In This Month's Issue

Cover

Truth and Dare
It may be a minefield out there for investigative journalists, but for reporters plying their trade in the open there are also plenty of potential pitfalls. Lara Haidar of The Rights Lawyers explains the balance between freedom of speech and the law in the UAE
Suspicious minds
Contrary to what you might think, investigative journalism is alive in the Middle East. Communicate dusts off its magnifying glass for a crash course in dirt digging

Shorts

The need for speed
Is two minutes enough time to forge a creative collaboration? The organizers of Match networking night think it is
The United States of Advertising
Four weeks, four cities, and a million, million ads
What I did on my vacation
A back to school essay by Sam Potter, aged 29.5

Branding

For richer, for poorer
The lessons of the recession have been legion. Communicate finds out how brands and consumers stick together through tough times

Portfolio

Lust in space
Starcom MediaVest Group rekindles consumers’ passion for Galaxy chocolate

Review

Hogan knows best
Communicate travels to a different world – a world with a looped funky soundtrack, and dangerously clean streets