Nothing to do with pictures or articles. After being a news writer for 3 years, I became a news maker for once.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Piece by piece, Malaysia builds a new metropolis by Singapore
During my internship at Thomson Reuters, I was sent on a media tour to Legoland. Upon return, I wrote a story on Iskandar Malaysia, and it was used as a sidebar to a special report, Malaysia's Dilemma, written by my editor, Bill Tarrant.
The sidebar in PDF:
I took some pictures during the media trip too...
The sidebar in PDF:
I took some pictures during the media trip too...
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Songkran in Singapore – A pocket of joy
Today, I took a visit to the Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple, the biggest Thai temple in Singapore, to capture a little of Thailand. Its a place where even photographers are not spared from water attacks. But I guess that got me plenty of luck. My camera remained dry despite ending up soaking wet myself. Best of all, I immersed in the pure joy of people there.
Two girls having fun at the water splashing tradition at Songkran, the Thai new year. The water is believed to bring good luck, and cool down the body in the midst of the hot, dry season.
Thais pay respect to the monks of the temple. The Buddhist sangha is highly respected in Thailand and forms an integral part of their culture.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Win or lose, its just a match
The Singapore Sports Council, together with Reuters and Action Images - a division of Reuters Media, have lined up a series of sporting photography workshops. I signed up for the one on March 5, which was conducted by Russell Boyce, the Chief Photographer, Asia (Reuters). After 1 hr plus of introductions, we were given the chance to shoot a football match going on in Jalan Besar Stadium where two teams of teenagers were playing off against each other. Here are 2 photos of contrasting moods, the winners and losers.
The blue team celebrates after scoring the 2nd and final goal of the match.
The goalkeeper of the opposing team after letting in the first goal of the match.
It was a pretty short session but I got to know more about professional photography. Russell shared with us some experiences with covering a major match, including issues such as logistics, negotiating terms and conditions, filing photos from the site to the newsroom, and automatic photography. It was a short session but pretty insightful. In addition, I got to meet many photographers out there.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
iPads in Singapore classrooms
One of my first stories in Reuters was about iPads being used in Singapore classrooms. I followed a TV crew to Nanyang Girls' High back in January. Both the text and video is published around the world. You can view the video here, done by fellow Reuters journalist Christophe Van Der Perre for Reuters TV.
It is also aired on NTDTV and shown on youtube:
Here is the story I wrote:
Apple's iPad enters Singapore classrooms
(Reuters Life!) - If Oprah can do it, so can schools in Singapore.
Two schools in the wealthy city-state have begun handing out Apple iPads to students, relieving them of the need to carry satchels full of bulging text books and notes.
Nanyang Girls High School has spent S$135,000 (about $100,000) to buy 150 iPads for 140 students and 10 teachers in a pilot project. Users connect to the Internet using the tablet, and download books and course material.
They can take notes on the iPad, and use worksheets.
"It's much more convenient," said 14-year-old Chloe Chen, sitting in a classroom with her iPad in front of her. "Teachers can just tell us to go a website, and we can immediately go and do our work.
Last year billionaire talk show host Oprah Winfrey gave staff at her magazine an iPad and a check for $10,000 each.
Seah Hui Yong, dean of curriculum at Nanyang Girls school, said the iPad was chosen because it complemented a new method of teaching under which students are given more freedom to learn themselves, instead of relying solely on the teacher in traditional classrooms.
"It's not so much about the iPad," she said, adding that if some other better device comes along, the school could switch.
"If you talk to the girls you will realize that they practically don't need training. I think if anything, the joke is the teachers are probably taking a little bit longer time in getting used to it.
Safeguards are being put in place as well.
"There will be some concerns - making sure that the girls are going to appropriate websites, also making sure that the girls don't get addicted to the device and use it too much," said Physics and Information Technology teacher Mark Shone.
Nanyang Girls is a secondary school, which means the youngest students are 12. Other schools in Singapore using the tablet include Tampines Secondary School and teachers at Nanhua Primary School. A fourth, Dunman Secondary School, will use iPads in project work in the future, a teacher said
(Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
It is also aired on NTDTV and shown on youtube:
Here is the story I wrote:
Apple's iPad enters Singapore classrooms
SINGAPORE |
(Reuters Life!) - If Oprah can do it, so can schools in Singapore.
Two schools in the wealthy city-state have begun handing out Apple iPads to students, relieving them of the need to carry satchels full of bulging text books and notes.
Nanyang Girls High School has spent S$135,000 (about $100,000) to buy 150 iPads for 140 students and 10 teachers in a pilot project. Users connect to the Internet using the tablet, and download books and course material.
They can take notes on the iPad, and use worksheets.
"It's much more convenient," said 14-year-old Chloe Chen, sitting in a classroom with her iPad in front of her. "Teachers can just tell us to go a website, and we can immediately go and do our work.
Last year billionaire talk show host Oprah Winfrey gave staff at her magazine an iPad and a check for $10,000 each.
Seah Hui Yong, dean of curriculum at Nanyang Girls school, said the iPad was chosen because it complemented a new method of teaching under which students are given more freedom to learn themselves, instead of relying solely on the teacher in traditional classrooms.
"It's not so much about the iPad," she said, adding that if some other better device comes along, the school could switch.
"If you talk to the girls you will realize that they practically don't need training. I think if anything, the joke is the teachers are probably taking a little bit longer time in getting used to it.
Safeguards are being put in place as well.
"There will be some concerns - making sure that the girls are going to appropriate websites, also making sure that the girls don't get addicted to the device and use it too much," said Physics and Information Technology teacher Mark Shone.
Nanyang Girls is a secondary school, which means the youngest students are 12. Other schools in Singapore using the tablet include Tampines Secondary School and teachers at Nanhua Primary School. A fourth, Dunman Secondary School, will use iPads in project work in the future, a teacher said
(Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
Friday, December 17, 2010
My Wavehouse story on Spectrum TV
Together with my project mate Jeremy Oh, I made a TV news clip about the Wavehouse Sentosa in Singapore. It is put to air on the campus TV station, Spectrum TV, for its 6th and last episode of the semester. My story can be found from 7.10 - 10.30 in the episode.
It was an enjoyable experience at the Wavehouse as I got to talk to the manager, the competitors representing Singapore and gain an insight into how the artificial waves are produced. It was my best TV news story for the COM229 Broadcast Journalism class and I'm proud to present it here.
It was an enjoyable experience at the Wavehouse as I got to talk to the manager, the competitors representing Singapore and gain an insight into how the artificial waves are produced. It was my best TV news story for the COM229 Broadcast Journalism class and I'm proud to present it here.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Live Tonight!
I was part of a team of 9 journalism students who produced this 15-minute newscast, Live Tonight, as part of the final project for COM 229 Broadcast Journalism class at NTU. Our newcast theme explores the growing live entertainment industry in Singapore. Enjoy!
We took about 1.5 months to plan, shoot, edit and upload the final product into Youtube. It was quite a challenge because members of the team had difficult timetables,abilities and priorities in schoolwork. But we succeeded in the end.
We took about 1.5 months to plan, shoot, edit and upload the final product into Youtube. It was quite a challenge because members of the team had difficult timetables,abilities and priorities in schoolwork. But we succeeded in the end.
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