Stories about Media & Journalism from April, 2006
Hong Kong: Uncharacteristic blog behaviour
EastSouthWestNorth comes up blank tonight save for an error message which reads: “Sorry, you have reached either a non-existent site or the site has been suspended (or deactivated) due to...
Brazil: A Correspondent Reflects
Jared Goyette, a foreign correspondent living in Bahia, reflects on his latest piece for Brazzil Magazine. “When I changed the article, I cut out a lot detail I had recorded...
Japan: Celebrity fanfare
Have you heard of the leather-clad hip-thrusting Japanese celebrity Razor Ramon Hard Gay? A post on the Gen Kanai blog gives a thorough introduction: “A group of fansubbers have started...
China: Television exported
In ‘Entertaining or subverting?: Chinese television tries to go global,’ the Angry Chinese Blogger looks at the possibility of nine mainland television stations being offered in Canada. “In a move...
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
It had been a relatively quiet week in the Saudi blogosphere this week. However, several good posts can be found by bloggers from inside the country, and also by those...
Estonia: Russian Coverage of Desecration of Holocaust Memorial in Estonia
As a Russian news agency reports desecration of a Holocaust memorial in Kalevi Liyva, Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa bemoans the fact that “such a small country” as Estonia “should...
Polish Blogosphere Update
On the literary front, As the Warsaw Crow Flies notes the death of Polish author Stanislaw Lem. On Lem, Warsaw Crow writes: Having only read his novel Solaris, I can't...
China: Tiananmen revisited
Richard from The Peking Duck updates on PBS’ upcoming documentary on the man who on June 5, 1989 stood in the way of a line of China's People's Liberation Army...
China: Foreign involvement in Chinese media
Danwei blogs—and China Herald too—on China Central Television's newly-revamped English-language website, developed in cooperation with media magnate Rupert Murdoch and designed with help from Fox News. “Fortunately,” quips Fons from...
DRC: Is Tshisekedi an Extremist?
Over at Le Blog du Congolais, Ben-Clet analyzes (FR) the “180 degree turn” in the international image of UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi from sympathetic Mobutu opponent in the 90s to...
Bolivia: BBC on Morales
Both Alvaro and Eduardo give their impressions of a recent BBC feature on Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Under Pressure Journalists & Nuclear Crisis
Saminejad’s, jailed blogger, lawyer said court rejected their appeal and he is supposed to remain in prison for next ten months. ISNA, Iranian Students National Agency, has published this news...
Iran: Journalists Fired!
Alpar (Persian), Iran based blogger, has informed us that many journalists who work for ILNA ( Iran Labour News Agency) have been fired. It seems that there is no budget....
China: Tiananmen update
Writing from her blog T-Salon, Andrea mentions an upcoming television program which will look at the identity of ‘the Tank Man'—known to many as the Tiananmen square protestor who stood...
China: Plagiarism in state-owned media
An previously well-respected and outspoken Chinese newspaper which was taken over by the government earlier this year has since resorted to copying stories from other publications, says Non-violent Resistance blogger...
China: Satire in the media
Jason Li from Virtual China translates a post from Linghucong's Blog [zh] which looks at the “increasing amount of feature articles that possess a well-informed, sharp, satirical edge” seen on...
Francophone Journalists who Cover Africa
Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique publishes (FR) a list of francophone journalists who cover Africa.
DRC: UDPS to Take Part in Election After All?
UDPS spokesperson Jn-Baptiste Bomanza made several revelations on a Congolese talk show, reports (FR) Le Blog du Congolais. Bomanza's most surprising comment waa that “[t]here will be no election without...
Africa: Responsibilities of journalists
Yebo Gogo comments on a report in the Christian Science monitor on the responsbilities of Western journalists to help those they cover. “Where the line falls that reporters shouldn't cross...
China: Media censorship
The Life After Jiangxi blogger describes life on the media-restricted Chinese mainland. “I go to these posh hotels, and watch BBCWorld and realise that the situation in Nepal is pretty...
