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A top secret NSA wiretapping facility in Georgia accused of spying on Americans illegally was hastily staffed with inexperienced reservists in the months following September 11, where they worked under conflicting orders and with little supervision, according to three former workers at the spy complex.Former Army Reserve linguist Adrienne Kinne, who worked at the facility at Fort Gordon, claimed s

Bilaspur: The State Government would be considering uniformity in rental charges of all the journalists in the state owned rest houses, enhancement in the Journalist Welfare Fund to Rs. 1.80 lakhs and increase in the advertisement rates of the advertisement rates of small newspapers. This was revealed by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, in [...]

The First amendment is gone: Journalists were arrested at both the Republican and the Democratic National ConventionsDo you still think you live in a Constitutional Republic, allowing First amendment rights: free speech, freedom of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble?The United States ConstitutionAmendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression.Congress shall make

Entrepreneur Peter Shankman provides a useful service for journalists at "If I Can Help a Reporter Out...".You can send your request for a source to Peter here.The request will then get posted on the next email sent out to all the people who have signed up as sources.People on the list who can help you with your story can then contact you. You can also request anonymity, which means that Peter rec

Catch 22 is a youth media social enterprise that aims to train and champion excluded young talent that want experience but cannot get experience due to their lack of experience. We do so through our journalism-training academy, youth culture magazine and communications agency.

Police have been rounding up, detaining and arresting journalists throughout the week at the Republican National Convention. But tens of thousands of people across the nation have responded with demands to protect free speech. This morning, local advocates and independent journalists delivered more that 60,000 letters to St. Paul City Hall calling on Mayor Chris Coleman and local law enforcement

Police in St. Paul arrested several journalists yesterday, including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and an AP photographer as they were covering protests of the Republican National Convention. And earlier this weekend, police raided a meeting of the video journalists' group I-Witness.

Source: RTURL Source: Putin has rescued Russian TV journalists from a tiger attack by tranquilising it with a dart gun. The Prime Minister was visiting Ussuri national park in Russia’s Far East.The five-year old Amur tiger was trapped by researchers of the Russian Academy of Science.Vladimir Putin, who is on a working visit to the region, arrived at the reserve on a helicopter. There he met wit

The entry of Ethiopian troops into Somalia at the end of 2006 helped to destabilize a nation that already was in a form of chaos. The Christian Ethiopian forces invaded with the encouragement and support of US naval and air units because President Bush was determined to crush a Somalia Islamist government. In the midst [...]

Bjork offers journalists a lesson on the differences between engineering, programming, writing, and producing electronic music, in hopes that people will quit giving the wrong musicians credit when they're talking about Vespertine and start double-checking the credit sheets if they're thinking about praising specific people for specific recording tasks. [bjork.com via offnotesnotes]

In celebration of Usher’s success, a collection of respected journalists give their witty and thought-provoking insight on the R&B/pop veteran in a five-part video series (“Impact”, “Legacy”, “Sex Appeal”, “Live Performer”, “Favorite Usher Song”).   Catch all five of the videos after the jump. A big thanks to Amina at ThinkTank!!! Live Performer:  Kim Osorio,

By Terry and Lara When we were in Milan recently we had drinks with some hotel executives we’d met in Istanbul while attending the W opening. The PR person of the Milan hotel where we’d met for aperitivi told us how impressed she was that we’d had several story commissions on the hotel, its restaurant and Chef Jean-Georges, and that those had been published already, and she asked if we wante

Image by nozomiiqel via FlickrThe government of Japan said that it goes to make a claim to China after two Japanese journalists to have been attacked for the Chinese policy when they made a news article in the region of Xinjiang. The two men - a photographer of the regional periodical Chunichi Shimbun and a reporter of the sender of TV Nippon - had been withheld close to the place

American journalism takes another hit with the retirement due to health of Robert Novak. That makes three from the top of the profession gone with Bob Novak's retirement and the deaths of Tim Russert and Tony Snow.I remembering watching Novak on shows for as far back as I recall. His last book "Prince of Darkness" was a great read.Some claim that with the proliferation of the new media including b

CBC News July 29, 2008 A group of Canadian journalists called on Ontario’s minister of safety and correctional services Monday to order the Ontario Provincial Police to stop impersonating reporters. It was recently revealed that an OPP constable pretended to be a journalist at a Mohawk rally held in conjunction with the aboriginal day of protest in 2007. That [...]

Interesting snippet of video making the rounds, and a good on-tape example of why journalists struggle with campaign spokespeople and "handlers." These are a couple of veteran reporters dealing with John McCain's top flacks, and having a hard time making sure they keep their hands off the cameras. Fellas, give 'em hell, because they deserve it.

Reflections of Fidel: SEVEN days ago I wrote about one of the great men in history: Salvador Allende, a man the world remembered with deep emotion and respect on his first centennial. However, no one quivered or even recalled the date of October 24, 1891, when the Dominican despot Rafael Leonidas Trujillo was born, eighteen years before our admired Chilean brother. Both countries, one in the C

An interesting article by James Doran on how the internet is causing people to turn away from US newspapers for their information. One reason why it is essential that every publication has an excellent online presence. David Simon of the Baltimore Sun, who created The Wire, makes good points in the article.

Journalists from outside China wishing to cover the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing from October 3rd to October 18th 2008, will need to register before July 31st. The Media Accreditation Application form can be downloaded here. The form should be completed in English and returned to FIDE by July 25th for checking. It must be stamped by the reporter’s media organisation and their countries (

Brian Morgan was in a quandary today. Following his exposure yesterday as a creepy cyberstalker and harasser his own trade union decided that they would not stand by him.They stated " The NUJ IS "NOT STANDING" BY BRIAN MORGAN". 19 June 2008 12:25We therefore conclude that they are not standing by any material written by him either. This in turn raises questions about the accuracy of his journalist

Computerworld Singapore Journalists ogle Google’s Android cell phone OSInquirer.net, Philippines -15 hours agoAnother aim of Rubin is to reduce the prices of mobile phones, particularly on the software side. Rubin said about 20 percent of a phone’s price is dictated …Google's GPhone Draws A CrowdWNBCGoogle Android Preview: Too Human?Hardware Zoneall 14 news articles .

I have just been contacted by a friend who tells me that Ms Mellor has resorted to the 1994 and 1995 bizarre articles on Consent written by none other than cyberstalker extraordinaire Brian Morgan. Brian Morgan is a harasser. That is what he is. I had to laugh at the desperation of the Henshall camp.June 8th 2007 while Penny Mellor had complained to the GMC about me, Mr Morgan attempted his creep

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You should SKIP seeing “Love Guru” because of how Justin Timberlake is reportedly treating journalists trying to report on the film.Reportedly, Timberlake is demanding that “journalist not mention anything personal or private, destroy all materials not approved in advance, and make the freelancers personally liable for anything they might write about the guy.” Justin Timber

slewfootsnoop is an excellent blog offering tips for journalists doing online research. This post recommends some good sources for financial journalists , including IFAC, a search engine for accountants.Feel free to post any not covered in the original post below.

Lily Allen checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Friday (May 23), responding to those criticizing her behavior in Cannes, where she was photographed twice topless and once partying drunk in a sheer black dress without panties, exposing her n

Though the equation above draws scorn from most journalists, and a large segment of the U.S. population sneers at the title of "blogger," the profession (occupation? (hobby?) (pass time?)) occasionally gets some credit. Most often this share of praise falls upon foreign shoulders, where blogging is a much riskier endeavor. Por ejemplo,Yoani Sanchez, a Cuban blogger, was given a prestigious Spanish press award. Indeed, both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have run prominently placed articles on Sanchez, who writes a blog Generacion Y, based in Havana. As I said, this sort of recognition eludes bloggers in the US, largely because our media here is "free." "What need is there for bloggers when we have a robust media acting as the government and corporate watchdog?" many reason.

Ran across an AP article about tightening visa rules in China, and the article mentioned in passing that China expects to play host to 10,500 international athletes and 18,000 journalists. More journalists than athletes? It’s going to be a very interesting summer in China. One possibility on the recentl tightening of visa regulations is that, unable [...]

The frazzled cybersquatterWe would like to congratulate Mr Brian Morgan for being our longest cybersquatter. Despite various requests on our last blog to remove himself from our servers, he has persisted with his obsession of reading this blog. We have often discussed this cybersquatter amongst ourselves and suggested he is cluttering and putting wear and tear on our servers. We informed Brian Morgan of this but unfortunately he has ignored us.Mr Brian Morgan commenced his " investigative journalism" for Penny Mellor last year. He has continued to visit this blog and our website religiously for about 1.5 years. His visits starts at 0900 or earlier and he will spend at least 6 hours researching and downloading our material each day. We know that he has been downloading and saving material o

Robert FiskRobert Fisk, perhaps the leading journalist in the Middle East, has a few thoughts on Western coverage of the region and finds it lacking. He takes issue with the mindset of the likes of CNN and Fox News that all too often parrot the US government party line and refuse to engage in independent and impartial journalism. I particularly like his argument of the outmoded journalism tenant of objectivity and that newsmen and women must report on the side of justice. Fisk argues what's the point of getting the side of Palestinian terrorists when they blow up children. But he is more than willing to apply the same rules to Israelis who massacre Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. In the interview, Fisk says: “We should be partial on the side of justice. One of the problems we have i

MOGADISHU, Reuters (Apr 18 2008) - Somali authorities have released five journalists arrested for covering fighting between government troops and insurgents and their radio station is back on the air, the reporters said on Friday.Since relocating to Mogadishu at the start of 2007, the government has raided and temporarily closed most of the city's nine private radio stations at some point, accusing them of siding with Islamists waging a bloody insurgency against it."We were not interrogated, and a police officer told us that Somalia's police chief ordered our release," Radio Voice of Peace's editor Shafi Muhidin Abukar told Reuters by telephone."A policeman earlier told us that we aired wrong reports on the fighting between insurgents and government police that took place late on Wednesday

The Mexico YouthForce is looking for energetic and dedicated Youth Journalists to cover the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City August 3-8. Through writing, blogging, podcasting, photography and video, this team of Youth Journalists will bring youth issues to the forefront of the conference agenda and offer a youth perspective on the important events, [...]

Busta Rhymes rips a new one for a room full of journalists who don't take a liking to his upcoming album at a listening party. First spotted on Complex via NahRight, but was able to track down the direct link since Busta's label, Interscope Records, asked them to remove the audio. Click here to download and listen for yourself. If that ends up being removed, press the play button below. Jimmy Iovine can not stop the internets! Or maybe he wants to make it appear that way in order to build hype around this release. Who knows now a days, right?---tape start---"I'm intuitive man, I react to that...We in here is vibin, man we in here playin music and we vibin, when we in the club, and we not on this work sh!t, y'all aggins you see me, we drink, we give a pound, we fcukin... grabbin b!tches and

Here is a very angry and unprofessional Bustah Rhymes flipping his lid after a Listneing session of his album called "The Blessing" where a group of journalists attended. It looks like he flipped because none of the journalists in the room reacted positive to him. I think Bustah should be blackballed. He literally sounds like he wants to attack someone. If your music aint good, go back to the studio man!E.G Radio, ExtravaGangsta Radio,

Here’s a great 3-part interview the man himself, Mr. George Soros, whose current net worth is north of $8 billion, all created through financial speculation. If you don’t know who he is, first be ashamed, then see his bio HERE. Then click the picture below to watch the pathetically unembeddable video:

Martin Moore blogged on Journalisted.com today.The site allows people to discover what various journalists have written about.You can even see who is blogging about an article.For example:This Toyota Prius article from The Times has been blogged on by 41 people.You can also compare coverage of a subject by different journalists.

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Press Release The international fellows include two journalists in exile — an Ethiopian online editor of Addis Voice who is currently in exile in London, and a Chinese online editor in exile in North Carolina — and the program's first fellows from Belarus and Iraq.During their stay at Stanford, the Knight Fellows will pursue independent courses of study and participate in special seminars. In May, the program will announce the selection of 12 Knight Fellows from the United States.Financial support for the international fellows comes from sources that include the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Journalism Fund, and Yahoo! Inc. The 2008-09 program marks the 43rd year that Stanford has offered fellowships for professional journalists.Foll

Jeff JacobyJeff Jacoby, the ultra-conservative columnist for the Boston Globe, told a crowd of students and journalists earlier this week at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications that reporters get it wrong while covering the Middle East and allow their biases to get in the way of accurate coverage. According to the Daily Orange, a student newspaper based in Syracuse, New York, “Jacoby said the media tends to attract people from more politically liberal backgrounds. He defends his colleagues in the media as professionals who do not intend to skew stories, but he sees room for improvement.”Reporter Hope Morely quotes Jacoby as saying, "It's a problem when a newsroom is staffed by people who share the same political ideology. The left has taken a decided line on the Middle

Sheikh Abdul-Rahman Al-Barrak/Photo courtesy Saudi JeansThe same week that Saudi King Abdullah talks about tolerance and that no person is above criticism, we have cleric Sheikh Abdul-Rahman Al-Barrak issuing a fatwah that two Saudi journalists from Al-Ryadh newspaper should be put to death for apostasy. Apparently Al-Barrak lives in a vacuum and not only does he not understand the words of his king but the meaning of tolerance as well. His fatwa does nothing for Islam but feed the hatred of others. Saudi Jeans has a few words on the matter.Top Saudi Cleric Calls for Writers' Deaths RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's most revered cleric said in a rare fatwa this week that two writers should be tried for apostasy for their "heretical articles" and put to death if they do not repent.Sheikh A

There was an interesting article on Peter Roget, creator of the thesaurus, in The Times' Books section yesterday. I took a little exception at the following though:At its worst, [a thesaurus] is a crutch, for crossword enthusiasts, students desperate to imply a little learning in an essay crisis, headline writers, nervous after-dinner speakers and, yes, journalists.Headline writers and journalists? All the headline writers I've ever met have been journalists. Perhaps Ben Macintyre, who is the author of this piece, means 'headline writers and other journalists'.In the same way, it bugs me when people (including some of my colleagues) refer to 'production staff and journalists'. Sub editors and designers can be journalists too!Wikipedia agrees with me on this.

One of the big stories in the US election campaign this week was the resignation of Obama aide Samantha Power after she called Hillary Clinton a "monster" in an interview with The Scotsman. She was expressing what's been reported in the US as 'background', that this sort of frustration in the Obama camp exists, only here it was being named in print.What's interesting is the near-universal reaction in America that, somehow, The Scotsman's inclusion of that quote was a typical example of British journalism's 'low ethical standards'. This was exemplified in an interview which MSNBC's Tucker Carlson did with the Scotsman journalist, Gerri Peev.But what the episode actually highlights is American journalisms willingness to cow-tow to politicians. MSNBC's reporter seems to think it's 'low' to re

Seth FreedmanThe fastest way to tamp down debate and solutions to cultural, religious and political divides is to attack the messenger. Perhaps this is most true in the media coverage and political debate of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. When former President Jimmy Carter wrote "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” he discovered what many international journalists have known all along: Question Israel's motives and you are labeled anti-Semitic and a supporter of terrorism. US lawmakers are especially weak-kneed in criticizing Israel's policies on the Palestinian Occupied Territories and continue to blindly pass resolutions supporting the attacks in Gaza. The Jerusalem-based Seth Freedman, who once served in the Israel Defense Force and fought against the Palestinians, writes a refreshing

I’ve come across a lot of blog posts that talk about bloggers and how to fit them into the writer’s spectrum. The posts vary but usually include a question like this: “Do bloggers think of themselves as journalists?”I can’t speak for all bloggers. I can only speak for myself. But when I come across these blog posts, my response is always the same: No, I do not consider myself a journalist. Anymore than I think that journalists are bloggers. Even if they do have a blog, via a newspaper website.Writing blogs is wholly different from journalism on a lot of levels. Bloggers don’t have to answer to a Style Guide (That isn’t always a plus). Bloggers also don’t have deadlines (except self-imposed ones). That is a plus.Bloggers often write only when the spirit moves them, which can

As has been widely noted, Alex Hilton has uncovered a rather bizarre leaked email and posted it on LabourHome. It originates from the Daily Mail journalist Diana Appleyard, who is searching for case studies, which is not an usual occurrence. Assuming it is real, what is striking is how cynical she is when approaching the issue:-----Original Message-----From: rsreply@dwpub.com [mailto:rsreply@dwpub.com]Sent: 13 February 2008 15:57To:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Response Source - Diana Appleyard , Daily Mail (Request for personal case study) PUBLICATION: Daily Mail (Request for personal case study)JOURNALIST: Diana Appleyard (staff)DEADLINE: 14-February-2008 16:00QUERY: I am urgently looking for anonymous horror stories of people who have employed Eastern European staff, on

I’ve noticed a 40% improvement in the Alexa global traffic rank of dannyarao.com compared to the previous month. From the global traffic rank of 660,773 last October, dannyarao.com’s global traffic rank as of November 20 is 397,466 However, the Philippine traffic rank of dannyarao.com dropped from 5,354 last October to 6,732 this month, or a 26% decline. There is still reason to smile nevertheless as dannyarao.com is currently the 9th most popular website in Alexa’s “Journalists” category which has 425 websites. (Finally, I’m in the top 10!) Analyzing the October and November data from Alexa, some websites of friends and organizations I deal with, as well as one school I attended, had a significant decline in their Alexa global traffic rankings - dlsu.edu.ph dropped by 6%; bulatlat.com, 1%; arkibongbayan.org, 2%; ibon.org, 15%; luisteodoro.com, 25%; and cmfr-phil.org, 18 percent. On a positive note, I am happy that the following had significant impr

In what must be a surprise to those who do not understand blogging and others who hold fast to the traditional print media supremacy within the world of information distribution, the respected Arketi Group’s “Web Watch Survey” reports that “when it comes to using blogs as primary or secondary sources for articles, 84 percent of journalist say they would or already have.” This admission by main stream journalists points to the relevance of blogging as a viable and important information source, it indicates that blogging is no longer a hobbyists endeavor, and it culminates the suspicions that the main stream media is being forced (kicking and screaming) into the new delivery channel that is the internet. Thanks to Tim at blogburst, and the Center for Media Research, for the following information in his great article “Journalists Using Blogs As Sources.” Asked how they use the internet journalists replied: * 100% of the journalists interviewed

Really Farewell Journalists Syndication's staircase down Cairo , you were the Hyde Park of not only Cairo but whole Egypt , the place where our voices would be heard even on a narrow range ,even if it was surrounded with tens or even hundreds of anti-riots vehicles !! Farewell to the honourable role of the Journalists Syndication in Cairo to be the first defender of Freedom of expression and opinion in Egypt Ladies and Gentle men The pro-regime candidate Mr. Makram Mohammed Ahmed has won the elections of Journalists Syndication today and became the new the head of the Syndication updated: Wow it seems the man won with a very big huge percentage about 70% !!! Mr.Mohamed Ahmed won the elections and I hate to say it that it was expected despite our hopes and the journalists' hope that he would lose , but let's face it the only recognizable name in this election was his , he was the only journalist applied for the job with a huge experience ,he was already elected as a head for the

Really Farewell Journalists Syndication's staircase down Cairo , you were the Hyde Park of not only Cairo but whole Egypt , the place where our voices would be heard even on a narrow range ,even if it was surrounded with tens or even hundreds of anti-riots vehicles !! Farewell to the honourable role of the Journalists Syndication in Cairo to be the first defender of Freedom of expression and opinion in Egypt Ladies and Gentle men The pro-regime candidate Mr. Makram Mohammed Ahmed has won the elections of Journalists Syndication today and became the new the head of the Syndication updated: Wow it seems the man won with a very big huge percentage about 70% !!! Mr.Mohamed Ahmed won the elections and I hate to say it that it was expected despite our hopes and the journalists' hope that he would lose , but let's face it the only recognizable name in this election was his , he was the only journalist applied for the job with a huge experience ,he was already elected as a head for the

This is incredible. It is a couple of journalists explaining why they should not be reporting good news from Iraq. Their logic is so twisted and convoluted I feel like I got whiplash just listening to them. ~RJH

Russian journalists in the Saratov region sent an open letter to President Putin urging him to protect freedom of the press which is under assault by the president’s political party, United Russia. A local paper reported that State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin accidentally had shot a woman with a speargun and was immediately charged with libel by state prosecutors. This incident comes after a paper printed a satirical cartoon of Putin and faces the prospect of not being able to publish any longer. The reporters believe United Russia is engaged in a full scale effort to crush freedom of the press in Russia and will not allow any criticism, however minor, to be printed in newspapers. Russia is facing a crisis regarding freedom of speech and the press. Continued economic progress had made the average Russian less interested in their basic right of free speech. Putin employs subtle methods of silencing opposition to his rule.

I do not know if that is going to be on a daily basis , I mean every time I open an Egyptian website I find the news that an Egyptian court somewhere ordered to jail Journalists and chief editor of some newspaper with fine to be paid !! This is in less than a week , oh man There was another court order today to jail another group of journalists ,the order came afternoon ,I do not know when ,but it turned out that the Agouza court decided to jail the publisher of "Sawt El-Oma" , the Chief in editor of the same newspaper and three journalists in it  for two months and a fine equals to 100 E.P each It turned out there is some businessman called "Ali Mohamed Ibrahim" sued the newspaper from defame and spreading lies about him , I do not know by this particular newspaper does not publish anything related to corruption and fraud cases except with hard evidence of documents This is not the first case independent "Sawt El-Oma" being sued for , I already spoke about the sister of El-Dost

Last week there were four chief in editors who were sent to jail and now they are five as today the court ruled to jail   : Anwar El-Howaray , the chief in editor of Daily "El-Wafad" Mohamed El-Galb the head of the parliament section in the newspaper "Amir Salam" the journalist of politics affair in the newspaper Salam-Galab-El-Howaray "from left to right" They were sentenced to jail for two years with a fine equal 2000 E.P !! There is a bail to stop the court order which is equal 5000 E.P for each of them The court order came like that for publishing so-called false news that harms the Egyptian Judicial System !!! As the Newspaper published on the last 26th of January 2007 that the minister of Justice said in the Shura council that the Egyptian judicial system is without efficiency ,the Justice is in danger and 90% of the Egyptian Judges are not efficient enough The source of the News in Arabic 12 lawyers sued the three journalists for what they considered spreading

“Available information points to the involvement of terrorist organisations based in Bangladesh and Pakistan,”: Bombing in India has killed 46 individuals; forensic teams continue to look for evidence, but “terrorist” involvement is suspected according to India’s home minister Shivraj Patil Vineet. “All of the Peloponnese is destroyed. This is an environmental disaster. All down to the sea, it’s destroyed.”: Greece has been hit with some of the worst forest fires it has experienced since the mid-nineteenth century. A reward has been offered to help catch suspected arsonists. “We congratulate Iraq’s leaders on the important agreement reached today in Baghdad…. (and) their commitment to work together for the benefit of all Iraqis,” President Bush announced today after leaders in Iraq signed an agreement aimed at ending sectarian violence. However, dissatisfaction with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, continues t

Book DescriptionThis practical guide to all aspects of interviewing for print and broadcast journalists demonstrates step-by-step how to manage the interview process, including how to prepare, what to do when you don’t have time to prepare, the difference between “soft” and “hard” interviews, and how to make the most out of any interview situation. About the AuthorGail Sedorkin, journalism lecturer at Deakin University, is the coauthor of Get Your Message Across. She has worked for regional newspapers and ABC Radio. Judy McGregor is professor and head of the department of communication and journalism at Massey University. She spent 20 years as a reporter and editor of the Independent Newspapers Limited Group, and was the first female editor of a major paper in Australia.DOWNLOAD

The New York Times ponders the role of religion in Western society today. Jamaica has been hammered by Hurricane Dean. In other weather-related news: At least a dozen people have died as a result of severe weather and flooding in the midwestern states. Kagro X takes to school mainstream journalists who “don’t get” bloggers. A German woman who was kidnapped in Kabul, Afghanistan has been released; nineteen South Koreans who were taken mid-July are still being held hostage; two women who were released arrived home Friday. Climate campaigners at London’s Heathrow Airport came face-to-face with the police Sunday night when eight campaigners were arrested. Members of the group Camp for Climate Action have been living in a camp they set up outside Heathrow to protest the airport’s expansion. Workshops and demonstrations are also part of the week-long campaign intended to educate people about the causes and effects of global warming. Their method of

Duck if you don’t want to be hit by the flying pigs today. Has the resignation of Karl Rove suddenly returned political coverage to reality?  First we had AP debunk the right wing smears on Barack Obama. Now The Swamp reports on how John McCain attacked John Kerry by misquoting Kerry’s position on the war. Maybe the media has really learned that reporting the news does not meaning repeating every untrue statement from the right without fact checking. After quoting an interview with John McCain they write: McCain was talking of course about Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.,) the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee. If you give McCain the benefit of the doubt, he misremembered Kerry’s position. If you’re more cynical, he intentionally misstated Kerry’s position to make his own support of Bush more palatable. Either way, it was odd coming in an interview where McCain sought to align himself on the side of character. From there they quote John Kerry’s actual p

Media blog Publishing 2.0 looks at the recent attempts by traditional newspapers to create New Media presence though the use of blogs.  The problem is, at what point does a newspaper column end and a blog being?  Is it the Wordpress software? Washington Post’s newly launched hyperlocal site, LoudounExtra.com, is anchored by a strong blogger, and the site maintains a list of local bloggers. Sites like the Houston Chronicle have had a lot of success with setting up high-quality freelance blogs — this is not “citizen journalism” or reader blogging (as the Chronicle calls them — but they’re not readers anymore when they’re writing!) or (even worse) “user-generated content.” These are freelance journalists, who happen to be doing it in their spare time and who happen to be using blogging software. The word “blog” has way too much baggage — it’s too often equated with opinion. But a blog is just a content management system, and you can use it to publish shrill opi

According to a Middleberg/Ross survey titled, “The Seventh Annual Middleberg / Ross Survey of Media in the Wired World: Journalists Use of Internet at All-Time High.”, (breathe) 98% of journalists turn to the Net for news and article ideas. The other 2% must still be doing it the hard way. Here are some snippets from the study: 92% use the web for article research 81% are using search engines 76% use the web to find news sources and experts for stories 73% of journalists use the web to find press releases 81% of print journalists find ideas on the web If journalists are turning to the web to research their stories companies are going to need to start taking offline and online reputation monitoring that much more seriously. If journos are hitting the search engines to find leads for stories companies need to start putting a lot more thought into pushing the negative mentions in the SERP's off of the first few pages. Rob wrote a great articl

New York, July 11 (IANS) Hollywood actress Sienna Miller says her latest film brought back bitter memories of one of her first interviews when a reporter she invited home for tea criticised her housekeeping skills. (more…)

Click here to see a list of the 143 journalists who have made political donations since 2004, and which party they donated to. Do you see an interesting trend? I do. To what should surprise nobody, these journalists donated to the Democrat party at a rate of around 9 out of every 10. We all know about the liberal bias in the media, this just helps us to understand how biased these so-called reporters are. I was actually a little surprised, if I had to guess before seeing this, I would have said donations would probably be slanted to the Democrats by about 7 out of 10 or so.

One of the things that the media, Democrats, and many Americans don’t understand is that there are fundamental differences between our western culture and Islamic culture that will probably never be rectified. There is no middle ground here to try to comprimise on. I know this sounds like a bleak message, but it is true. This is the secret that nobody wants to admit. This in part may be why the media mis-reports so much of what is going on with the war, and the middle east in general. That and their belief that whatever George W Bush believes they must oppose. (more…)

Journalists and bloggers are occupying the same places in people's minds and are covering the same need: information. Major events like the New Orleans disaster or the Tsunami were better covered by bloggers. Bloggers are becoming journalists and journalists are becoming bloggers. This media battle is not among people, butamong the concept of mainstream media and social media. Trust will be a strong indicator as who will win the battle.Links are an indicator of trust to look out for to see who will reign in the future. As Jeff Jarvis said, "trust is king in the kingdom of conversation".To counter-attack traditional media is changing the way they communicate. Large press organisations have already started to adapt themselves. Le Monde in France provides blogs to journalists.The blog world is welcoming in the traditional media organising training courses to for journalists to blog.Loic Le MeurExecutive VP & Managing Director of Europe, Six ApartThink and you'll have the problem of disp

The Indonesian deputy minister of tax held a presentation in front of the chief editors of main Indonesian newspapers. He inserted a flashdisk into a laptop and intended to open his presentation using Adobe Photoshop Album software. However this software also reveals that all his images collection in the flashdisk beside his presentation, that contains porns. The deputy minister said it is an accident, and that he's not deliberately trying to show the porns.

BY JEFF EMANUEL While I was at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad on my recent trip to Iraq, a pair of Spanish journalists--a newspaper reporter and a photojournalist--walked in, fresh from their embed with the 1-4 Cavalry of the First Infantry Division (the unit with which I embedded only days later). They had spent two weeks amongst the troops there, living and going on missions with them, including house-to-house searches and seizures, and their impressions of these soldiers were extremely clear. "Absolutely amazing," said David Beriain, the reporter (and the one who spoke English), said of the young Cavalry troops. "In Spain, it is embarrassing--our soldiers are ashamed to be in the army. These young men--and they seem so young!--are so proud of what they do, and do it so well, even though it is dangerous and they could very easily be killed." Mr. Beriain explained that the company he had been embedded with had lost three men in the span of six days while he was there

Saw this over at arstechnica and had to spread the good word, even if it’s still just a bill sittin’ on capital hill. New bill to give bloggers same shield law protection as journalists By Jacqui Cheng The House of Representatives has amended the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 to include provisions to protect bloggers from being required to divulge their sources under certain situations in the same way as journalists. Instead of requiring journalists to be tied to a news organization, the bill now defines “journalism” to focus more on the function of the job: “the gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing of news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public.” Read the whole article!  PLZ!  Its very interesting and probably contains some info you could use in the near future. You never know,

New York, May 3 (RIA Novosti) More than 100 members of the media were killed worldwide in 2006, making it the bloodiest year on record for journalism, the head of the UN cultural organization has said. In a statement on the eve of World Press Freedom Day Thursday, UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura urged the world to “commemorate media professionals who have lost their lives and honour those who bring us information despite danger and risk”. This year’s celebration will be held in Medellin, Colombia, and will consist of a two-day seminar and the posthumous awarding of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize to murdered Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down on a Moscow street in October 2006. The prize was created in honour of Guillermo Cano, who was assassinated in Bogotá in 1986 at the order of the drug barons his reporting helped expose. According to the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, 75 journalists and 32

Ricardo González Alfonso Province: Ciudad Habana Independent news agency: Independent journalist, Cuba correspondent for the Paris-based press freedom organization Reporters sans frontières (RSF) Prison: Agüica, Matanzas Sentence: 20 years Víctor Rolando Arroyo Province: Pinar del Río Independent news agency: Unión de Periodistas y Escritores de Cuba Independientes (UPECI) Prison:Guantánamo Provincial Prison, Guantánamo Sentence: 26 years Normando Hernández González Province: Camagüey Independent news agency: Colegio de Periodistas Independientes de Cam

The internet will probably end up doing one of three things: it will fizzle out; it will empower citizens across the world; or it will be taken over by governments and used create a global police state. France has obviously decided that it will take things in the latter direction, as it intends to ban citizen journalists from reporting on events where they may show the authorities in a bad light. Obviously, the usual state-sponsored news channels which show protesters and anyone who opposes the state will still be allowed to peddle their propaganda unimpeded. This from IDG News Service via Yahoo News:- The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of Web sites publishing the images, one French civil liberties group warned on Tuesday. The council chose an unfortunate a

Don't they know that Islam is the Religion of Peaceâ„¢?You can't make this stuff up:Newsroom revolt forces "Star' to drop its "Daily Fatwa' spoof(h/t LGF)A staff revolt at the Daily Star prevented publication of a spoof Islamic version of the paper called the "Daily Fatwa". Muslim commentators said yesterday that the newspaper's attempt on Monday evening to mock Sharia law could have sparked international protests similar to those that followed publication by a Danish newspaper of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. The mock-up "Daily Fatwa", which promised a "Page 3 Burkha Babes Special" and competitions to "Burn a Flag and Win a Corsa" and "Win hooks just like Hamza's", was prepared to run as page 6 in Wednesday's edition of the Daily Star, one of the stable of newspapers owned by publisher Richard Desmond. The page also included a spoof leader column under the headline "Allah is Great" but left blank save for a stamp with the word "Censored

Shobhan Saxena thinks most bloggers are lunatic and rant about things in life rather than presenting serious opinion on issues. He is of the opinion that most bloggers are the ones frustrated because they couldn’t excel in their desired field. But the pace at which the blogosphere is getting cramped with half-wits, religious maniacs, failed writers, [...]

What makes this scary is that the terrorists who kidnapped them could be more lethal to FOX correspondents than to ones from CNN or CBS. Reuters has this report:GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two foreign journalists working for the Fox News television channel in Gaza on Monday, a witness said.The witness, a Palestinian who worked with the two journalists, said one of them, a producer, was an American, and the other, whose nationality he did not know, was a cameraman.In a news report, Fox confirmed two employees had been abducted. It said it did not know who seized them but that "negotiations were under way to secure their release."There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the abduction.The witness said two vehicles blocked the journalists' transmission truck in the center of Gaza City and a masked man put a gun to a bodyguard's head, forcing him to the ground.The kidnappers then sped away with the two journalists.Palestinian police stopped and searched cars. A

There is a big writing contest for aspiring journalists in the gaming sector, with great prizes and career writing opportunities on offer. The first preliminary round of the FiringSquad Editors Challenge written contest has finished. There is still one more round open to all contestants before the final 30 contestants move on to the second round. The eventual winner will receive $1500 cash, an

Last night, Busta Rhymes held a listening session with the press for his new album "I'm Blessed" and lost his temper. According to Complex , a handful of journalists appeared less than enthusiastic about the album and sat there stone faced while it played. Busta didn't take too kindly to their body language and let them have it. Listen To Audio

Check out this video from HBO's Costas Now about their show on journalists vs. blogging. I think it's pretty clear that Buzz Bissinger, author of 'Friday Night Lights' doesn't like Will Leitch of Deadspin.com much. If you are unfamiliar with Deadspin, it's one of the very best sports blogs on ...

Chinese officials say foreign journalists covering the Beijing Olympic Games will not have completely uncensored access to the internet. A top spokesman said sites relating to spiritual movement Falun Gong would be blocked. Another said other unspecified sites would also be unavailable. China enforces tough internet controls, but said when it bid for the Games that journalists [...]