Mainstream media

Media pimping for war

Antony Loewenstein - July 1, 2008 - 1:46am

How not to conduct an interview with the West’s “new Hitler”, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:


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Democracy is not a foreign word

Antony Loewenstein - June 25, 2008 - 11:04am

My following article appears in the Amnesty International Australia’s Uncensor campaign about human rights in China:

We ignore the diversity of China’s web community at our peril, writes Antony Loewenstein Read more »

Vote for this man

Antony Loewenstein - June 23, 2008 - 12:33pm

Advertising in the internet age: Read more »

China is not a one-sided story

Antony Loewenstein - July 2, 2008 - 4:22am

My following article appears in the Amnesty International Australia’s Uncensor campaign about human rights in China:

Westerners must look at China in all its diversity, including voices of reason, writes Antony Loewenstein Read more »

Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008

Antony Loewenstein - June 25, 2008 - 12:30pm

The issue of internet censorship has become a global concern.

Harvard University’s Global Voices is one major organisation that translates bloggers from across the world and campaigns for imprisoned activists. Read more »

Blogging every day keeps the doctor away

Antony Loewenstein - June 24, 2008 - 11:37am

At least some British journalists understand where new media is going:

Journalists in the UK are more likely to be producing video content and blogging as part of their workload than their European counterparts, a new survey has suggested.

According to the European Digital Journalism Study, 61 per cent of UK respondents said their publications offered video or TV content as part of their online presence compared with 41 per cent of respondents from other European countries… Read more »

How not to die on the job

Antony Loewenstein - June 20, 2008 - 3:53pm

The Committee to Protect Journalists reveals the parlous state of world affairs:

At least 82 journalists fled their native countries under threat or harassment in the last 12 months, with more than half coming from conflict-ridden Iraq and Somalia, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in a new survey. The rate of journalists going into exile—about seven per month—is double the average that CPJ has recorded since it began compiling such data in 2001. Read more »