Mapa76: Database Journalism Reveals Abuses of the Argentine Dictatorship. In Argentina, database journalism is playing a critical role in investigative reports on the country's present and past.
Opinion : More support needed for citizen journalism in Africa. Ags dip as support from US data wanes. For investors in many markets, Thursday brought a bit of a dilemma.
Should they take a bearish stance, in tune with the reaction to quarterly results out overnight from Apple which showed revenues growing 18% to $54.4bn, and iPhone sales up 78% to 47.8m units? Both figures fell short of forecasts, prompting a fall of more than 10% in Apple shares in after hours trading.
Why Al Gore sold Current TV to Al Jazeera. Time Warner Cable Drops Current TV Upon Sale To Al Jazeera. NEW YORK –- Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on Current TV just hours after news of the cable channel's sale to Al Jazeera became official.
"This channel is no longer available on Time Warner Cable," read an on-screen message where Current TV used to be found. Al Jazeera took a major step into the U.S. cable market Wednesday by acquiring beleaguered Current TV and announcing plans for a U.S. -based news network to be called Al Jazeera America. But while the new channel will soon be available in 40 million households, Al Jazeera faced a setback when Time Warner Cable -- which reaches 12 million homes -- announced it was dropping the low-rated Current, which occupied a spot that could have been switched to Al Jazeera America. Joel Hyatt, who co-founded Current TV with former Vice President Al Gore, told staff in a Wednesday night memo that Time Warner Cable "did not consent to the sale to Al Jazeera. " Al Jazeera Finds New Paths In U.S.
MHz Networks Introduces Al Jazeera English to Washington Area Cable TV Viewers. Ever since it launched 30 months ago, the Al Jazeera English news channel has been embraced widely, picking up viewers in more than 100 countries.
The notable exception: the United States, where AJE -- an offshoot of the pioneering, pan-Arabic al-Jazeera network -- has been all but ignored by cable and satellite companies, some apparently concerned about al-Jazeera's alleged anti-American bias. As a result, Al Jazeera English became the global news channel you couldn't see in the United States, outside of two tiny cable systems in Vermont and Ohio, and a few buildings in downtown Washington served by a private cable hookup.
Current TV Sold To Al Jazeera; Possible $400 Million Deal For Al Gore and Co. [UPDATED] Nieman Foundation. Among The Boston Globe staffers who shared the Pulitzer Prize are Nieman Fellows (from left) David Dahl, David Abel, Mark Pothier, Christine Chinlund and Stephen Smith.
The staff of The Boston Globe, including several Nieman Fellows, has won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. Reporter David Abel, NF ’13, and columnist Kevin Cullen, NF ’03, were among those who covered the bombings and their aftermath. The Globe’s managing editor for news, Christine Chinlund, NF ’98, played a key role in organizing coverage, assisted by Stephen Smith, NF ’00, city editor, and David Dahl, NF ’03, assistant managing editor/operations. Breaking News for Black America.
How 'Sam Bacile' Bamboozled the AP, Wall Street Journal Over Anti-Muslim Film. Editor’s Note: This story includes updates at the bottom, and a correction.
Note to young, and professional, journalists alike. Don’t get “Sam Baciled” (pronounced, appropriately, like bamboozled) — particularly not when you’re reporting on acts of terrorism in the Middle East, during an election year, on the anniversary of September 11. This Week in Review: The Olympics’ media lessons, and Google’s copyright crackdown. : The Olympics ended yesterday, but it may have a long-term impact on the interaction between television and social media.
After a week of complaints about tape-delayed coverage on NBC, a Pew poll found that most Americans are following the Olympics closely on TV (and some online, especially the young), and are also largely giving NBC high marks for its coverage. Time’s Josh Sanburn noted what a surprising success the Games have been for NBC. In the Philippines, Rappler is trying to figure out the role of emotion in the news. As news organizations fracture and specialize, it’s often suggested that audiences seek out the kind of coverage that reflects their own preconceived perspectives. CNN Fareed Zakaria Suspended. To Our Faithful Current.com Users: Current's run has ended after eight exciting years on air and online.
The Current TV staff has appreciated your interest, support, participation and unflagging loyalty over the years. Your contributions helped make Current.com a vibrant place for discussing thousands of interesting stories, and your continued viewership motivated us to keep innovating and find new ways to reflect the voice of the people. We now welcome the on-air and digital presence of Al Jazeera America, a new news network committed to reporting on and investigating real stories affecting the lives of everyday Americans in every corner of the country.
STREAM Citizen Journalism Institute. Flash mob raises awareness about violence against journalists - Nation. GEORGE TOWN: A flash mob made up of some 60 members of Citizen Journalists Malaysia (CJMY) assembled in Gurney Plaza here to create awareness about violence against journalists.
The flash mob, lasting about 30 seconds, attracted curious onlookers and shoppers at the mall on Sunday. The group, clad in red T-shirts, held up placards bearing messages Let the press do their job' and Protect press freedom'. Shoppers reacted by clapping and cheering to show their suppport. CJMY programme coordinator Maran Perianen said the flash mob was held to create awareness in putting an end to violence against journalists. “This is one of the activities during our three-day conference in Penang,” he said. CJMY, a project managed by Malaysiakini, started the citizen journalism training course with funding from the International Centre for Journalists in the United States in 2008.
In Syria, Cameras are sometimes as powerful as Kalashnikovs. "I wouldn't trade my camera for a Kalashnikov," says Trab Zahor, who works night and day to get the story out about the horrors of life in the besieged, rebel-held Syrian city of Qusayr.
If anyone can say that with pride, it is Zahor, one of six activists who man a media centre, filming the daily shellings and deaths in the city, while also helping foreign journalists by acting as interpreters and translators. "I recall how a lot of wounded people began arriving at the hospital, and I was there with my camera, filming it all," says Zahor. "Several men came running in carrying a wounded man. Eisenberg: In scary times, ‘Look for the helpers’ By Paul Eisenberg Citizen Journalist/pauleisenberg@yahoo.com August 9, 2012 12:52PM Updated: September 13, 2012 6:06AM There was a fantastic quote that was being passed around the social media sites in the wake of the movie theater shooting in Colorado. It was from the late, great Mr. Scoople: Gaming the news to get your data. Scoople is a polling company that acts like a media aggregator but operates as a game.
But you wouldn’t necessarily know that if you’ve been spending time with the newish app, which gives users points for answering questions about news stories, and predicting other users’ answers. Here’s how it works: Scoople uses a “content engine” to aggregate from a variety of sources and produce a single story. Bilderberg 2012: When The Story Is The Media » Philosophers stone. The Western media lost its head and heart. It is now set apart from the rest of humanity. The most crucial aspect of the Bilderberg story is the decades-long media blackout. Lives of citizen journalist and activist who helped resistance media in danger. (RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned for the lives of Ali Mahmoud Othman, a Homs-based citizen journalist who was arrested on 28 March in Aleppo, and Noura Al-Jizawi, a woman activist working for opposition media who was abducted by the security services the same day in Damascus.
“Citizen journalists whose only crimes are to have witnessed, filmed and photographed acts of violence by a regime that persists in its deadly folly are being hunted down, arrested, tortured and murdered,” Reporters Without Borders said. “These resistance figureheads defy every kind of danger to thwart the regime's news blackout about the horrors of the repression in Syria. “We hold the Syrian authorities responsible for whatever may happen to them. The regime is more determined than ever to suppress all information about its crackdown.
Syria has become a hell for both professional and citizen journalists.” Journalists for The Truth in Sierra Leone! BRAVO!: Sierra Leone News. The power of citizen journalism. Young woman freed on bail but still facing possible death sentence. Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that Yara Michel Shammas was freed on bail today although this young woman is still facing charges that carry the death penalty. The press freedom organization urges the authorities to drop all the charges. 10 Most Censored Countries - Reports. Published May 2, 2012. 'New media’ ahead of the pack on. While traditional journalists continued to fume Tuesday over the national unity government arranged between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and newly elected Kadima party leader Shaul Mofaz without their knowledge or input, citizen journalists and social media aficionados lapped up the political drama with creative online commentary.
Reporters Without Borders slams Syria over citizen journalist killings. International media freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday condemned the killing in Syria by regime forces of citizen journalists. Syrian regime forces have killed six citizen journalists this year, RSF said in a statement, naming the latest as Abdul Ghani Kaakeh, 19, killed in northern Aleppo while filming a demonstration. 19 year old girl traveling with OWS group goes missing « Citizen Journalist.
Citizen Journalism Curators. When you talk too much for Twitter. The Price of Dissent in Saudi Arabia. BBC condemns attack on its Yemen reporter. 16 February 2012Last updated at 18:09. Two Stories The American Media Just Does Not Want Us To Hear. Media Group Says Reporters Face Restrictions in Much of Africa, 26 January 2012 Thursday 9:52. The Arab Spring appears not to have sprung into sub-Saharan Africa, where journalists face increasing repression while trying to cover anti-government protests. In its 2011-2012 Worldwide Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders cites Angola, Uganda and Malawi as cases in point. Glenn Greenwald: Journalists have become servants to power. DNC: Dan Rather. Feds reconsider FOIA rule intentionally 'misleading' Americans.
First Amendment violations hurt us all. Peacekeepers in Somalia Fire on Car and Kill a Malaysian Journalist. Journalist With US, Canadian Citizenship Being Held in Syria. Mexico, Honduras Account for Nearly 25% of Journalists’ Deaths in 2010. Criminal case opened into journalist beating in Moscow - police. Center for Investigative Reporting · The role of investigative journalism in democracy. Journalists’ Scariest Tweets From Egypt. Journalists Are Attacked in Cairo. Times journalists not among those donating to candidates. Reviving Vietnam War Tactics. Journalism / Periodismo. Journalism. Journalism. Journalism. Journalism. Journalism. Journalism.
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