Mark Hughes, Foreign editor

Mark Hughes

Foreign editor

Bangkok Post

Location
Thailand
Education
Master's degree, Theology
Experience
2 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :2 years, 1 Months

Foreign editor at Bangkok Post
  • Thailand
  • April 2014 to April 2016

Education

Master's degree, Theology
  • at Trinity College, Oxford University
  • June 1982

I was made what is called an exhibitioner. There are three classes of students from the lowest, a commoner, through exhibitioner to scholar. I reckon I could have got a first class degree but was distracted by the uniqueness of Oxford and its difference from my relatively poor upbringing.

Bayt Tests

Computer Skills Test
Score 62%

Specialties & Skills

Editing
TV production
Management
Managing, editing, hard work, pressure
Mentoring, showing by example, professional excellence

Languages

Mandarin
Beginner

Memberships

Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
  • member
  • April 2015

Training and Certifications

Newsroom budgeting, staff assessment (Training)
Training Institute:
Media training, London

Hobbies

  • Photography, exercise, travel
    Employees of year, China Daily. Provided more than 100 photos for En Blanc et Noir book on Amazon.co.uk (search Mark Desmond Hughes on books). Decades nonstop employment in a rapidly changing industry including papers, TV, radio, news agencies, new media. Editor, China Academy of Social Sciences. Visiting professor Beijing University Foreign Studies. Contributor for China Radio International.