Tag Archives: Egypt
Egypt politics in the USA
There are always ways to find local angles to international stories. The Arab Spring uprisings may have encouraged some local news organizations to seek out their own local Arab communities for comments and insights. Now Tunisia and Egypt are in … Continue reading
Filed under Connections, Story Ideas
Status of world press freedom
Freedom House released its annual Press Freedom survey this week as part of World Press Freedom Day. And the news is not good. By the Freedom House figures, about 85 percent of the people in the world live in countries … Continue reading
Filed under Connections, Press Freedom
If you want to liberate a country, give it Internet
This cry from Egypt is cited in a wonderful piece by Yoani Sanchez in her Generation Y blog from Cuba: Egypt 2.0 The access to information and freedom to communicate with others that the Internet allows is a major problem for … Continue reading
Filed under International News Coverage
China — with a nervous eye — looks at the Middle East
Great piece by Perry Link on why the Chinese leadership is nervous about all this democracy hubbub in the Middle East: Middle East Revolutions: The View from China Yes, the use of technology to promote democracy and civil liberties is a … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, China, International News Coverage, Middle East, Press Freedom
Chinese leaders fear Egyptian revolution
Ever since the demonstrations in Egypt started, the Great Firewall of China has been working overtime to block searches and articles about what was going on. And now that the revolutionaries have won, the censors in China are even more … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, International News Coverage, Press Freedom
