from Matt Crook to xxxxx@ date 17 August 2009 15:28 mailed-by gmail.com hide details 17 Aug (4 days ago) Reply Follow up message Hi, I won't be bothering you again. This will be the final time I email about this. As you are aware, you used an article of mine without paying for it. I've requested payment multiple times and …
Mar 23, 2009
Should Thailand's dodgy dealers be named and shamed?
At what point are you supposed to stop being reasonable and make a stand against publishers who fail to pay journalists for commissioned work? This happens too often in Thailand. Every time I speak with journalists working for Thailand-based publications I hear stories about people not being paid, especially in Phuket. Some publishers are just inexcusably slow at paying their …
Aug 25, 2008
Thaksin looking at toilets?
Is this wishful thinking spilling over onto The Nation’s website? Whoever made this blunder had the comical insight to do it next to a picture of the prime minister looking at a row of toilets. (Spotted by Denis at Bangkok Recorder.) Also, did anyone happen to see the Bizarro cartoon in the Bangkok Post over the weekend? Very provocative.
Aug 20, 2008
Eight Thailand writers you need to care about
There are more writers in Thailand and more writers who write about Thailand than there are Top Charoen Optical stores around the nation. For a writer to stand out from the crowd, he has to have paid his dues. The writers I've chosen to highlight here cover a variety of styles and niches, from travel and lifestyle to hard news …
Aug 4, 2008
In memory of Athiwat Chainurat
Many of you will be unfamiliar with the name Athiwat Chainurat. I had never heard of him until recently. Khun Athiwat was a reporter for the Matichon newspaper. He was 48 years old. He had a wife and two children – and he was shot dead on August 1. Members of the media, especially in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, where Khun …