Introduction / Damien Kingsbury, Eric Loo and Patricia Payne -- Fact or friction? The collision of journalism values in Asia / Alan Knight -- Constraints on reporting Australia's near neighbours / Damien Kingsbury -- New Order regime style and the Australian media / Rodney Tiffen -- Foreign correspondents and knowledge broking in Indonesia / Angela Romano -- the Flor Contemplacion case as a media event - Philip Kitley and Warwick Mules -- Foreign news for Australians: the case of the Philippines 1986-88 / John Tebbutt -- Australian news media constructing Asia: a case study of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippies / Barry Lowe -- Thai reporting on the rise and fall of Pauline Hanson / Glen Lewis -- Reflections on coverage of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War / Patricia Payne -- Cambodian newes media / John Marston -- The Malaysian media: prescribed loyalty, proscribed practices / Eric Loo -- Malaysian national culture and foreign relations with Australia / Adam Schofield -- Obstacles to openness: the international television services and authoritarian states in East Asia / William Atkins