Jom 2023 Annual Issue No.1

Paperback, 84 pages

 

Best long-form writing on Singapore

 

Jom was founded to inform and delight with slow journalism, grounded in humility and sensitivity, and guided by the never-ending quest for truth.

 

Slow journalism is a concept that has emerged as a rebuke to a new media landscape that often incentivises speed over quality. Many new outfits, in Singapore and elsewhere, feel a constant pressure to churn out content so as to engage as many eyeballs as possible (which in turn makes them more attractive to advertising dollars). In such an environment, journalists feel forced to respond to every issue immediately, even to the point of manufacturing outrage. Jom is part of the small resistance against these market forces.

 

Contents
• Singapore This Year | Jom Team
• Affordability in the Lion City | Jonathan Lin with Anngee Neo
• The Long Shadow of Operation Cold Store | Jom Team
• Labour Day Rally 2023 | Jom Team with Bernice Wong
• Crossword Puzzle | Julian Lim
• Indian Flavours in Post-War Malay Entertainment, and Beyond | Fairuz Jaafar
• Prashant Somosundram, the Space Creator | Sudhir Vadaketh with Charmaine Poh
• Wild Rice's 'Hotel': How Do We Host Our Histories? | Corrie Tan
• Net Zero | Qiyun Woo