I’m Newley Purnell, an American journalist whose work has run in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg BNA, and more.
I was based in Bangkok for six years and in May 2013 completed my master’s in business and economics journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. I was fortunate to be a Gray International Reporting Fellow.
My Journalism page has links to some of my stories.
I am married to the amazing Anasuya Sanyal. You can read about Ashley, our adopted street dog, here and here.
Contact
Email: newley@gmail.com.
Mobile phone, US: +1 (917) 480-7160.
Mobile phone, Thailand: +66-86-064-4676.
Social media
I am frequently on Twitter. Follow me: @newley. There’s a Twitter feed for all of my blog posts at: @newleydotcom.
You can connect with this site on the Newley.com Facebook page. You can also subscribe to my public Facebook updates.
My background
I earned a BA in English from Emory University, where I played on the varsity soccer team. After graduation, I received a certificate in book and magazine publishing from New York University and worked as an editorial assistant at Random House and as a Web strategist in Washington, DC.
You can find interviews with me on the following sites:
- Thailand-Based Journalists Talk Social Media [Jon Russell/Asian Correspondent]
- Where Are Thailand’s Red Shirt Protests Headed? [The Atlantic]
- Interview with Newley Purnell: On Bangkok’s Political Crisis and Travel to Thailand [World Hum]
- Newley Purnell’s Muck Rack Interview [Muck Rack]
About this site
I registered Newley.com in 1999, began posting material on the site in 2001, and have been blogging consistently since January 2002. Here are the archives.
Over the years, Newley.com has been mentioned by sites like BoingBoing, as well as by Lonely Planet, in print and online. Here are some of my most popular posts.
Many of the posts here fall under one of the following categories: Bangkok, Thailand, Thai politics, Journalism, Sports, and Technology.
Links
You can find links to various sites I like on my links page.
In blog posts, I occasionally link to books or other items on Amazon.com using a personal affiliate link. This means that if you click through and buy the item, I receive a small referral fee.
Posting schedule
I post whenever time allows, and often share links via my Twitter feed.
Disclaimer
This blog contains my personal thoughts. My postings do not represent the views of my employers or any other groups. Also, a formatting note: Unless otherwise stated, bold font added to quoted material in my posts indicates my emphasis, not the author’s.
Site Tools
- Newley.com runs on the WordPress content management system.
- My Web host is DreamHost.
- I use the Mac-only MarsEdit desktop blog editor.
Creative Commons
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Feedback
I welcome feedback via comments on individual posts and via email. I delete comments that I think don’t add anything constructive to the site.
Thanks for visiting.
This page was last updated June 4, 2013.