links for 2008-09-20
San Francisco Call: August 25, 1907 A hundred-year old article on the phenomenon of sumo wrestling, on the occasion of the visit of a Yokozuna… Read More »links for 2008-09-20
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
A24 – An online marketplace for African video content
Salim Amin has some big shoes to fill. His father, Mohamed Amin, is widely regarded as one of Africa’s finest photojournalists. He covered Ethiopian famine,… Read More »A24 – An online marketplace for African video content
Sumo and the cycle of nature
The leaves turn from green to gold, the days grow shorter, the nights grow colder. The seasons turn slowly from one to another. Large men… Read More »Sumo and the cycle of nature
Playing the Internet with PMOG
Persephone Miel’s talk about the future of news media, given at the
Media Re:public – what’s broken in journalism, and can citizen media help fix it?
My friend and colleague Persephone Miel presented her recent research as part of the Media Re:public project, a research effort sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation… Read More »Media Re:public – what’s broken in journalism, and can citizen media help fix it?
Help me surprise my Dutch friends with “Surprising Africa”
So… it’s speech season, that odd moment in the year where people around the world invite me to say something insightful, provocative, or at least… Read More »Help me surprise my Dutch friends with “Surprising Africa”