PN Balji is a veteran journalist with more than 40 years’ experience in Singapore journalism and has worked in five newspapers, three of them as editor. His experience spans print, broadcast and digital journalism. He is one of Singapore’s most well-known media personalities and has provided communications advisory services to both public and private sector organisations in Singapore, including government ministries, statutory boards and tertiary institutions.

His 2019 book, The Reluctant Editor: The Singapore Media as Seen through the Eyes of a Veteran Newspaper Journalist, weaves a compelling narrative, with anecdotes, of the tussels and confrontations the editors of his generation had with the government and their efforts to hold the ground against political pressure.