Media
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Rip up the rulebook
Media industries are evolving extremely quickly and old ways are becoming redundant. To help you keep up, Monocle identifies the pioneers, technologies and trends of the future.
Writing history
After Barack Obama's historic 2008 victory, Monocle asked foreign correspondents in the US what the election means for their country and their views on the new president elect.
Press for change
Mauricio Funes has given up his career as a TV journalist to become president of El Salvador. Ahead in the polls, he’s the new face of the FMLN, a former left-wing guerrilla group.
Power Stations
‘Magic walls’ and ‘QVR’ are new terms for TV anchors covering the US election. Monocle looks at the networks’ top 10 secret weapons for reporting on the winners and losers of the big day.
Town crier
The ‘Rutland Herald’ is Vermont's second-largest daily and the oldest family-owned newspaper in continuous operation in the US. In 2001, it won a Pulitzer prize for its editorials supporting same-sex civil unions.
War on truth
In the South Ossetia conflict, both Georgia and Russia managed media access, making the truth elusive. Monocle’s correspondents reported from both sides to navigate the maze of misinformation and reveal the real story.
Expo. 17: American forces network
The American Forces Network has the largest geographical coverage of any media network. Its 1,100 staff serve 800,000 overseas troops with entertainment, film, sport and homemade news and advertisements.
New woman
Veteran broadcaster Irena Lesnevskaya, editor-in-chief of opposition news magazine The New Times since 2007, is a Russian dissident who has stayed in her country to speak out against Kremlin corruption.
Azteca camera
To round off our series on the foreign media’s coverage of the US presidential campaigns, we talk to Armando Guzmán of Mexico’s TV Azteca about crossed wires and counter immigration.
Tokyo story
As part of our series on foreign media coverage of the US election, Aya Igarashi of ‘The Yomiuri Shimbun’ explains why Japan is worried about a Democrat in the White House.
