Alex Bookbinder

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About Me

This page is intended to be a professional portal and a (largely) static archive of my past journalistic work. Future projects will be archived here on an ad-hoc basis. My CV and current professional activities can be found here.

 

I was based in Yangon, Myanmar from 2012 until mid-2016, when I relocated to London. The vast majority of my work was dedicated to investigating and documenting this turbulent and fast-changing period in Myanmar’s history, with its tentative steps towards democratisation, ethnic and religious discord, and commercial interests – both foreign and domestic – looking for their share of the spoils.

 

I was formerly the deputy editor of Frontier Myanmar, a weekly magazine focused on current affairs and business.

 

Before joining Frontier, I was the Myanmar correspondent for The Edge Review, and reported for the Democratic Voice of Burma from 2013 to 2015.

 

In June 2014, my work with The Edge Review was awarded the 2014 Excellence in Human Rights Reporting award by the Society of Publishers in Asia, part of a package on Buddhist nationalism in Southeast Asia.

 

My work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Independent (UK), The Diplomat, The Christian Science Monitor, and other regional and international publications.

Recent Posts

  • Book Review – The Rising Tide of Hate: ‘Myanmar’s Enemy Within’ by Francis Wade – Frontier Myanmar September 15, 2017
  • Rakhine State, Myanmar’s Gordian Knot – Migrant Report April 7, 2016
  • Twists and turns – Frontier Myanmar November 5, 2015
  • Ma Ba Tha’s single-minded agenda – Frontier Myanmar October 5, 2015
  • The model kingdom – Frontier Myanmar September 23, 2015

Archives

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  • Controlling Catastrophe – Frontier Myanmar

    July 15, 2015
  • Rohingya in limbo (photo essay) – The Diplomat

    June 10, 2015
  • Lucky escape for Rohingya boys who took the bait – IRIN

    May 29, 2015
  • Salvation but no solution – The Edge Review

    May 22, 2015
  • Awaiting eviction, Dagon Seikkan’s denizens have nowhere to go – DVB

    February 21, 2014
  • Hate far from home – The Edge Review

    June 20, 2013
  • Stoking the Fires – The Edge Review

    May 16, 2013

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