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A Look at the Arab Blogosphere
Birth pangs of a new Middle East?
By Bilal Lakhani Jun 1, 2011 at 01:03 PM
Many of the estimated 35,000 bloggers in the Arab world have carved out reputations as online watchdogs on governments, in... More
An Internet Censorship Workaround
A brief explainer on Tor, and how you can help
By Lauren Kirchner Jan 31, 2011 at 03:50 PM
Last week we learned that Egypt only has four major ISPs, making it relatively easy for the government to shut... More
Arab Spring to Arab Summer
World Conference showcases science journalism in Middle East
By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell Jul 6, 2011 at 05:00 PM
Doha, Qatar—The Arab Spring that toppled governments in North Africa and the Middle East turned into an Arab summer for... More
Assessing Al Jazeera
What’s your general impression of Al Jazeera English?
By The Editors Feb 22, 2011 at 03:24 PM
As revolutions ripple through the Middle East, Al Jazeera has kept its cameras rolling. Few American cable networks offer Al... More
Audit Notes: WSJ on BP, U.S. Props Up Egypt’s Mubarak, NFL Subsidies
By Ryan Chittum Jan 31, 2011 at 08:24 PM
The Wall Street Journal continues to lead on the BP disaster. It reported this weekend on emails showing that land-based... More
Been There, Denounced That
Global mobility helps build awareness of human rights abuses
By Justin D. Martin Feb 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM
CAIRO—In all the excitement over emerging digital technologies, our increasing physical contact with people from other parts of the world... More
Covering the Sinai Peninsula
As the need for information grows, so do the reporting risks
By Jared Malsin Aug 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Armed assailants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers waiting to break the day’s Ramadan fast in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. The... More
Egypt’s Revolution through My Students’ Eyes
Arab reporters bear witness to Mubarak’s fall
By Lawrence Pintak Mar 2, 2011 at 12:13 PM
“I was attacked today when I tried to protect some foreigners.” The Facebook message arrived in my inbox early afternoon... More
Following Egypt
What are your go-to news and information sources?
By The Editors Feb 1, 2011 at 02:16 PM
It has now been a week since reform-seeking protestors by the thousands began taking to the streets of Cairo and... More
In Egypt, new newspapers and old problems
Citizens need good journalism to explain confusing times, but many Egyptians don’t trust their media
By Jared Malsin Jul 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
CAIRO, EGYPT — Egyptian newsstands today offer a lively range of options, including three government-owned papers, papers affiliated with political... More
James Madison on the Muslim Brotherhood
Democracy must tolerate extreme speech and advocacy
By Justin D. Martin Mar 22, 2011 at 01:55 PM
CAIRO—James Madison would probably welcome Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. One of the most extraordinary features of democracy is that it tolerates... More
Lara Logan, Foreign Correspondents, and Sexual Abuse
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM
On Tuesday came the chilling news from CBS News that chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan, while reporting a 60 Minutes... More
Mubarak’s Attempt to Mute 80 Million
An old dictator outdoes himself
By Justin D. Martin Jan 29, 2011 at 01:41 PM
Editor’s Note: This commentary was dictated via telephone from Cairo, as the Egyptian government has shut down Internet access across... More
Obama’s Big Speech: Is Anyone in the Middle East Listening?
By Greg Marx May 19, 2011 at 01:20 PM
As the president prepared to deliver his remarks on American policy in the wake of the “Arab Spring,” the lead... More
Reporting a Revolution in Cairo
A Q&A with Chris Stanton of The National
By Lauren Kirchner Jan 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Chris Stanton, a New Jersey native who has worked for several years for The National, an English-language newspaper in Abu... More
Reporting Lessons for the Next Revolution
Three ways that conflict-zone journalists can always be prepared
By Dan Morrison Feb 8, 2011 at 02:12 PM
I’ve been freelancing in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa since 2003. When the Mubarak regime shut down Egypt’s... More
Returning to Egyptian Journalists Their Basic Freedoms
Egypt’s new leadership must prioritize media rights
By Justin D. Martin Feb 16, 2011 at 04:40 PM
CAIRO— The revolution in Egypt belongs to brave, stubborn Egyptians who faced down the clubs, gas, and gunfire of Hosni’s... More
The Muhammad movie: look who fanned the flames
Despite what Western media reported it was not Islamist outlets that stirred things up
By Emad Mekay Jan 7, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Back on September 11, protestors gathered outside the US embassy near downtown Cairo, furious over reports of a video said... More
The Muslim Brotherhood’s post-uprising TV station
New since the regime change last year, Misr25 is navigating the line between coverage and advocacy
By Jared Malsin Jul 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
CAIRO, EGYPT — The Muslim Brotherhood’s year-old television station, Misr25, broadcasts from a building in Egypt’s Media Production City, a... More
To Fear or Not to Fear
The (American) Web on The Muslim Brotherhood
By Joel Meares Jan 31, 2011 at 03:52 PM
The Muslim Brotherhood has agreed to back secular opposition voice Mohamed ElBaradei as official spokesman of Egypt’s opposition groups... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
