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Power Stations
‘Magic walls’ and ‘QVR’ are new terms for TV anchors covering the US election. Monocle looks at the networks’ top 10 secret weapons for reporting on the winners and losers of the big day.
Town crier
The ‘Rutland Herald’ is Vermont's second-largest daily and the oldest family-owned newspaper in continuous operation in the US. In 2001, it won a Pulitzer prize for its editorials supporting same-sex civil unions.
War on truth
In the South Ossetia conflict, both Georgia and Russia managed media access, making the truth elusive. Monocle’s correspondents reported from both sides to navigate the maze of misinformation and reveal the real story.
Expo. 17: American forces network
The American Forces Network has the largest geographical coverage of any media network. Its 1,100 staff serve 800,000 overseas troops with entertainment, film, sport and homemade news and advertisements.
New woman
Veteran broadcaster Irena Lesnevskaya, editor-in-chief of opposition news magazine The New Times since 2007, is a Russian dissident who has stayed in her country to speak out against Kremlin corruption.
Azteca camera
To round off our series on the foreign media’s coverage of the US presidential campaigns, we talk to Armando Guzmán of Mexico’s TV Azteca about crossed wires and counter immigration.
Tokyo story
As part of our series on foreign media coverage of the US election, Aya Igarashi of ‘The Yomiuri Shimbun’ explains why Japan is worried about a Democrat in the White House.
Culture
A news kiosk on Pushkin Square in Moscow, and this month's new music, film, art and music.
Paper back
Colombian newspaper ‘El Espectador’ has survived financial woes, falling sales and a cartel vendetta. Monocle meets its director as part of our series on firms keeping high-quality print publishing alive.
Bangkok Community Radio
Bangkok's 'quality of life' radio station provides a lifeline in a city where public services are haphazard at best. The all-talk format of RDCK is a call to action and an attempt to solve…
