Noted: Horror stories confront journalists

Phil Thornton specialises in documenting the lives of opressed ordinary people. Eight years ago he was attached to the University of the South Pacific programme during the George Speight 'coup' doing human rights stories that few other journalists were touching.  In Restless Souls, Tho...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:de3773079b6940b0884f539136786ccb2021-12-02T09:09:42ZNoted: Horror stories confront journalists10.24135/pjr.v14i2.9571023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/de3773079b6940b0884f539136786ccb2019-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/957https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Phil Thornton specialises in documenting the lives of opressed ordinary people. Eight years ago he was attached to the University of the South Pacific programme during the George Speight 'coup' doing human rights stories that few other journalists were touching.  In Restless Souls, Thornton provides colourful, evocative and tragic insights into the Karen people's struggle for freedom and the right to exist. He is based in part in the border town of Mae Sot—a bizarre community featuring aid peddlers, drug dealers, mercenaries, prostitutes, gem smugglers and freelance journalists.  David RobieAsia Pacific NetworkarticledocumentaryKarencorruptionhuman rightsfreedomgrassrootsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2019)
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topic documentary
Karen
corruption
human rights
freedom
grassroots
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
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Karen
corruption
human rights
freedom
grassroots
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
David Robie
Noted: Horror stories confront journalists
description Phil Thornton specialises in documenting the lives of opressed ordinary people. Eight years ago he was attached to the University of the South Pacific programme during the George Speight 'coup' doing human rights stories that few other journalists were touching.  In Restless Souls, Thornton provides colourful, evocative and tragic insights into the Karen people's struggle for freedom and the right to exist. He is based in part in the border town of Mae Sot—a bizarre community featuring aid peddlers, drug dealers, mercenaries, prostitutes, gem smugglers and freelance journalists. 
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