Kean Wong is a Sydney-based journalist and editor who’s worked for the past thirty years in Australia, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States for the BBC, The Economist, the ABC, the Australian Financial Review, The Straits Times of Singapore, The Sun of Malaysia and BFM Radio. He’s also written about Southeast Asia’s politics and culture for various books, magazines and festivals, including 'The Faber Book of Pop', 'Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia', 'Images of Asia', and is the editor of 'Rebirth: Reformasi, resistance, and hope in new Malaysia'. He is an executive committee member of MASSA (the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia), AMSA (Australian Malaysian Singaporean Association), and the Australia Asia-Pacific Media Initiative. He's also a co-founder of Malaysia's Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ).