About/Contact
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:
- 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]
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
Thailand’s World Cup Behind Bars
Rajaprasong aftermath: images from today
Red shirt protests: images from this evening
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
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