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I’m Newley Purnell, an American journalist in Bangkok, Thailand. My work has run on AFP, in the New York Times, ABCNews.com, and more. I’ve also done TV reporting for Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia and radio reporting for ABC News Radio in New York.

You can find links to some of my text and multimedia pieces on the journalism page of this site.

Most of the posts here fall under one of the following categories:

Over the years, Newley.com has been mentioned by sites like BoingBoing (most recently here), as well as by Lonely Planet (in print and online),

A bit about me: I grew up in Oregon, New Hampshire, and Beaufort, South Carolina. I have a BA in English from Emory University and a certificate in book and magazine publishing from New York University.

In addition to Bangkok, I’ve lived in New York City; Washington, DC; Cuenca, Ecuador; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

You can find interviews with me at the following sites:

I launched Newley.com in 1999 and have been blogging since 2002. Here are the complete Newley.com archives.

You can also follow me on Twitter.

And there’s a Newley.com Facebook group.

I welcome feedback on this site. My email address is newley (AT) gmail.com (Replace the “AT” with “@”).

Here’s a list of some of my most popular posts from the last few years:

Some thoughts on audio recorders

A visit to Pheu Thai’s red shirt exhibition

Update on Map Ta Phut

Thailand’s World Cup Behind Bars

Rajaprasong aftermath: images from today

Bangkok: the events of May 19

Red shirt protests: images from this evening

Explosions in Silom

Red shirts and pro-government demonstrators in Silom

Thai troops, redshirts clash: images from last night

State of emergency: What life is really like in Bangkok

Thailand blood protest: images from the prime minister’s house today

Images from today’s red shirt blood protest

More on Matt Gross, the NYT, and multimedia travel journalism

Thai PM Abhisit on Map Ta Phut: Notes from last night’s FCCT speech

2009 media picks

Cameroonian food in Bangkok: Amirra restaurant

More on China, the U.S., GDP, and economic power

My World Hum Q&A on Thailand protests and traveling here

My CNNGo audio slide show about David Thomspon

Audio Slide Show: Kolkata (Calcutta), India

Audio Slide Show: State of Emergency in Bangkok