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Blogging for Peace
I am writing from Bonn in Germany - the venue for the Global Media Forum for Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention.
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Overcoming Negative Stereotypes in the South Caucasus
In the 16 years since a 1994 ceasefire agreement put the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed mainly-Armenian populated territory of Nagorno Karabakh on hold, peace remains as...
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Live-Blogs, Live-Streams, Fevered Passions
These days, there is simply no avoiding the news. In a season of spectacular events coming one on top of the other -- revolutions, tsunamis, slayings of master-terrorists -- it is clearer than ever...
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Quote of the Week: Steve Jobs
"I don't want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers. I think we need editorial oversight now more than ever. Anything we can do to help newspapers find new ways of expression that will help them...
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Quote of the Week: Thomas Friedman
"One wonders whether the Internet, blogging, Twitter, texting and microblogging ... have made participatory democracy and autocracy so participatory, and leaders so finely attuned to every nuance of...
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Why are there so Few Bloggers at the UN? A Conversation with Staff
I spent a busy few days in New York last week, talking to (well, OK, mainly talking at) about 200 UN staff at various meetings in UN Women, UNDP and UNICEF. There was a lot of energy in the room (and...
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Why You Should Become a Development Blogger. And Some Thoughts on How to...
I think it’s time for some new development bloggers. Lots of new voices to oxygenate a sphere that is starting to feel a little stale. Let’s see if I can persuade you to sign up (NGO types tend not to...
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Provocative Voices: Profiles in Blogging
Inspired. That's how I felt after reading Profiles in Blogging, a new report published by the Center for International Media Assistance that examines how bloggers around the world practice their...
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New Study Offers Us Fresh Insights into the Attitudes and Behaviors of Online...
Damian Radcliffe outlines a new report from Qatar’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology on internet behaviors in the Middle East. To read the full report, click here. Qatar’s Ministry...
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Mobilizing Social Media to Fight Corruption
Social media and anti-corruption efforts may sound like strange bedfellows, but as communication technology continues to evolve and as mobile devices are increasingly dominant platforms for accessing...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Many in Emerging and Developing Nations Disconnected from Politics Pew Research In recent years,...
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