Iran’s home page on the Global Voices Web site. RELATED ARTICLE “Attempting to Silence Iran’s ‘Weblogistan’” – Mohamed Abdel DayemHarvard University’s Berkman … Read more
Journalists — Iranians and Westerners — share their firsthand experiences as they write about the challenges they confront in gathering and distributing news and information about Iran and its people. Their words and images offer a rare blend of insights about journalists’ lives and work in Iran. In the fifth part of our 21st Century Muckrakers series about investigative and watchdog reporting, the focus turns to coverage of issues involving public health, safety and trust. And in Words & Reflections, essays touch on objectivity, religion, blogging, Ireland and post 9/11 America. – Melissa Ludtke, Editor Read more
‘As I settled in on the National Desk, I gradually realized I had found the guide to my life I had been searching for. It certainly wasn’t religion in the classical sense; it was a secular substitute for religion.’ Read more
‘As a standard to separate news from nonsense and a guide to ethical reporting, objectivity is about as reliable as judging character by the firmness of a handshake.’ Read more
‘My pitch: An experienced journalist grows discontented with journalism’s limitations and turns to fiction as a more accurate way to reflect the reality of life in the Middle East.’ Read more
In a time of a blogging explosion, ‘… the idea of a coherent mainstream journalistic identity is in this era of old media implosion on the way out.’ Read more
‘There was no wall between the beat and reporter. He was on a mission to promote religion with all the fervor and zeal of his own born-again faith.’ Read more
During the time of ‘the disappeared’ in Argentina, when Robert Cox edited The Herald, the newspaper ‘became the most reliable source of information about human rights violations in Argentina.’ Read more
An Australian blogger interviews dissident bloggers worldwide, and in his book he explains why what they do matters and who is trying to stop them. Read more
‘… it was Thompson’s great good fortune to come of age, professionally speaking, at a point where his own proclivities and the broader Zeitgeist dovetailed to an almost absurd degree.’ Read more
