Mizzima News
| Editor | Soe Myint |
|---|---|
| Categories | Online news |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Country | Yangon, Myanmar |
| Based in | Pazundaung Township, Yangon |
| Language | English, Burmese |
| Website | www |
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Mizzima News (Burmese: မဇ္ဈိမသတင်း, romanized: Ma.jjhi.ma.) is a Burmese multimedia news organisation. A member of Burma News International, a local news coalition, Mizzima was established in exile in 1998, before establishing a bureau in Myanmar in the 2010s, as the military junta transitioned to semi-democratic rule.[1]
Organisation
[edit]It produces a daily digital Mizzima newspaper in Burmese language, a weekly Mizzima business magazine, weekly television programs – aired by Myanma Radio & Television (MRTV) – and websites in both the Burmese and English language.
History
[edit]It was established in August 1998 by a group of Burmese journalists in exile in New Delhi, India.[2]
After the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, military junta revoked the operating licenses of Mizzima, and four other media outlets, namely Myanmar Now, Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), Khit Thit Media, and 7Day News, amidst the ongoing protests.[3]
Awards
[edit]The International Press Institute awarded Mizzima News its Free Media Pioneer award in 2007.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "An uneasy homecoming for Burma's exile media". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ Jeremy Wagstaff (2010). "Southeast Asian Media: Patterns of Production and Consumption" (PDF). Open Society. p. 19. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Myanmar: military revokes licences of five media outlets in blow to press freedom". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "IPI (International Press Institute)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
External links
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Jessica Mudditt, Our Home in Myanmar: Four years in Yangon, Hembury Books, 2021. Memoirs of a Mizzima employee while they operated in Yangon.