Ethan Zuckerman · March, 2005

Latest posts by Ethan Zuckerman from March, 2005

Sokwanele Blog in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is preparing for parliamentary elections tomorrow. The outcome is hardly in doubt. Most observers expect Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party to win in a landslide, garnering at least 75%...

30 March 2005

Elina Karakulova in Bishkek

The recent events in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, have been somewhat difficult for outside observers to understand. Unlike the Orange revolution in Ukraine, where sustained, widespread opposition protests led to the overturning...

30 March 2005

New “About” page

I've written a new About Global Voices page. If anything is not clear or if you have further questions, please post a comment there.

24 March 2005

Blog libel suit in India

Mediaah! is no more. The controversial media criticism weblog, run by Pradyuman Maheshwari, editor of the Maharashtra Herald in Pune, promoted itself as a “brutally unbiased” critic of Indian media,...

16 March 2005

NewsILike and Aggregator Artistry

I'm experimenting with NewsILike.com, a new aggregator site put together by a team that includes Jim Moore, Berkman colleague, Darfur activist, and Global Voies ally. Jim introduces the concept of...

15 March 2005

Media access to the Madrid Summit

Martín Varsavsky, our host at the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, has been handling some awkward questions about media access to the summit. Over thirteen hundred journalists were...

9 March 2005

Dina Mehta on the Indian blogscene

Dina Mehta, a brilliant Indian anthropologist and blogger, just published an article on the emergence of the Indian blogosphere for online magazine Nirantar. Referencing Malcolm Gladwell's new book, “The Tipping...

8 March 2005