Sub-committee Members of SOPA Awards
Felix Soh
Felix Soh is the Deputy Editor of The Straits Times,
Asia's largest-circulation English-language newspaper. Prior to
this, he was the News Editor of the 160 year-old newspaper (1988-93)
and subsequently Foreign Editor (1993-2002). As both News Editor
and Foreign Editor, he travelled extensively around the world on
reporting and writing assignments. In writing, his area of specialty
is security and defence issues. He has written extensively on these
subjects since 1981 and has attended many defence and security conferences
and seminars in Singapore and around the world. In 2003, he wrote
a book on the security history of Singapore, entitled Phoenix: The
Story of the Home Team.
Soh is also a founding member and board member of the
Asia News Network, an association comprising the major English-language
newspapers in Asia, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand,
Vietnam and India. He is Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the School
of Communication and Information of the Nanyang Technological University
in Singapore. He is a member of the Society of News Design and the
Society of Professional Journalists.
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