Asian Correspondent
Type of site | News & blogging |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Colston Tower, Colston Street, Bristol |
| Owner | Hybrid (media company) |
| Created by | James Craven (Managing Director) |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 19 October 2009 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Asian Correspondent was an English language news website launched in October 2009 by Hybrid (media company) that combined articles by professional journalists, bloggers and news wire content in one website.[1] Asian Correspondent was the online partner for the Associated Press in Asia, and provided breaking news, opinion pieces, and analysis for the Asia-Pacific region.
As of 20 Sept 2021, the website is gone, and any attempts to load a page within the www.asiancorrespondent.com domain are redirected to techhq.com.
Content
[edit]Asian Correspondent is a combination of news stories, analysis, and blog content, a format which has earned the website comparisons to the Huffington Post.[2] The site is divided in sections including News, Politics, Education, Media, Environment, Culture, Travel, and Technology.
Less than a year after its creation, in May 2010, Asian Correspondent hit the millionth visitor mark,[3]
In the media
[edit]Asian Correspondent is often quoted in other media. Qz.com has cited its content on multiple occasions, most recently in May 2014 for its coverage of the military coup[4] in Thailand, as well as in July 2013 for a story about bitcoin.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Asian Correspondent taps into region's blogosphere to fill foreign newshole". Online Journalism Blog. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "AsianCorrespondent.com to build far-east foreign reporting collective". 22 October 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Asian Correspondent set to hit one million monthly unique user mark". 17 May 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "How to follow Thailand's 12th coup as it happens". Quartz.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Thailand's infamous bitcoin crackdown is not quite what it seems". Quartz.com. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.