Cambodia
Phnom Penh Post launches daily edition
Congratulations to the Phnom Penh Post for launching its first daily edition on Friday.
In this era of newspaper downsizing, it is great to see The Phnom Penh Post expanding from two times per month into a daily operation.
Disclosure: I joined in the round of investment that has helped the newspaper go daily.
Cambodia is country very much in need of a vibrant free press and I look forward to reading what the Phnom Penh Post team can accomplish.
I have not yet seen a physical copy of the daily paper, but here’s some reviews from bloggers who have:
Surprisingly, its price is now down to KHR 2,500 per copy from previously KHR 4,000, despite being 100% color. Readers can also access the PDF version of the paper from its website, simply by signing a free membership. I hope the paper will keep this free service available always. That’ll be a really awesome way for me to catch up with news at home!
Kudos to the Post team for the innovation!
First, congratulations to Michael Hayes and the new owners–we finally have a REAL English language newspaper here in Cambodia, something that looks, feels, and reads like an honest to goodness, daily newspaper. That is a good thing.
On the positive side, I have no problems with the editorial. Good, solid content. 24 pages, color photography. Plenty of national news, with a nice mix of regional/international/wire service stuff. Also good to see travel, lifestyle, and sports sections. Business stuff is also good.
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Phnom Penh Post
One of Southeast Asia’s legendary publications, the Phnom Penh Post founded by legendary editor Michael Hayes. It was the first English-language newspaper in Cambodia when launched in 1992.
Ross Dunkley
A brash and veteran newspaperman of greater Indo-China, Dunkley has headed the launch of publications including the Vietnam Investment Review, Myanmar Times (English and Burmese-language editions) as well as the conversion of The Phnom Penh Post into a daily newspaper. (Planned for August 2008)
Dunkley often has strong views and has never been known to hold them silently.
Copy editor jobs at Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Post newspaper
Are you young (or young at heart), ambitious and ready for a newspapering adventure?
Here’s your chance to follow in the footsteps of Southeast Asia’s great foreign correspondents at Cambodia’s most prestigious English-language newspaper:
The Phnom Penh Post, a bi-monthly newspaper that is shifting into a daily, is looking for 2 or 3 aggressive sub-editors who are not afraid to tear stories apart, but who also have a lot of patience in dealing with young reporters with limited English and nascent reporting skills.
As the veteran of another Asian newspaper launch, I am sure this would be a great launching point for a career in journalism (and fun).
Interested?
Contact
Seth Meixner, Editor
The Phnom Penh Post
Email: seth.meixner at phnompenhpost dot com
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