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December 2007 - Posts

Monday, December 31, 2007 9:25 PM

Why freelancers and bureaus are important

New York Times December 31, 2007 Most Networks Scrambled to Get People to Pakistan After Killing By BRIAN STELTER ABC and CNN were the only American television networks that had full-time employees in Pakistan when Benazir Bhutto, the former
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Monday, December 31, 2007 11:58 AM

International Map of Privacy

Privacy International put out a map of privacy protection (or lack thereof). Here is a PDF version of the map. For the full report see here.
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Monday, December 31, 2007 8:55 AM

International issue and local business

Once again the Washington Post deserves praise for having a story that looks at an international issue (poverty in Brazil) and what a LOCAL person has done about it. (Washington Post Magazine, 12/20/07, Page 5.) This is a local business story, a "feel
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Friday, December 28, 2007 4:55 PM

Local reactions to international events

Congratulations to the Washington Post for seeing that there are local connections to international events. Karin Brulliard did a wonderful story on the LOCAL Pakistani reaction to the murder of Benazir Bhutto. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122702152.html?hpid=topnews)
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Monday, December 24, 2007 10:35 AM

China strikes out on texting

New technology has opened up many new avenues to counter repressive governments. With the growth in the use of mobile phones came more oppotunities for people to share information. The Chinese govenrment is facing the problem of being forced to allow
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Friday, December 21, 2007 12:58 AM

Journalism Fellowships to India, Malaysia and the U.S.

Jan. 31 is Application Deadline for Journalism Fellowships to India, Malaysia and the U.S. American and Asian Journalists to Focus on Issues in the U.S. and among Asia’s Muslims HONOLULU (Dec. 19) -- The East-West Center is accepting
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:09 PM

World does not agree on what is free press

A survey by the BBC World Service makes it very clear that what we say is heard differently. To most Americans the term "free press" has a common meaning. However, once you get outside our borders -- something too many editors and publishers don't think
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Saturday, December 01, 2007 1:44 PM

At least the words are right...

The South Asian Free Media Association held a conference on media freedom in Pakistan this past week. The US ambassador spoke at the event and stressed the need for free media. (http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/01/top16.htm) Knowing the contempt most US diplomats
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Saturday, December 01, 2007 1:35 PM

More on ABC 1-person foreign bureaues

A while back ABC joined NPR in expanding its international coverage. They are using new technology and smaller bureaus to get the story. Here is an update on how well it is working from AJR. http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4443 DK
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