The South African Civil Society Information Service
A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
Steve Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon.com and more recently author of "Say Everything," a book that chronicles blogging's rise and impact on politics, business, the media, and personal lives, counts down his top ten myths about blogging. Rosenberg argues that blogs are increasingly becoming sources that people turn to for depth of information about particular subjects. Regardless, he contends blogs will never replace traditional media. Watch the clip to hear Roseberg...
Saliem Fakir -
Sixteen thousand is the number of jobs lost in 2008 by the US newspaper industry and just about 10,000 in the first half of 2009.
It is unclear how many jobs have been cut by the local newspaper industry but we have not been saved the ravages of the economic downtown.
The press is indeed bleeding editors, journalist, and columnists. The meaning of all of this is unknown. What replaces it may not be entirely satisfactory, as the seemingly imminent death of newspapers does not imply the death...
Democracy Now -
Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, John Pilger, joins Amy Goodman of Democracy Now for a wide-ranging conversation on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the media, health care, and Obama’s wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
***
AMY GOODMAN: From the events in Honduras, we step back to reflect how the media’s been covering the coup in that country. Last week, award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger was visiting the United...
Twitter's been around for two years and is currently experiencing explosive growth as an online social networking tool. It is second in popularity only to Facebook. The number of people using Twitter has risen from just two million to 20 million in the past year. These are not just people using the tool to stay in touch with friends (many are), but a key trend that is emerging is Twitter's ability to take citizen journalism to new heights. Due to the format of the tool (short messages...
In this engaging analysis of the media's behaviour, LinkTV's Global Pulse tracks the media's coverage of "the fall and rise" of President Jacob Zuma. In months gone by, the media's indefatigable coverage of the corruption charges against Zuma threatened to wipe out his political career. From one end of the globe to the other, the chorus of negativity, which declared Zuma unfit to govern, was repeated by major international and regional news outlets such as Al Jazeera, BBC,...
Julie Hollar -
The wars that have wracked the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1996, killing well over 5 million people (International Rescue Committee, 1/08) in what may be the deadliest conflict since World War II, are officially over. A peace agreement was signed in 2002, and general elections were held in 2006.
But conflict and the humanitarian crisis continue. The most recent survey (IRC, 1/08) estimated that 45,000 people are dying each month from conflict-related causes (primarily hunger and...
