Latest posts by Rebecca MacKinnon
Global Voices: Finalist for “Innovations in Journalism” Award!!
Winners to be announced Sept. 18 Guidelines | Press Release | 2005 Winners Congratulations to everybody who contributes to Global Voices! We are one of seven finalists for the...
China: Free Hao Wu!!!
We are now on Day 133 since Hao Wu, Chinese filmmaker and Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor, disappeared into detention without charge. We have been doing what we can to...
Global Voices in Chinese!
Last September, Taiwanese blogger Portnoy started translating Global Voices posts into Chinese – not all of them, that would be impossible for one person, but picking and choosing things he...
China: Hu's heckler has done this before
Roland Soong of ESWN digs up a website indicating that Wang Wenyi, the FLG practitioner who heckled Hu Jintao at the White House on Thursday, has a heckling history: a...
China: Hao Wu continues to be held without charge
It has now been 52 days. Global Voices Northeast Asia editor, blogger, and filmmaker Hao Wu still has not been charged or given access to a lawyer. We still don't...
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...
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...
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...
Free Hao Wu!
On March 22nd it will be one month since filmmaker and Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor Hao Wu was detained without charge. We appeal to the Chinese government for Hao...
Podcast: Global Voices Summit Session1
Audio of the Global Voices 2005 Summit is now available in podcast form!! Each audio file is being posted as a separate entry so that everything can be captured by...
Podcast: Global Voices Summit Session2
Audio of the Global Voices 2005 Summit is now available in podcast form!! Each audio file is being posted as a separate entry so that everything can be captured by...
Podcast: Global Voices Summit Session 3 Part 1
Audio of the Global Voices 2005 Summit is now available in podcast form!! Each audio file is being posted as a separate entry so that everything can be captured by...
Podcast: Global Voices Summit Session 3 Part 2
Audio of the Global Voices 2005 Summit is now available in podcast form!! Each audio file is being posted as a separate entry so that everything can be captured by...
Podcast: Global Voices Summit Session 4 Part 1
Audio of the Global Voices 2005 Summit is now available in podcast form!! Each audio file is being posted as a separate entry so that everything can be captured by...
Podcast: Global Voices Summit Session 4 Part 2
Audio of the Global Voices 2005 Summit is now available in podcast form!! Each audio file is being posted as a separate entry so that everything can be captured by...
Global Voices Summit: Emergence of a Conversation Community
(photo by Beth Kanter) Thanks to everybody who participated – both in person and online to make our Global Voices London Summit such a stunning success! The conversation was so...
Global Voices Summit: Join us Saturday online!
(Cartoon by Hugh Mcleod) In just a few hours, bloggers from the Global Voices community plus a number of groupies, fans, and supporters will be gathering for the Global Voices...
Global Voices Seeks Managing Editor
Global Voices is growing fast! We are now looking to hire a full-time Managing Editor. THE JOB: This person will be responsible for coordinating day-to-day content flow on the Global...
Tunisian blogger dinner
On Friday night I had the pleasure of joining the 8th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup, along with fellow WSIS participants Jeff Ooi of Malaysia and Isam Bayazidi of Jordan. After the...
WSIS: Circumventing censorship and staying safe
Here is a picture from the workshop on secure communications and anonymous blogging conducted by my colleague Ethan Zuckerman, Dmitri Vitaliev of Frontline Defenders, Wojtek Bogusz of the Tactical Technology...
WSIS: Circumventing Censorship and Staying Safe
Here is a picture from the workshop on secure communications and anonymous blogging conducted by Ethan Zuckerman, Dmitri Vitaliev of Frontline Defenders, Wojtek Bogusz of the Tactical Technology Collaborative, and...
