The latter was less popular, although the journalists enjoyed eating the crickets, which were fried on the spot by the farmers. While Thairath hasn't suffered the largest impact from the declining revenue of the media industry, others have been less fortunate. SECOND JOBSApart from being a full-time journalist at the Japanese-language Nikkan Thai Business newspaper, Pawaret Sukpaibool sells fabric softeners and is an administrator for the Facebook page of a cosmetic clinic. Some 100 Japanese companies subscribe to Nikkan Thai Business, which has a readership of almost 1,000. The Bangkok Post has always banned journalists from having second jobs and recently the board of directors enforced the rule.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2016 00:09 UTC