Photoblogs are so February; prepare yourself for vblogs
This globetechnology.com story tells me — and, by extension, you — that video blogs (vblogs) are the next big thing.
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U.S. knew Sgrena was coming: Berlusconi
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said his country's agent had told authorities in Iraq he was bringing out a just-released journalist hostage. The U.S. is (surprise, surprise) denying this. An excerpt: But in his first major address since Friday's shooting strained relations between the United States and Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told legislators the car [...]
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Alertnet.org – All crises and humanitarian disasters all the time
If you're looking for one-stop shopping on everything that ills the world, check out AlertNet.org, which was started by the Reuters Foundation. Here's a sample article: Media shortsightedness is truly staggering, by Gareth Evans of the Belgium-based International Crisis Group: To find many of the world's “forgotten” humanitarian emergencies, one only need look at some [...]
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Content tutorials for the pyjamahedeen
Online Journalism Review has set up some tutorials on creating great online content for non-professional writers, bloggers and Web users who want to raise the level of their online contributions. The content is being delivered through wikis. It is available to all, but if you want to edit it, you have to be a registered OJR [...]
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'The debt-peonage society'
The NYT's Paul Krugman on recent Republican/Bush administration moves to lessen the protections U.S. society has provided to individuals against risk: An excerpt: oday the Senate is expected to vote to limit debate on a bill that toughens the existing bankruptcy law, probably ensuring the bill's passage. A solid bloc of Republican senators, assisted by [...]
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This is my kind of Christianity!
Some U.S. evangelical Christian leaders are working to fight global warming. An excerpt from the NYT story: These church leaders, scientists, writers and heads of international aid agencies argue that global warming is an urgent threat, a cause of poverty and a Christian issue because the Bible mandates stewardship of God's creation. The Rev. Rich [...]
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NYT’s Stanley on Rather’s goodbye
NYT television writer Alessandra Stanley looks at ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather’s love of both news and the camera, and the bitter footnote that the memo scandal will leave on his 42-year career.