Stories about Announcements from April, 2006
Petition Hu Jintao for Global Voices editor Hao Wu's release
Many Global Voices readers have asked what they can do to hasten our friend and colleage Hao Wu's release from detention in Beijing. Hundreds of you have put badges on your blogs and webpages to call attention to Hao Wu's detention, and this support has helped generate media interest in...
Announcing Our Alliance with Reuters
We're thrilled to announce an alliance between Global Voices and global media company, Reuters. Reuters has been supporting Global Voices efforts since late last year, when they hosted our annual conference at their global headquarters at Canary Wharf in London. Yesterday Reuters announced a major contribution to the Berkman Center...
Reuters-GVO alliance announced
13th April 2006 REUTERS FORMS ALLIANCE WITH GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE Reuters today announced an alliance with Global Voices Online, an international network of bloggers coordinated through the Berkman Center at Harvard University. Reuters has made a contribution to the Berkman Center that has enabled Global Voices to hire a full-time...
MSM Iraq coverage: Bloggers give thumbs down
On Wednesday evening New York Time at the Reuters headquarters in Times Square, bloggers from around the world joined in a live panel debate over whether the media is telling the real story in Iraq. See the Reuters news story summarizing the event here and a blog post about it...
Join us live! Iraq: is the media telling the real story?
Click here to join us for a live discussion about whether the media is covering Iraq objectively. You can watch or listen on a live webcast and join in a live online chat to express your views. Several members of the Global Voices community will be live-blogging the event: Middle...
Asking the Blogosphere: Is the media telling the real story on Iraq?
Is the media telling the truth about Iraq? Do you have an opinion on this issue? How does the nature, quality, and content of media coverage of the Iraq war ultimately impact the lives of people in Iraq, the Middle East and around the planet? In your country, how does the media’s...