This week, hosts Meng and Andrew wrap up the first season with a slightly meta topic: The Cambodian media landscape today. Joining them are reporter Phorn Bopha, CCIM media director Ith Sothoeuth, and Focus: Ready for Tomorrow lead editor Nov Povleakhena.
Welcome back to Anakut – and to the season finale episode of our inaugural podcast!
Today, we’re wrapping up this eight-episode run with a discussion of Cambodian media, a slightly meta topic that pulls together many of the pieces we’ve discussed over the course of this series.
The past few years here, as we’ve discussed in earlier episodes, have seen a sharp contraction in political and civic spaces, including the avenues for free press and speech. The loss of the Daily and the tightening bonds on other publications, including and maybe especially Khmer language outlets, has had clear effects on the media landscape in Cambodia.
This article was written by Andrew Haffner
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Thanks, great episode again. And also relevant, considering what we are doing at Serey. :)