‘The Dream Is Dead’: Why So Many Chinese Journalists Are Quitting

‘The Dream Is Dead’: Why So Many Chinese Journalists Are Quitting

A reporter’s high-profile resignation has provoked pessimism about the future of China’s news media.

via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-dream-is-dead-why-so-many-chinese-journalists-are-quitting/262389/

Although the government’s control over news media has always been tight, the range and intensity of the purge this year has been rarely seen, suggesting that the censors’ controlling hand is tightening. As Wang Keqin (@王克勤), a former investigative journalist famous for his coverage of AIDS spread and illegal mining plants, comments, “It’s getting colder. The winter is approaching.”