To follow up on the David Rohde story, here’s a great interview he had on NPR’s Fresh Air yesterday with Terry Gross.
In other news, last week, a five-week legal battle between oil trader Trafigura and the UK’s Guardian newspaper came to a close when Trafigura ended a secret injunction with the news organization. How...
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Held By the Taliban: David Rohde’s NYT Series
David Rohde, the New York Times journalist who was kidnapped by the Taliban and held for 7 months has a five-part series documenting his terrifying ordeal. The series ran all last week in the Times, and despite the terrible circumstances of Rohde’s kidnapping, it’s an incredibly exciting and gripping account to read.
Joel Simon of...
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Press Freedom Index 2009
Reporters Without Borders has published its 2009 Press Freedom Index, documenting the current state of media repression and threats to independent and critical reporting worldwide. One of the report’s major findings for 2009 was that Europe, long considered a model for free press, was slipping in press freedom rankings. France, Slovakia, and Italy were...
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The Security Council’s Resolution on Nukes…
As was widely reported today, President Obama chaired a Security Council meeting that passed a resolution on the non-proliferation and disarmament of nuclear weapons – specifically targeted, of course, at Iran (and to an extent, North Korea.) The resolution, which was passed unanimously, was a crucial step in sparking international collaboration towards an eventual...
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Daniel Ellsberg: “The Most Dangerous Man in America”
WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show had an interview today with Daniel and Patricia Ellsberg to talk about the new documentary “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.” The film, obviously, centers on Daniel Ellsberg’s role in leaking the Pentagon Papers to the American press to expose the lies of the...
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List of Goods Produced By Child Labor or Forced Labor
The Department of Labor came out with a comprehensive report last week on the production of goods made by child labor or forced labor, in violation of international labor standards. The list of goods is a result of 15 years of investigation and research by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs...
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On Stephen Farrell and Protecting War Journalists
There is a great article by John Burns in today’s New York Times about the duties of journalists to cover wars comprehensively, in light of the recent case of NYT reporter Stephen Farrell. Farrell was captured by the Taliban outside Kabul, Afghanistan last week. A British raid was sent to free them earlier this...
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This Summer in Global Affairs…
Summer is nearly officially over (and the weather here in New York shows it). This means the Perspectives on Global Issues blog is back from its sun-drenched hibernation. Our editors have already been churning out their thoughts and analyses on the latest breaking news in the world of international affairs — but just...
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The Digital Dumping Ground
Just thought I’d point to this intriguing Frontline documentary short about what happens to e-waste, i.e. our old computers and other electronics, after they’ve been disposed of. A group of journalism students tracks the waste through Ghana, Hong Kong, and India to find out what happens with e-waste and how it affects the local...
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World Day Against Cyber Censorship
March 12th is World Day Against Cyber Censorship — a day to remember that in 2008, more online journalists were killed than journalists in any other media, and that the rights of bloggers and other attempts of free expression over the Internet are still being stifled around the world.
Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International...
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