Behind The Byline

As more popular destinations reopen, Rachel Lee, Assistant Editor at TTGmice and TTGassociations, discusses what travel trends she expects to see. Having spent seven years with the Singaporean travel publications, Rachel witnessed the ups and downs of the tourism sector. But no circumstances before transformed the media landscape as dramatic as the Covid-19 pandemic. Only recently Rachel was invited to attend a media familiarization trip to Australia. During her visit to a trade show in Sydney, she picked up a story about how crucial working holiday makers were in addressing…

For Vivian Liu, Technology Journalist at Commercial Times, a major financial newspaper in Taiwan, she did not start out wanting to become a journalist. An avid learner of languages and cultures, she was a university exchange student in France, where she majored in French. After graduation, her first job was a sales specialist, who was responsible for channel development for consumer electronics products in French-speaking countries. However, it was at that job, where she discovered an interest in writing, which paved the way for her to become a journalist. And…

From receiving childbirth advice from former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten on an event stage to jetting to Sydney for an in-depth conversation with British pop singer Mick Hucknall (of Simply Red), Luisa Tam, Senior Editor of the South China Morning Post, has encountered a spectrum of colourful personalities during her journalism career that spans close to four decades. The veteran editor, who is based in Hong Kong, also recalls cancelling her evening plans to cover a fire in the Diamond Hill estate in a cocktail dress and high heels…

Getting stung by clouds of tear gas that were fired by the police while reporting on the Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur might have happened more than 10 years ago, but lifestyle editor Reta Lee still remembers the chaotic scene vividly. Reta, who was working in Malaysia, was part of a small news team, which live-blogged the protest, and had no prior training in protecting herself from the tumultuous situation.   Calling it one of her most memorable assignments, she recalls: “The memories are still etched – even the smell of…

Interviewing people is what a journalist does every day, but we seldom hear what a journalist wants to say. This year, we launched Behind The Byline Podcast and spoke to 9 journalists from 8 markets in the APAC region. They shared their day-to-day challenges, memorable assignments, and insights on industry trends. Given their job nature, it is no surprise they share a lot in common. Here are the 5 things we learned from journalists and editors on Behind The Byline Podcast. 1. Tips to make press releases stand out Journalists…