James Hardy @jameshardy61 Journalists protest at BBC HQ over threat to free press worldwide and arrest of AlJaz team in Egypt #freejournalismpic.twitter.com/GErzDVNDlf On the record: Journalism is not a crime AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Colleagues of detained Al Jazeera journalists press demands for their release, 100 days after their arrest in Egypt. UNESCO Mapping World … Read more
New Snowden leak claims the NSA hacked into Al Jazeera?s communication system There are more reports of the NSA?s international spying efforts after German newspaper Der Spiegel claimed that the US intelligence agency hacked into the internal communication system at Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera, a feat that helped it intercept dialogue with ?interesting targets.? … Read more
US admits electronic spying on Americans was illegal The US government spied on electronic communications between Americans with no links to terror suspects until a judge ruled it illegal in 2011, officials acknowledged Wednesday Congratulations to America?s eCities I love to discover local gems that help make a community unique. Sometimes those gems can be … Read more
Reinventing American cable news from Qatar: Why everyone?s talking about Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America will launch on August 20 and, according to increasingly contentious recent coverage, it?s either going to save American cable news or be a disaster. How Google Glass can evolve as a tool for journalists Editor?s note: This is a guest … Read more
Timeline: The Zimmerman trial Al Jazeera looks back at 15 key events of the Trayvon Martin saga. With new “news media” guidelines, White House ever-closer to instituting an Official Press Emptywheel nails what’s so concerning about the new “news media” guidelines released late Friday by US Attorney General Eric Holder: How the US forces internet … Read more
Egypt : The Next President This 12 years old boy is just stunningly, incredibly smart. Listen to him as he excoriates the Muslim Brotherhood, relentlessly dissecting their power grab for Egypt. Beyond the middle class military coup The situation in Egypt today rekindles the debate about middle class military coups in the 1960s and 1970s. … Read more
Egyptian protestors direct laser lights on a military helicopter flying over the presidential palace in Cairo. Muslim Brotherhood HQ burnt down… via @BowenBBC Six dead in Egypt as protests call for Morsi to go Five people died as protesters flooded Egypt’s streets calling for Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to step down Egypt?s Ultras position … Read more
Turkey: ‘World’s biggest prison’ for media from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Reporter rights groups accuse Ankara of jailing more journalists than any other country in the world last year. Violent protests lead to cancelation of BDP?s Black Sea tour from Hurriyet Daily News Violent protests staged in the Black Sea provinces of Sinop and … Read more
Journalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedom from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year, coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship, is jeopardising independent reporting in many countries, according to a report issued today. From the … Read more
Al Jazeera Travel Show Explores World Cities Through Their Street Food from Open Culture by Colin Marshall Anthropology: the major, the career from American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. During this week there has been quite the conversation about adjuncts and their working conditions in the press. These articles have lead to further conversation in … Read more
Reconsidering Turkish foreign policy in the AKP years – Opinion – Al Jazeera English Turkey?s Rising Global Influence Turkey?s Rising Global Influence by Turkish Digest Turkey?s Rising Global Influence Written by Dana McKelvey, DC Correspondent | 23 August 2012 5148375002 3dedb4a14dIn the midst of an uncertain Middle East, Turkey plays an increasingly powerful role. Given … Read more
Asylum Granted by Ecuador to Julian Assange … Civil rights implications of Big Data by Cory Doctorow An excellent editorial by Alistair Croll on the civil rights implications of Big Data contains a number of points I hadn’t considered before, as well as great analysis of the way that the Big Data situation arrived: France’s … Read more
The Digital Age and the Changing Face of International Media Development from MediaShift Search for the term “international media development” and you won’t find many university departments or publications. Nonetheless, the field is over 50 years old and has exerted a major influence on many regions of the world, accounting for a budget of half … Read more
via @aslitunc The Guardian moves towards open journalism and digital engagement from Editors Weblog – all postings by Federica Cherubini News can reach you as an article, a picture, or a video, or it could be from a tweet or a Facebook update. Taking this into account is what inspired open journalism: the new editorial … Read more
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