Mmmm… Kelewele…
Lydia Polgreen, writing about Ghanaian food in the New York Times, gets it RIGHT. Great food is one of the main reasons to come to… Read More »Mmmm… Kelewele…
Ethiopia notices cyber-dissidents. (Indefinite detention without charges is the sincerest form of flattery.)
It’s been an open question for a while: when will repressive African leaders start taking the Internet seriously enough that they’ll start locking up cyber-dissidents?… Read More »Ethiopia notices cyber-dissidents. (Indefinite detention without charges is the sincerest form of flattery.)
Bloggers and Citizen Journalism at the Al Jazeera Forum
I was originally invited to Doha to participate on the panel that’s going on right now “The New Media: Bloggers and Participatory Journalism”. It’s an… Read More »Bloggers and Citizen Journalism at the Al Jazeera Forum
Aljazeera Forum: Who defines professional ethics?
Abdul Badrakhan, the deputy editor of Al Hayat, suggests that the current controversy over cartoons in a Danish newspaper is a good way to frame… Read More »Aljazeera Forum: Who defines professional ethics?
Opening Sessions at the Aljazeera Forum
I’m spending the next two days at the second Al-Jazeera Forum, “Defending Freedom, Defining Responsibility”. I’m speaking on a panel on “Media and Power” tomorrow… Read More »Opening Sessions at the Aljazeera Forum
The road to Doha
I’m in Cambridge today, enroute to Doha, Qatar, for the second annual Al Jazeera Forum, a meeting with the provocative title “Defending Freedoms, Defining Responsibility”.… Read More »The road to Doha