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Links to Internet Resources for Journalists
Link to "Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents" at the Reporters Without Borders web site. The handbbok includes "tips and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get round censorship, by choosing the most suitable method for each situation. It also explains how to set up and make the most of a blog, to publicise it (getting it picked up efficiently by search-engines) and to establish its credibility through observing basic ethical and journalistic principles."
Link to free blogging resources at http://www.civiblog.org/ Civiblog is an international initiative with the aim of giving voice to individuals and organizations involved in global civil society. The organization provides platforms and resources for NGOs, activists, dissidents and individuals-at-risk through the medium of blogging.
Link to Open Media Network http://www.omn.org/ OMN is a public service for noncommercial networks, public broadcasters,
non-profits, community organizations and educational institutions to distribute
their high-quality educational videos, free video downloads, and free audio
downloads.
Link to "What are the ethics of online journalism" from Online Journalism Review Wikis http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/ethics/
Link to "How to write for the Web" from Online Journalism Review Wikis http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/Writing/
Link to "How to report a news story online" from Online Journalism Review Wikis http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/reporting/
Link to "How to make money on your news content website" from Online Journalism Review Wikis http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/make_money/
Link to "Tips for shooting better online video" from Online Journalism Review Wikis http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/video/
Link to U.S. State Dept. Internet Freedom>>
Internet news
Kremlin hopes to islolate 'sovereign Internet' from world wide web more in Paul Goble's Window on Eurasia...
U.S., world community focus on strengthening Internet freedom State Department event, press freedom report cite online restriction. U.S. State Dept. Wash. File story...
U.S. intensifies efforts for worldwide Internet freedom Internet freedom will be part of State Department’s annual Human Rights Reports. U.S. State Dept. Wash. File story...
U.S. State Department outlines Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT) strategy Group seeks to maximize freedom of expression, free flow of information and ideas with $500,000 grant program. U.S. State Dept. fact sheet... | Русский
ARTICLE 19 launches a campaign against online censorship in Iran A19 press release... | A19 Persian Impediment campaign...
Iran: prosecute torturers, not bloggers
The Iranian Judiciary should prosecute officials responsible for the arbitrary detention and alleged torture of several bloggers in 2004, instead of prosecuting the bloggers for expressing their opinions. Human Rights Watch press release... 
Internet fuels rise in number of jailed journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists census finds more held without charge or due process. China, Cuba, Eritrea, and Ethiopia were the top four jailers among the 24 nations who imprisoned journalists. CPJ article... | Detailed report...
17,000 people vote against Internet enemies during 24-hour protest against online censorship Reporters Without Borders press release... | BBC report... | VOA report...
List of the 13 Internet enemies in 2006 published Reporters Without Borders press release...
State Department official details U.S. support for free flow of information more story...
Chinese ban on Wikipedia lifted for now more story from Wikinews...
Russian Blogosphere Growing by 100 Blogs Every Hour Vienna, September 29, 2006 – The Russian-language blogosphere, currently expanding at the rate of 100 new blogs every hour of every day, now includes more than 1.15 million blogs on which their creators and visitors have posted more than 80 million messages, according to a new
study of the Russian Internet. more story...
Reporters must be courageous and curious, veteran journalist says "Handbook of Independent Journalism" author discusses role of free press U.S. State Dept. Wash. File story... | Handbook of Independent Journalism... | International Center for Journalists | News University | NewsLab | transcript of Deborah Potter webchat...
Vietnamese prisoner of conscience and cyber dissident Dr Pham Hong Son was released from jail but will remain under house arrest for up to three years Amnesty International press release...
Newspaper dot-coms dominate Online Journalism Award finalists Online Journalism Review story...
Internet companies aid censorship in China "Western Internet companies are complicit in actively censoring political material without telling users what’s happening and why." -- Rebecca MacKinnon, consultant to Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch press release... | HRW full report... | in Chinese...
Chinese blogger's release no guarantee of press freedom USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review Kim Pearson story...
One Laptop per Child Association Aims To Revolutionize Education U.S. nonprofit organization will distribute low-cost, high-quality laptops around the world link to U.S. State Dept. Wash. File story... | OLPC web site
How dangerous is the Internet in the hands of extremists? Internet forums represent underside of Russian politics, Russian analysts claim Paul Goble's Window on Eurasia more story...
Russian Internet Network ‘Weak and Expensive,’ Moscow Expert Says Vienna, July 7, 2006 – Russia’s domestic Internet network is currently too “weak and expensive” to promote the kind of progress in science, education and technology that the country desperately needs, according to Russia’s leading specialist on information technology. more story...
Guidelines for writing websites for low bandwith Aidworld, a nonprofit organization helping the developing world with Internet technologies, published Guidelines for writing websites for low bandwith. Link...
China's Internet filtering regime most sophisticated in the world The OpenNet Initiative concluded in its study of Internet Filtering in China 2004-2005 that "China's Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China's filtering regime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. " Link to China study... | Link to other country studies...
Link to the Library of Congress Russian-language digital material
Meeting of Frontiers: Siberia, Alaska, and the American West
Meeting of Frontiers tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Project partners include the Library of Congress, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Russian State Library, the National Library of Russia, and more than twenty libraries, archives, and museums located in cities in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Встреча на границах: Сибирь, Аляска, и американский Запад
"Встреча на границах" знакомит с историей исследования и заселения Запада Америки, о параллельном освоении Сибири и Дальнего Востока, а также о встрече русских и американцев на Аляске и на северо-западном побережье Америки. Партнерами этого проекта являются Библиотека Конгресса, Университет штата Аляска (Фэрбенкс), Российская государственная библиотека (Москва), Российская национальная библиотека (Санкт Петербург), а также более чем двадцать библиотек, архивов и музеев городов Сибири и Дальнего Востока.
Links to U.S . State Dept. e-journals dealing with Internet and other media issues.
eJournalUSA from the U.S. State Department is available in several electronic formats from: http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ to facilitate viewing online,
transferring, downloading, and printing by international journalists. According to the information posted on the eJounalUSA web site," journal articles, photographs, and illustrations may be reproduced and
translated outside the United States unless they carry explicit copyright
restrictions, in which case permission must be sought from the copyright holders
noted in the journal."
As with any government-provided material, you must evaluate its source, balance, and usefulness. The journals listed below contain articles written by both government officials and non-government experts.
In this online journal -- eJounalUSA -- published by the U.S. Department of State, senior U.S. government officials outline priorities for Internet development and discuss U.S. assistance programs to help develop ICT skills, training, and access in developing countries. A U.S. lawmaker describes how the Internet can help create a more open and transparent society, and a scholar reviews efforts to bring the Internet into elementary and secondary schools. Finally, private sector experts explore the problems and challenges of protecting computers and the information they contain. Link to The Evolving Internet...
This issue of eJournalUSA discusses how Established media institutions — newspapers and broadcasters —struggle to adapt to a new climate, just as media consumers seize their own territory in the information landscape to create a form of participatory journalism. Link to Media Emerging...
In this U.S. State Dept. publication, U.S. officials discuss various programs for helping free media. Link to Seeking Free & Responsible Media...
