http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com The Largest Network of Global Affairs Blogs Online Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:58:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_369" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="photo by Zoriah at www.zoriah.com"][/caption] Impoverished Ethiopians search a city trash dump site for food and items that they can sell or barter in the capital city of Addis Ababa. (photo by Zoriah, www.zoriah.com) Zoriah Miller, who publishes photographs of the name Zoriah, is an award-winning independent journalist ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/06/zoriah-millers-ethiopia/ The Overseas Press Club of America will host a panel of heavyweight journalists on th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, November 9. Foreign correspondent Tim Aeppel, prestigious photojournalist and co-founder of Contact Press Images David Burnett, former Newsweek Bonn/Berlin bureau chief Michael Meyer, and international ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/04/american-journalists-to-recount-fall-of-berlin-wall/ A virtual wall created for Twitter users to express their thoughts and hopes on the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has been blocked in China. The "Berlin Twitter Wall," as it's called, is an initiative of KulturProjekte Berli, a not-for-profit organization that promotes networking and mediation ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/03/berlin-twitter-wall-blocked-in-china/ On the road of being a journalist, there is one important lesson I have learned--never abandon your notebook. By notebook, I mean reporter's notebook--those kind that are long and skinny and allow you to flip the pages as you furiously take notes. For a journalist in the digital age, this ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/29/my-notebook-my-life/ If you are in New York City and have time for an intelligent conversations--with guaranteed humor intertwined--look into tomorrow night's interview with Israeli writer, Etgar Keret. Keret, who is author of several books and two screenplays, will be interviewed by This American Life's Ira Glass for NPR. Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 7:00 ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/27/a-voice-from-israel/ Dexter Filkins' recent NYTimes magazine piece is lengthy but worth reading.  Filkins, a veteran war correspondent for the NYTimes, is adept at story-telling and doesn't disappoint in this article. With his familiar, almost folksy, tone of writing, Filkins draws a vivid picture of the American war in Afghanistan: "The Marines around ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/21/a-long-view-of-the-war-in-afghanistan/ Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will release their annual Press Freedom Index tomorrow. The report ranks 174 different countries by their committment to press freedom. The Annual World Press Freedom Index for 2009 will include details on progress made by the U.S., alongside a number of high-profile journalist kidnappings. RSF will hold ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/19/annual-press-freedom-index-release/ According to confirmed reports from Newsweek, their own reporter and filmmaker, Maziar Bahari, has been released from Iran. Mr. Bahari, who was detained in Iran since the June elections, was released from Evin Prison on bail on Oct. 17. Read the Newsweek online article about Bahari's release here The 42 year-old reporter ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/18/jailed-newsweek-reporter-maziar-bahari-released/ Not to be missed on tonight's Frontline--the newest from correspondent Martin Smith and RAINmedia on the war in Afghanistan. "Obama's War" airs on Frontline on Tuesday, October 13 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings). According to RAINmedia: "Three years ago, a small cadre of US army officers huddled at Fort Leavenworth, ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/13/obamas-war-on-frontline-tonight/ JERUSALEM--When journalists go out on the streets to report, it is usually to record a newsworthy story. But what about when reporters search for violence? Look at the recent events in Jerusalem surrounding Al-Aqsa mosque. Rumors that extremist religious Jews were planning to enter Al-Aqsa and pray there sparked widespread ... http://mediaforeignpolicy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/12/in-search-of-blood/