I won’t be posting anything here until the week of Jan. 9.
You might catch me on Twitter before then, though.
If you’re looking for something to read, check out the recent stories I link to from my Journalism page.
Or click over to the Popular Posts page for evergreen Newley.com posts.
I hope you have an excellent holiday season. Thanks, as ever, for reading.
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I won’t be posting anything here until Dec. 15 at the earliest.
In the meantime, I may be on Twitter, but dispatches there will likely be few and far between.
Thanks, as ever, for reading. More soon.
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A few quick programming notes, now that things have slowed down a bit following Thailand’s recent election.
The vote attracted global attention, and Newley.com has some new readers.
So here’s a reminder of what you can find here, and as well as a few ways to connect with me elsewhere.
Recent work
Elsewhere on Newley.com
- The Popular Posts page contains some greatest hits, organized by topic.
- I maintain a list of Thailand-related blogs and other sites I like on my Links page.
Get in touch
- The About/Contact page contains my bio and lists ways to get in touch. I’m always happy to hear from folks, and enjoy getting feedback — negative or positive — on the site.
- My email address is newley AT gmail.com.
- You can also get in touch on Twitter. I’m @newley.
- All Newley.com posts can be found at: @newleydotcom.
- And there’s a Newley.com Facebook page.
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Happy 2011. I’ll be back and blogging the week of January 10.
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As 2010 comes to a close, here’s a quick re-cap of this year’s most popular Newley.com posts.
Due to the events in Thailand over the past several months, it will come as no surprise that many of the more than 61,000 people who visited Newley.com in 2010 accessed material related to the red shirt protests and Thai politics. Some of these posts included:
Some of the most popular non-red shirt-related posts included:
Thanks, as ever, for reading.
I have devoted numerous posts to Thailand’s ongoing political instability of late, often linking to various media reports. But I realized that I have neglected, in recent months, to point to some of my own stories. So here’s a re-cap:
In addition to filing pieces about breaking news in Thailand for ABC News Radio in New York, I am now covering business and economics issues in the region for BNA, in Washington, DC.
I cannot link to my BNA stories here since they’re subscriber-only, but some recent topics I have covered include:
- Thailand’s Map Ta Phut industrial estate issue
- Labor issues and economic governance in Vietnam
- Asia’s economic recovery
- How exporting firms in Thailand are using the country’s various free trade agreements
I also recent wrote a recent story for AFP about Thai rice farmers and free trade. You can see the piece on the Jakarta Globe site here. It ran on March 7.
And, finally, I have written a number of fun travel/lifestyle stories for CNNGo.com of late. Here are a few:
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Quick note: I won’t be blogging here at Newley.com until Tues., Feb. 23. I may, however, be on Twitter over the coming days. So you can look for me there.
See you next week.
A quick note to let you know that I won’t be posting anything here until next week. Happy holidays, everyone. I’ll see you in 2010.
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Newley.com has earned a mention in the new Lonely Planet Thailand
guide book. This humble blog is listed under the heading “The Inside Scoop,” on page 107. It’s part of a round-up of “informative or entertaining” Thailand blogs.
And in the Sights section of the Bangkok chapter, on page 139, you’ll also find a brief interview with yours truly and my Thai teacher, Khun Ju, about foreigners learning Thai.
I'm Newley Purnell, an American journalist in Bangkok. I report for Bloomberg BNA, ABC News Radio, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and more.