Community updates

Chronological news digests

2012-02-23

Slain journalist declared vendetta against Internet paywalls: Marie Colvin wanted set dispatches from Syria free on the Web

Tatiana Repkova | www.vancouversun.com/ente ... |

Syria, United States of America

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Arab World, Middle East, Northern North America

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Africa / Asia, America North, Asia

Protection and Safety of Journalists
Covering War / Crisis / Conflict / Protest / Riot / Non-Standard Situation - Military Reporting
Selling / Monetizing Online / Digital Content - Paywalls / Meters / Membership - Payment Channels - Free Online Content

2012-02-23

Королевское телевизионное общество (RTS) Великобритании признало катарский телеканал "Аль-Джазира" лучшим новостным каналом года

Tatiana Repkova | lenta.ru/news/2012/02/23/ ... |

Qatar, United Kingdom

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Arab World, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Middle East, Western Europe

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Africa / Asia, Asia, Europe

TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Journalism Contests / Awards

2012-02-23

Al Jazeera English has been named News Channel of the Year at this year's Royal Television Society Awards

Tatiana Repkova | www.aljazeera.com/news/eu ... |

Qatar, United Kingdom

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Arab World, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Middle East, Western Europe

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Africa / Asia, Asia, Europe

2012-02-22

Sudanese security services have suspended the independent al-Tayar newspaper, the third one this year

Tatiana Repkova | www.trust.org/trustmedia/ ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media

2012-02-22

Court rules against web filtering pornography in key test of new freedoms

Tatiana Repkova | uncut.indexoncensorship.o ... |

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Arab World, Maghreb, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
Censorship / Self-Censorship
Civil Laws - Indecency - Obscenity - Pornography

2012-02-21

How Al Jazeera is using social media

Tatiana Repkova | www.slideshare.net/harisa ... |

Egypt, Qatar, Tunisia

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Arab World, Maghreb, Middle East, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia, International (2)

Social Media Marketing / Advertising / Management / Optimization (SMO) - Social Reader
TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
How To Ideas

2012-02-21

Al Dar newspaper suspended for another two weeks for "breaking the publishing laws"

Tatiana Repkova | gulfnews.com/news/gulf/ku ... |

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media

2012-02-20

Sudanese security agents confiscated an entire edition of the independent al-Tayar newspaper

Tatiana Repkova | www.iol.co.za/news/africa ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media

2012-02-18

Press Pass, a ’live directory’ of journalists from major publications, is a brand new site, creating a profile based on each journalist’s tweets

Tatiana Repkova | thenextweb.com/socialmedi ... |

United Arab Emirates

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Seeking and Recruiting Competent Workers
Mobile Blogs / Moblogs - Microblogs - Twitter
Personal Branding - Job Seeking