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New Oil in Brazil Unleashes a Gusher of Media Controversies
Posted by Global Voices on 21 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Economy
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By Jose Murilo Junior, Global Voices Twisted information about the discovery of what may possibly be the third largest oil field in the world turned into a hot issue on the Brazilian blogosphere this week. |
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Pulitzers and the Web
Posted by Poynter Online on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Journalism
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By Jonathan Dube, Poynter Online Online journalism is increasingly playing a role in the Pulitzer Prizes. |
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Cuba: Blocked Blogger Yoani Sanchez Receives Prestigious Award
Posted by Global Voices on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Journalism
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By Elia Varela Serra, Global Voices Last Friday, Yoani Sanchez, probably the most famous blogger in Cuba, was awarded the Ortega and Gasset Prize in Journalism by Spanish newspaper El Pais, the most prestigious in Spanish language |
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The Love Affair Between McCain and the Press Sprains the Brain of the Liberal Blogosphere
Posted by PressThink on 31 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Obama, Hillary, New Media, 08 Election, Media Analysis, McCain
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By PressThink Pushing big media to bring equal skepticism to McCain is an intelligent demand; and there’s plenty of material for bloggers to work with. But this requires war? It seems to me to require good blogging. |
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Are Always-Connected Consumers Really Virtual Crackheads?
Posted by Ad Age on 31 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, New Media, Internet
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By Simon Dumenco, Advertising Age A Prominent Doctor Considers the Mental State of Internet Addicts. But, Hey, What About the Dealers? |
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The Survival of Investigative Journalism
Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Journalism, Newspapers
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By Christine Russell, CJR With less money, fewer reporters and the need to feed the twenty-four-hour news monster, will newspapers and magazines still be willing and able to invest in investigative projects that tackle the tough issues of mismanagement and malfeasance in their own backyards or in the world at large? |
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China: Bloggers declare war on Western media’s Tibet coverage
Posted by Global Voices on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Media Freedom, Censorship
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By John Kennedy, Global Voices Once the news of Tibetans slicing children’s ears off and burning people alive sunk in, Chinese netizens worldwide seized onto initial misreported details from the situation in Tibet and don’t seem willing to let this one go. |
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China: Patriotism triggered, though under censorship
Posted by Global Voices on 21 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Censorship
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By Bob Chen, Global Voices The situation in Tibet climbed to the front pages of many foreign papers. But when I walked in, through the massive gate of Great Firewall of China to the domestic blogshpere, I found the turmoil and gory images largely gone, a wind of peace, richness and harmony greeting me. |
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China: Fire on the streets of Lhasa, Tibet
Posted by Global Voices on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs
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By John Kennedy, Global Voices As mainstream media struggle to bring out the latest developments in Tibet, bloggers on the ground in Lhasa have been able to provide ongoing updates on the situation. |
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Bloggers and bloggers and blogs, oh my!
Posted by LA Times on 14 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Online Video
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By Web Scout, LA Times In the halls of the Austin Convention Center, you couldn’t take three steps without tripping over a blogger,”vlogger”, podcaster or online TV show host of some kind. |
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George Carlin Reads More Blogs Than You Do
Posted by Huffington Post on 03 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, Ownership, Fox News, USGOP, Bush, Blogs, Commentary, Politics, Obama, Hillary, Cheney, Journalism, New Media, Humor, FCC, 08 Election, Democracy, Pop Culture, MSNBC
George Carlin talks to Rachel Sklar about why he loves Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann, what he sees in Fox News, and why he’s surprisingly unjaded about the Obama phenomenon. Also, he swears a lot.
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Russian Blogs Antidote to Neutered Media
Posted by AP on 21 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, RU, Politics
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By Mike Eckel, AP In the final weeks of Russia’s presidential campaign, TV networks and other major media are filled with uncritical and often fawning coverage of the man President Vladimir Putin has blessed as his successor. |
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Arianna Climbs Into The Top Tier With ‘That Man,’ Drudge
Posted by The Observer on 20 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Blogs, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, Advertising
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By John Koblin, The Observer When asked about Arianna Huffington’s plan to launch a news-aggregating blog in 2005, Matthew Drudge did not seem too impressed. |
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Guerrilla Bloggers And The Old Elite
Posted by Huffington Post on 15 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Ethics
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By Erik Ringmar, Huffinton Post CNN, a leading news channel, sacked one of its journalists for exercising his First Amendment rights. |
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Obama, the Internet and the Decline of Big Money and Big Media
Posted by Tech President on 08 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Politics, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election
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By Micah L. Sifry, Tech President If it were not for the internet, and all the campaign- and voter-generated activism that it has enabled, Hillary Clinton would already be the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, and Barack Obama or another reform-minded candidate would be trailing badly. |
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