Editor’s Christmas Wrap

Published on Dec 26, 2010 by Luke Hunt

In finalizing the year, Luke Hunt has written-up his top 10 news makers for central and east Asia, personalities whose mark is expected to leave a lingering impact on the region. Bomborra would also like to wish all good tidings and the best for 2011 when some additions to the production line-up are expected to make their presence felt. Among them is the journalist Cain Nunns from New Zealand. Nunns has extensive experience in Asia. Finally Bomborra would like to thank John Paterson whose work and recordings in Borneo Rainforest is now featuring in audio work produced by Bomborra for radio. .

Names in News Reshape Region

Published on Dec 26, 2010 by Luke Hunt

Of the many major stories coming out of the area in 2010, Luke Hunt has compiled this list of 10 for Spectrum magazine in Sunday’s Bangkok Post that made the most lasting impression on the media’s short attention span. Across the region they impressed and outraged as the year’s biggest newsmakers. Major tragedies such as Pakistan’s floods and the deadly bridge stampede in Cambodia were obvious choices for stories of the year. But the following are likely to have a a more lingering impact on regional affairs: .

Stiletto: Pakistan Tops the Killing Fields

Published on Dec 25, 2010 by Luke Hunt

By Max Kolbe As 2010 draws to a close Pakistan appears set to take out the most unwanted prize in journalism as the most dangerous place to work. At least 42 journalists were killed worldwide in 2010, with Iraq, Mexico, and Honduras just behind Pakistan according to the Committee to Protect Journalist. China and Iran also stood out, by pushing the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to its highest level since 1996, with 145 reporters, editors, and photojournalists identified by the CPJ as being behind bars on December 1, up by nine from the 2009 tally. Eritrea was third among the foremost jailers of journalists. Among the dead, six of the eight Pakistani journalists were killed in suicide attacks or....

Stiletto by Max Kolbe — October, 2010

Published on Nov 21, 2010 by Luke Hunt

The creeps in Mindanao can’t help themselves. But at least there were some forward thinking journalists on hand at Xinhua who followed up on death threats being issued against correspondents almost a year after the worst massacre in Philippine history. The Chinese news agency reported from Cotabato that several Filipino journalists in the southern Philippines, including a photographer for Agence France Presse (AFP), had simultaneously received death threats earlier this month. It said Mark Navales, a stringer photographer for AFP, confirmed he was among those who received the threat after an unknown man sent a message to his mobile phone advising him to watch out for the media death squad. “This is alarming. Whatever circumstances, we don’t want last year’s....

Editor’s Note on Credits

Published on Nov 21, 2010 by Luke Hunt

Borneo sunset where the forests meet the sea. Throughout the course of pulling stories together whether in text, audio, video or stills, there are always those who deserve more credit for lending a helping hand than is on offer.  Among them is John Paterson whose work and recordings in Borneo Rainforest has and will continue to feature prominently in work produced by Bomborra Productions.  Paterson’s work can be obtained from Borneo Books in Kota Kinabalu. Ed. .