WELCOME

This site is an extension of my book, Freedom From The Press: Journalism and State Power in Singapore, published by the National University of Singapore Press in 2012. It contains resources such as an updated primer on Singapore and links to sites that I have found useful in my own research. This is also the new home for articles from my blog Journalism.SG. Thanks for visiting. – Cherian George

GET THE BOOK

In Singapore, try Kinokuniya, Select Books or Popular. Or borrow it from a public library (079.5957 GEO). To buy it online, try Amazon or Mary Martin Booksellers, an independent bookstore with an office in Singapore. You can purchase the e-book (or individual chapters) through Project Muse, which may be available to you free of charge if your university subscribes to it.
Asian Publishing Awards 2012: Excellence Award for books on the Asian media industry.

PRIMER ON MEDIA & POLITICS

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An updated introduction to Singapore media and politics. This section also contains useful links for researchers.

WRITERS FESTIVAL 2012

Read a transcript of the dialogue, Cherian George in conversation with P N Balji, at Journalism.SG.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cherian George is an academic and journalist based in Hong Kong. Visit my website.

MY FAVOURITE CITATION

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Sunny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is an epic graphic novel telling the story of Singapore media and politics through the eyes of a fictitious artist. Sunny’s tale includes detailed accounts of how the media are managed by the PAP government, which he credits to Freedom From The Press. His book is pure genius, and I don’t think any academic citation of my work could possibly beat this! 

IN DEFENCE OF FREE SPEECH

My talk at the Singapore Advocacy Awards 2015.

WHY THE PRESS STILL MATTERS

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A talk delivered at the Singapore Management University law school in September 2012.

TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK

At the Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong, 2013.