Jane Perrone spent the full day with us at the Global Voices summit, representing The Guardian. Her article on the conference is spot on (as… Read More »MSM and big bloggers react to the Global Voices conference
Lisa Goldman, Sokari Ekine, Haitham Sabbah and I headed across town yesterday to the legendary Bush House to appear on Have Your Say, a new… Read More »Global Voices on the BBC
Ben Hammersley has the afternoon keynote which is, predictably, both thought provoking and a standup comedy routine. It’s titled “Eight Big Ideas of the 21st… Read More »Ben Hammersley’s Standup Routine
I don’t generally write letters to the editor. I get to air my opinions on this blog and that’s usually good enough for me. But… Read More »And now, a rant from our listeners…
A couple of years ago, I was taking a long ride in a taxi cab in Jordan and noticed the driver would switch stations on… Read More »Changing the station: media and propaganda in Iraq
Better late than never, I suppose. The editorial board of the New York Times used some of their space on Sunday to condemn Meles Zenawi’s… Read More »Ethiopia deserves better than “better than Mengistu”