Ecosystem For Investigative Journalism
Addressing Unconscious Bias In Malaysia's Media Industry
South East Asian Tech Opportunities Remain
Health White Paper And GEG Legislation Not Thought Through
Caijin Trailblazes The Chinese Language Media Industry
Economic Implications Of Jocelyn Chia's Jokes
Airshows In A Multipolar World
Is The Penang South Island Project A Damaging Fantasy Island?
Thailand's Pivotal Election Driven By The Youth
Sudan's Never Ending Conflicts
Greenwashing And Greenhushing In Asia
Is ChatGPT A Job Killer?
Is Time Ticking For Tiktok In Asia?
Banking Fallout Continues To Unfold
Ordinary Pakistanis Feeling The Most Economic Pain
Parallels Between Tan Sri Muhyiddin And The 1MDB Trial
Singapore's Perspective On Budget 2023
Ukrainian Mood Remains Resilient
Devastating Turkish Earthquake Drives Local And Global Solidarity
Is Xi Jin Ping The Most Powerful Man In The World?
How Has Online Discourse Shaped Conversation On Sensitive Topics In Malaysia?
Will 2023 Business Stories In Asia Be The Same As 2022?
What’s At Stake At The UMNO General Assembly?
Pressing Matters 2022: International Headlines
Pressing Matters 2022: Reforms To Better Malaysian Media
Big Expectations, Big Challenges For New Cabinet On Media Reforms
Democracy Is More Than Elections
US Midterms 2022: Democrats Flip The Script
GE15: Democracy or Circus?
ASEAN Paralysis On Myanmar
Tracking China's Media Narratives in Malaysia
UK Newsrooms Grapple With Media Diversity
VLN Trial: High Drama In The High Court
Reforms Beyond The Dewan Rakyat For Representative Politics
Strengthening The Media Ecosystem Against Political Disinformation
The Case For Public Service Media Reforms
SRC International: Notes From The Courtroom
Spotlight On West Papua
Taiwan's Existential Dilemma
Reading The Signs For GE15
Final Stretch For The 1MDB-SRC Trial
Two Steps Forward But A Long Way Until Equality
Can Sri Lanka Chart A Path Out Of Crisis?
The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Media
Sportswashing Controversy Splits Professional Golf
Sinar Daily: Will Transparent and Truthful Reporting Win Out?
More Transparency Needed for Effective Criminal Justice Reform
Gun Debate Symptomatic of US Culture Wars
News Media Under Siege in Ukraine Conflict
Why The World Is Watching Russia On Victory Day
Can Macron Unite A Divided France?
Jerusalem A Nationalist Flashpoint
International Justice For War Crimes
Private Interests Eye MySejahtera Data Trove
The Social Media Battlefront Of The Ukraine War
UMNO's Show Of Unity Belies Internal Power Struggle
Beyond the Ballot Box in Johor
Behind the Byline: Stories of Women Journalists
Be Critical of Political Messaging
31 Questions Over Malaysia's 5G Roll-Out
Hijab Ban Puts Spotlight on Sectarian Politics in India
A Very Long Resistance in Myanmar?
Dispatch from China: On Zero Covid & Artificial Snow
Youth Making A Point With Street Protests
Understanding Hate Speech Patterns With #TrackerBenci
Are Malaysians Willing To Pay For News Media?
Little Recourse For Foreign Domestic Workers Caught In Bad Situation
Pressing Matters 2021: Headline Stories Of The Year
Sarawak Election: Voter Apathy, Low Turnout
Untangling The 1MDB Trials: SRC International
COP26 - Hype Over Substance?
Foreign Businesses Walk A Tightrope In China
Melaka Polls: Return To Stability?
#SaveNagaenthran Strikes A Chord In Singapore
Will Politicians Rise to the Melaka Challenge?
Will Politicians Take Up The Melaka Challenge?
The Marathon Race For Covid-19 Vaccines
The Complex Story Of Malaysian Palm Oil
Berita Baru Nak Up, The New Kid On The Block
How The Far Right Are Hijacking Pandemic Discontent In Australia
Fat Leonard: A Tale Of Corruption and Revenge
Remembering The Departed
Gender Equality In Citizenship, Finally
Whither Accountability In Forest Management?
Engage The Youth To Drive Up Covid-19 Vaccinations
Pressing For Answers Amid The Pandemic
Why Investors Should Care More About Press Freedom
Tokyo Olympics: Malaysia's Quest For Gold Continues
#Lawan Protest & A Parliamentary Cliffhanger
Tackling Hate Speech On Facebook Needs Localized Lens
2021 Digital News Report: How Much Do We Trust The News Media?
Daily Covid-19 Case Numbers Don't Tell The Whole Story
Grassroots Leading Political Change
Bolsonaro Bracing For A Winter Of Discontent
Combatting Migrant Stereotypes In Media Reporting
Content Code Revamp For The Digital Age
Another Royal Reckoning For The BBC
SPH Media Turns Non-Profit
Social Media Pressure Gains Reprieve For Bagan Lalang Mah Meri
Journalism In The Time Of Covid-19
Is Satire A Crime?
Climate Change: Looking Ahead to COP26
Vaccine Geopolitics: Nationalism vs Diplomacy
Whither Hong Kong Democracy?
Framing Matters: Media Messaging and Vaccines in Malaysia
Environmental CSI: Pasir Gudang
100 Days Later, The Farmers March On
Can Burmese Democracy Survive The Coup?
Online Media Bear Responsibility For Third Party Comments
Behind The Scenes Of The BBC’s Business Daily
Better Standards And Public Redress With Media Council
Democracy And The Right To Information
Julian Assange And The New York Times Problem
Contextualizing Malaysia for the Foreign Reader
Pressing Matters 2020: Conversations From Around The Region
Uyghurs Seen Through Distorted Lens Of Global Terrorism Policy
Where Money And Politics Collide
Murdoch Media Empire Under Fire
Budget 2021: Democracy In Action?
America In Truth Decay
The Problem With Propaganda
Budget 2021 - Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Myanmar’s Hollow Elections?
US Elections: Florida, the Bellwether State
How Do We Cure An Infodemic?
US Elections: States Choose the President
Thai Youth Calling for a Revolution in Politics
Investigative Journalism: Holding the Powerful to Account
Sunset on Abenomics?
The Heritage Paper Championing Sabahan Stories
China’s Sophisticated Media Strategy - A Cause for Concern?
Mixed Messaging Fuelling Covid Conspiracies In Indonesia
Bearing Witness To The Grief Of A City
Know Your Right To Know
Reaching New Audiences Through TV
The Fine Line between a Documentary and a News Report
Refocusing Public Media in the Digital Age
In Pandemic Polls, Singaporeans Vote for Political Diversity
Rethinking Migration Post-Pandemic
Whose Pants Are On Fire?
Missing: Freedom After Speech?
Busting Fake News with Fat Bidin
Secondhand Trade: A Relatively Invisible Industry
Malaysians Deserve a Functional Parliament
Subang Jaya Residents in a Coconut Shell Under MCO
Studying Women In The Media
The Orang Asli Denied a Dignified Existence
It's Not Over Yet
Pandemonium within Pakatan Harapan
Coronavirus: Dispatch from China
It’s Still Her World After 60 Years
Battling Virality On Multiple Fronts
The Quest for a National Narrative, Among Many, for Malaysia
How the Digital Revolution is Impacting Media’s Evolution
How Feasible Is A Listing?
Pressing Matters: Compelling Stories in 2019
Reform the Malaysian Media Industry, Restore Public Trust in Journalists
A 2019 Retrospective
Malaysian Media At A Crossroads
The Promise and Perils of the Pan Borneo Highway
Escape Plan to Cyprus for Cambodia’s Elite?
Market Forces should Dictate Mergers and Acquisitions in the Malaysian Insurance Industry.
Owning PLUS - Government, Private, or the People?
National Transport Policy - Directions without a Map?
Budget 2020 - a Full House in Parliament
Hong Kong Protests: No End In Sight
Housing - No Short-Term Solutions
New Naratif, Championing Press Freedom in SEA
Endangered Species, For Sale
Najib Trials - Another Begins
UNDI 18, Who Actually Wins And Will It Change The Way Parties Campaign?
Anwar's Olive Branch, Azmin's Future
Malaysia - A Drug Transit Hub No Longer?
Zaharah Othman and Malaysians Abroad
E-Wallets For Bubble Tea
On Talent, Culture, And a Changing Environment
Latheefa Koya - Consultation is Key
UMNO - The Elephants in the Room
Wang Kelian - Bigger Than We Think It Is
People Vs Najib Razak - Following the Money Trail
May 13th- Is It Better to Forget?
Off the Gravy Train
Influasia - A Recipe for Shareability
From Fake News To Fake Elections
Digital Taxes and Private Equity Emerge as National Funding Options
Self-regulation- If Not Now, Then When?
Mahathir - Tale as Old As Time?
A Life After Journalism
Malaysia's Vehicle APs: A Politicial Hot Potato
Barisan Nasional - On the Rocks?
Highways Take a Toll on Election Promise
A Look Into Watchdog Journalism
Exposing Wang Kelian
A Look At Chinese Dailies
The Regulatory Balancing Act
On The Ground At The Cameron By-Election
The Edge's Evolution Into TV
Pressing Matters: Is Bersatu Umno 3.0?
Pressing Matters: Compelling Stories in 2018
Nurul Izzah Resignation - What's the End Game?
The Buzz Continues On Astro-Maxis Merger
Of Pay Packages And Hidden Hands
Of Racial Tensions and Gangster Politics
Going Behind The Scenes with Skuad Badar
On The Ground At The PKR National Congress
US Midterm Elections 2018: A Malaysian Perspective
A Financial Journo's Take On Budget 2019
On The Parliament Beat
The Reality Of Inequality
Eye On MRT2 Renegotiations
Keeping Up With Tun M
UMNO's Foggy Future?
Malaysia's First 1MDB Book
Life As a Freelance Journo
Behind The Scenes - Tun M's China Trip
Missing GST Funds and Another National Car
This Land Is Whose Land?
Dear Minister Gobind...
Khazanah - What’s in Store?
Journalism, Islam, and Democracy in Malaysia and Indonesia
Satellite Hopes to Orbit
Brand Loyalty and Beyond
Covering UMNO in Crisis
Patient Progress on Pakatan's Promises
The Unapologetic Journalist
Dr Mahathir-Anwar Ibrahim, Redux
RM1 Trillion Debt - Real Problem or PR Exercise?
Dr Mahathir - The Pragmatist
Change Happens When You Least Expect It
Pakatan’s Eminent Choices?
GE14 - On The Road With New Mandala
Sinar's Fun Ways to Deliver the News
In Other News
Manifesto vs Manifesto
GE14 - What’s The Real Story?
Paywalls: The Price Is Right
Fake News - #BuryTheBill?
Who Will Save Environmental Journalism?
Covering Parliament - Infinite Possibilities?
Bitter Pill for Sugar King
Taking On Goliath
Selangor Football - Own Goal?
Uncovering PAS’ End Game
GE14 - Who’s Winning Social Media Battle?
Behind The Glitz + Glamour Of Lifestyle Magazines
ASEAN Journalists Say #MeToo
Printed Newspapers Are Still Relevant!
Selangorkini - Whose Voice?
Pressing Matters: Compelling Stories in 2017
Aliran Retooling to Stay Relevant
All The R.AGE
You Know Nothing About Fake News
MRT3 - Will Malaysia Be Taken For A Ride?
The ASEAN Post - The Who, What and Why
Runaway CEOs and GST Here to Stay?
Most Malaysians Use WhatsApp For News
Kleptocracy's Ringgit Premium?
Crime Doesn’t Pay, Most Times
Transforming TV
MAB's Boeing Deal, Forex RCI: Conclusive?
Kembong-nomics - A Mackerel View
Happy Families - LKY’s Succession Dilemma
Polarizing Forces of the Games
Do We Tango With Beijing?
Competing Regionalisms
Radio - Still Relevant?
Asian Financial Crisis: Malaysia Defying the Odds
High Rollers Raise the Stakes
Good Journalism, Bad Business?
Serving the Financially Savvy
Felda - Dueling Ceramahs
Geely Powering-up Proton?
Of TV Relevance and Tax Evaders
Indian Blueprint - Inflated Claims?
Indonesia’s Blasphemy Debacle
Behind Rev Asia's Recent Spike
What Creates Value - Mergers & Localisation
Not Gambling the Future Away
Demystifying Science Through Journalism
Malaysia Ill-Equipped To Deal With Sex Offenders
Bankers Beware! Change Is Coming
Donald Trump, The New York Times, and the L Word
Covering Financial Scandals in Malaysia
Kim Jong-nam Killing: Beyond The Headlines
Nazir: ASEAN's Pace Vindicated
The Future is Personalised Radio
As Seen On TV
The Upside Down Under
Will Tech Shake Up The Gaming Sector?
What's Mexico's Trump Card?
2016 - Political Game Changers
Whistleblowing, But Only Under Right Conditions
Going Undercover: Babies For Sale
What's AK Up To?
Duterte Diplomacy: His First State Visit To Malaysia
Where Content Is King, Can The Star Shine?
Beyond the Calais Jungle
Budget 2017 - An Election Budget?
The Taxman Cometh
The Flight of the Condor
Bank Negara Is Watching...
Indonesia - Clash of Civilisations?
Trump's Mastery at Media Manipulation
What's Next For Malaysia's Financial Markets
10 Reasons Not to Build the HSR
W(h)ither Malaysia's Online Journalism?
MCIL's HK Asset Sale: Is There More to the Story?
MRT Outdoor Advertising: Branding On The Go
Behind the Dhaka Terror Attack
AirAsia Add-Ons Are Adding Up
Lim Guan Eng Battles for Political Survival
Stockbrokerages: A Sunset Industry?
PAS, the Kingmakers?
Germany's Changing Attitudes
Understanding the Private Member's Bill on Hudud
Star Media's Star Shines Bright
Kingmakers in the East
Watching Quek's Moves
Is MAS Finally On The Right Route?
Bank Negara Gives SMEs a Break
Brazil - A Crisis Explained
Maybank's Musical Chairs?
1Malaysia Distorted Badly?
Of Empires and Change of Guards
The Week Ahead: US Politics and Malaysian Housemen Woes
ABC’s Four Corners - Crossing Lines?
Multimedia Act: Amendments Necessary?
Checking Up On Banks
Whistleblowing Under The Threat of OSA
Magnum Draws First
Soft Power: China's Conundrum
Climate Change - Dominant Narrative Pushback
1MDB & MAS: Failure To Communicate?
Rocky's Political Brew
The Disruptors & The Disrupted
TPP a Game Changer for APs?
The Year of 1MDB
Higher Car Prices in 2016
Edra-CGN Deal: Who Wins?
Building a Greater Malaysia
Stay Tuned for the Future of TV
Is the Media Lazy?
Southeast Asian Media Challenges
Missing Kids, Hidden Questions
He Said, She Said: AG vs BNM on 1MDB
Najib, Unfriended?
Haze: RM155bil Up in Smoke
Sports Management - “Rombak Semua”
The Uncertain State of The Nation
1MDB: Malay Readers Not Convinced
Zeti, Rock Steady
Malaysia Through The Eyes of Singapore Press
In The Ringgit's Defence
TNB Buys 1MDB Assets
Whether Dress Codes or Taxis, Change in Thinking Needed
Course Correction for AAX?
Reasons Behind The Weak Ringgit
1MDB : More Questions than Answers
Should Petronas Go Overseas?
Pre-paid GST and 1MDB Deals: Who Really Wins?
MASs Market or Premium
GST Pains
Turbulence in 1MDB and Flymojo
Ecoworld's Conflicts and Connections