In Taiwan, Citizen Journalism Fights Censors and Sensation

12/16/08

It was a tough time for Taiwanese media.On December 11, 2008 I walked into the brightly decorated offices of Taiwan Public Television Service (PTS). PTS has a core mission to broadcast 'in service of the public interest, maintain independent media operation and defend freedom of speech'-- unusual pursuits in the Chinese-language press.I was there to talk about Peopo.org, their citizen journalism platform, but the drama of the past week hung in the air. Two days earlier the g...