“There was a lot of convincing each other and bursting each other’s bubbles. You don’t want people to be too drunk on Kool-Aid or too cynical, as journalists tend to be.”
Political news reporting doesn’t seem to be holding up well as a business in the city-state. And it’s even harder when you’re seen as “alternative” media.
In Vichet launched Khmerload while he was still a PhD student. Now, with Silicon Valley backing, he’s added new editions in Myanmar and Vietnam and is looking at several more locations in South and Southeast Asia.
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Robertson, Holly. "Cambodian viral site Khmerload has new plans for a BuzzFeed-like digital empire across Southeast Asia." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Oct. 2017. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Robertson, H. (2017, Oct. 10). Cambodian viral site Khmerload has new plans for a BuzzFeed-like digital empire across Southeast Asia. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/cambodian-viral-site-khmerload-has-new-plans-for-a-buzzfeed-like-digital-empire-across-southeast-asia/
Chicago
Robertson, Holly. "Cambodian viral site Khmerload has new plans for a BuzzFeed-like digital empire across Southeast Asia." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 10, 2017. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/cambodian-viral-site-khmerload-has-new-plans-for-a-buzzfeed-like-digital-empire-across-southeast-asia/.
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