Stories about Media & Journalism from August, 2006
Iran: Journalism's Problem
In Dot we read that Dr.Ahmad Tavakoli, academic and writer, considers the most important problem of journalism is that Iranian journalists neither think nor work in an academic way [Fa].
China: unhealthy digital broadcast?
Official Xinhua news finally confirmed about the new regulation on digital broadcast. Two cold in bullog questions about the definition of “unhealthy” digital broadcast in the new regulation: “I need to know, according to which regulation I am unhealthy. So that in case I lost in the court case, the...
Taiwan: boycotting mainstream media
Wang Chien-Ming, a Taiwan baseball player who was called up from the Yankees’ AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers in 2005, issued a open letter on 17 of August saying that he would reject all the Taiwan mainstream media interview because his privacy had been infringed. Ilya blogs a press release...
Central Asia & Caucasus: Press Freedom
Neil of neweurasia reports on press freedom in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
India: The Television's Off
The High Court's intervention has made Cable operators in Mumbai shut access to many channels. The issue? Indecent exposure on the Telly. India Uncut has more.
Czech Republic: Socialist Grocery Store
My Czech Republic Blog writes about a “socialist grocery store” project run by a Czech newspaper: “For at least a year, readers have been sending in photos of the products that all of us who grew up in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia know and remember with that inexplicable fondness and nostalgia.”
Russia: Remembering August 1991
Alex(ei) of The Russian Dilettante's Weblog writes about causes and consequences of the August 1991 failed coup.
Chile: Meeting with Fernando Flores
Mary Joyce has narrowed down her meeting with Fernando Flores into five main topics of discussion. For more information on Flores, see Rosario Lizana's two-part interview and Claudio Ruiz's critique of Flores’ blogging style.
Cambodia: New Story Tellers on the Internet
According to a research report released recently by Pew Internet, most webloggers don't consider themselves doing journalism. In most cases they are not up to what a journalist does. In Cambodian blogosphere, there exists a series of interviews done by digital citizens playing the role of citizen's media. Chan Bopha,...
Iran: Crackdown on satellite dishes
Nikahang has published a photo from ISNA (Iranian Student News Agency) showing Iranian government crackdown on satellite dishes.
Ahmadinejad's blog and Fidel Castro
According to the BBC, the launch of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blog was reported on state TV, which urged users to send in messages to the president. Several magazines and newspapers around the world have already talked about Ahmadinejad’s blog. In his first, and so far only, post, Ahmadinejad talks...
Jamaica: Attending the AIDS conference
Jamaican journalist Natalis Campbell reflects on the experience of attending the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto.
South Korea: cyber violence
Robert Koehler in Marmot's Hole discusses about the phenomena of cyberviolence in South Korea.
China: rumour and chainmail on google
ESWN picks up the story on google search engine and translates the chain mail.
Voices from Kazakhstan
Almaty Opera House Welcome to our latest round-up of blog posts and online discussions that took place in Kazakh blogosphere. neweurasia's Basil B. Akimov, a Karaganda journalist and editor of www.mediaprovinces.kz and www.medialaw.kz sites, writes about change of rules in the Supreme Court in Astana (RU). You have to show...
Iran: Ahmadinejad & CBS
Berkeley Forum talks about Ahmadinejad's interview on CBS. We read in this collective blog that during his interview with Mike Wallace from CBS there were a number of other instances when Ahmadinejad had “teacher-like” comebacks. It certainly reminded me of the old school days in Iran. This is because Ahmadinejad...
Argentina: Courses in Digital Journalism
Wanting to gain some experience as a digital journalist? Spanish speakers might be interested in Clarín reporter Julio Orione's upcoming course in digital journalism, accredited by the Argentine University of Belgrano (UB). The course will be taught online with several guest professors/reporters covering specialized themes. On a related note, Dialógica...
China: SARFT and farts, castrations feigned and intended: let the spoofing begin!
In a recent edition of MindMeters columnist Fang Jun's Marriagement column entitled Love in the Internet Age [zh] is a spoiler of the recently-released Hollywood movie Hard Candy: 危险的水果硬糖 Dangerous Fruit Hard Candy 《Hard Candy》是我看的第一部与网络密切相关的电影。中文翻译为《水果硬糖》，其实“Hard candy”是网络俚语，指未成年少女。 Hard Candy is the first movie I've seen that deals with internet intimacy. It's...
Iran: Iranian Digg or Reddit!
Zharf says he has launched a new site similar [Fa] to digg and reddit in Persian. The blogger says site's name is Balatarin and everybody can add a link to that. All of the links on Balatarin will be from users who are rewarded for good submissions (and punished for...
India: Clive Street and Collaboration
Confused of Calcutta talks of how financial journalism runs in the family, the decline of Clive Street as the centre for finance and on collaboration online.
Bolivia: Bloomberg and Bolivian Gas
Jim Shultz admits that every journalist and blogger makes a mistake from time to time, but the reporting by Bloomberg News, according to Shultz, creates “a false public image that the Bolivian government has “seized the assets” of foreign energy companies through its May 1 ‘nationalization’ decree.” The post has...
