WAR & THE MEDIA :

New York Times, 07 Jun 11, by Mark Landler
A New Voice of America for the Age of Twitter
'As part of its yearlong review, Mr. Isaacson’s board is seeking ways to streamline and modernize Voice of America and its sister networks: Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Alhurra, and Radio and TV Martí.'

PBS NewsHour, 20 Apr 11, by George Griffin
Egypt's Uprising: Tracking the Social Media Factor
'A Dubai-based news and information company analyzed social media revolving around the Egypt uprising. They discovered a new conversation rising, growing larger and asking Arab people, "who are we and what will we be in the future?"'

New York Times, 29 Mar 11
Captured by Qaddafi's Forces
[video] 'On March 15, four New York Times journalists covering the Libyan conflict were captured. They were freed six days later. Back in New York, they reflected on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's Libya.'

New York Times, 13 Mar 11, by Jennifer Preston
When Unrest Stirs, Bloggers Are Already in Place
'Global Voices, a volunteer-driven organization, worked with worldwide bloggers to provide coverage of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, and of the disaster in Japan.'

Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar 11, by Dan Murphy
Once lauded, foreign journalists now threatened in eastern Libya
'Many foreign reporters in Benghazi are now preparing to move out of the city, frightened by Mr. Qaddafi’s advance, his repeated threats to treat journalists like “terrorists,” and the murder of [Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Hassan al] Jaber.'

New York Times, 02 Feb 11, by J. David Goodman
Journalists Are Targets of Violence in Cairo
'Reporters Without Borders said it had received dozens of confirmed reports of violence against local and international journalists in Egypt.'

CNN, 04 Feb 11
Egyptian state media: Troops took 18 journalists to a 'safe place'
'Military forces secured 18 journalists that were captured by thugs and took them to a "safe place," Egyptian state media reported Friday. It was unclear which news organizations the journalists worked for, or where they had been taken.'

New York Times, 22 Oct 10
The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War
'A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of Iran.'

New York Times, 23 Oct 10, by James Glanz and Andrew W. Lehren
Use of Contractors Added to War’s Chaos in Iraq
'This article is one of several being published by The New York Times, based on a trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq. The archive is the second such cache obtained by the independent group WikiLeaks and made available to several news organizations.'

Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct 10
Five bombshells from WikiLeaks' Iraq war documents
'As with the second-largest leak in US history – the 92,000 Afghan war documents released in July – much of the substance of the leaks has been reported already, but details are new.'

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