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Myanmar Now () is a news agency based in Myanmar (Burma). Myanmar Now journalists publish bilingual Burmese language and English language articles on an eponymous online news portal. The agency provides free syndication throughout the country, with a distribution network of over 50 national and local media outlets that regularly republish its stories. , Myanmar Now had a readership of over 350,000, and a team of 30 journalists. The news service is noted for its in-depth reporting on high-impact issues, including corruption, Child labour, human rights, and social justice.
After the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the military junta cracked down on independent journalism in the country. Authorities detained Myanmar Now journalists, including Kay Zone Nwe. On 8 March 2021, soldiers raided the Myanmar Now headquarters, before the military junta revoked operating licenses of Myanmar Now and four other media outlets, namely Mizzima News, Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), Khit Thit Media, and 7Day News, amidst the ongoing protests.
That same year, it received an honorable mention in the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for investigative reporting, namely a piece on the 969 Movement.
In 2019, Swe Win won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, for his leadership in fostering journalistic integrity and quality in Myanmar as Myanmar Now
In a group with other collaborating news organizations, Myanmar Now was awarded an Online Journalism Award for "2020 Excellence in Collaboration and Partnerships", specifically for reporting on pangolins.
In June 2022, Frontier Myanmar won the SOPA Award for Excellence in Human Rights Reporting for "Human responses to the junta's cruelty."
In 2016, Myanmar Now reporter Htet Khaung Lin won the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize awarded by the European Commission for a report on underage sex workers in Myanmar.
In 2020, Myanmar Now, in collaboration with international partners, won an Online Journalism Award in the category of "Excellence in Collaboration and Partnerships" for cross-border reporting on wildlife trafficking involving pangolins.
In 2021, Myanmar Now’s editor-in-chief, Swe Win, received the Shorenstein Journalism Award from Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) for his leadership in advancing press freedom and accountability journalism in Myanmar.
In 2022, Myanmar Now won the SOPA Award for Excellence in Human Rights Reporting (regional level) for its coverage of human rights abuses following the 2021 military coup.
In 2023, Myanmar Now received the Free Media Pioneer Award jointly presented by the International Press Institute (IPI) and International Media Support (IMS), recognizing its “courageous commitment to independent investigative journalism” despite severe repression under Myanmar’s military regime.
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