Yemen and the problems of ADD journalism
Since the underwear bomber attempted to bring down Northwest 253 on Christmas Day, it’s been all terror all the time across news media. Project for… Read More »Yemen and the problems of ADD journalism
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Welcome back, Yeeyan
If I had to pick a project that most excited me in 2009, it would be Yeeyan, a distributed translation project focused on making influential… Read More »Welcome back, Yeeyan
Global Voices at age 5 – #GV5
My Global Voices colleagues have been taking time at the end this year to reflect on the past five years of our joint project. I’ve… Read More »Global Voices at age 5 – #GV5
Could Rick Warren stop Uganda’s anti-gay legislation?
Breaking news: Pastor Warren has released a video condemning the Ugandan anti-gay legislation. (The video was released December 10th, the day after I posted this… Read More »Could Rick Warren stop Uganda’s anti-gay legislation?
A simple way to improve Facebook suggestions
While we’re on the topic of questionable Facebook “features”… I’m happy to see that I wasn’t the only person complaining about Facebook’s “suggestions” today. Earlier… Read More »A simple way to improve Facebook suggestions
Bye, bye Beacon… and other bad ad ideas
There are ideas that, when you first encounter them, you say, “That can’t possibly be a good idea.” That’s how I and colleagues at the… Read More »Bye, bye Beacon… and other bad ad ideas