Listen to Carl Bernstein talk about journalism and you’re going to hear the phrase, “The best obtainable version of the truth.” I walked into the… Read More »Berstein: The best obtainable version of the truth
Discussion of 24-hour cable news in the US tends to focus on sensationalism, breathlessness and the relentless schedule imposed in this new newsgathering and reporting… Read More »24 hour news and nationalism
Everyone has a slightly different view of what constitutes a “conference” or a “festival”, as the Perugia Journalism Festival describes itself. Some have simultaneous sessions,… Read More »Political spin (and lost in Perugia)
Global Voices Online ‽ Zimbabwe Elections 2008 Global Voices special coverage page on the Zimbabwe elections (tags: africa zimbabwe democracy elections globalvoices blogging) The Web… Read More »links for 2008-04-10
I don’t know Europe very well. Many of my American friends took sone sort of continental jaunt on Eurrail, during or after college, and can… Read More »Live from Umbria
“Build it Kenny, and they will come…”: Kubatana reaches out with FrontlineSMS in Zimbabwe Kubatana activists in Zimbabwe use Frontline SMS to collect people’s visions… Read More »links for 2008-04-08