The United States, which never quite tires calling itself the most powerful democracy in the world, for decades now has had presidents whose core strength has been their ability to pip their opponents at television debates. It has been so since Ronald Reagan down to Barack Obama. The election of Barack Obama as president though…
Year: 2012
Spectrum and Community Radio
Guest Post by Ram Bhat of maraa, a Bangalore-based media collective. Community Radio became a reality in India, on the 16th of November 2006. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB) released official guidelines enabling civil society organizations, educational institutions and agricultural centres to broadcast locally via FM. The government, at that time, has…
A tiny step too late
Sometimes a small step in the right direction needs to be applauded, even if it is a bit late in the day and just a half-hearted attempted. I am not sure if I’ve seen something like this before during my morning dose of Deccan Herald, so it came as a pleasant surprise to see the…
My list of Indian Journalists …
My list of Indian Journalists @ TwitChimp: http://t.co/bK3lGmEo The free version allows only 100, would love to add more.
Insights into data journalism …
Insights into data journalism in Argentina – http://t.co/85ByqGmd
Shameful and unfortunate incid…
Shameful and unfortunate incident: RT @firstpostin: ‘Organised gang’ spreading clip on social media: Singhvi http://t.co/COwYdZKn
India: Media freedom threatene…
India: Media freedom threatened by violence, censorship and curbs on access to information http://t.co/ws0rqxll
Live blogging #isoj12: Interna…
Live blogging #isoj12 International Symposium on Online Journalism http://t.co/INjMLXGU
Reuters study: Online-only new…
Reuters study: Online-only news sites struggle to survive http://t.co/q9w7ORV7
The number of mobile apps down…
The number of mobile apps downloaded globally is expected to grow 38% to more than 32 billion this year. http://t.co/O9Ur3EHf