from the ground Up

The Straits Times got a new look today, since it’s last revamp four years ago.

There has been much discussion about its makeover, what’s good, and what can be improved… but if there’s one thing I have to single out, which I’m happy about, is the fact we’ve now got an ST blog.

For years, cutting-edge newspapers in Europe and the US have moved quickly to “own the online space” and I’ve often wondered why we did not have the same.

So now we do, and hopefully this will give our readers more insight into the experiences of local journalists as we carry out our daily jobs and interviews, reporting from the ground.

You can go here The Straits Times Blogs to have a look and leave some comments.

I have written a post Who wins with no agent fee rules? as part of the first lift-off of our new online sites.