Community updates

Chronological news digests

2011-12-13

Tunisia altered emails with big brother software

Tatiana Repkova | www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... |

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Arab World, Maghreb, Middle East, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia

Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
Cybersecurity - Hackers - Blocked Websites - Cybercrime - Cyberbullying - Spam - Fake Views

2011-12-09

Jordanian women with a video camera sparked a lively discussion on women's rights across the Internet

Tatiana Repkova | www.irex.org/news/human-r ... |

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Video Packages / Footage / YouTube - Vodcasting - Animation

2011-12-08

Al Jazeera launched the 'Somalia Speaks' project to help amplify stories from everyday life - by sending 5000 SMS messages to citizens

Tatiana Repkova | www.mobilemediatoolkit.or ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications
Increasing Interactivity With Readers / Audience
Location-Based Services - Geolocation - Geotagging
Open / Citizen / Public / Participatory Journalism - Eyewitness / User Generated Content - Crowdsourcing

2011-12-08

Somalia Speaks: How Al Jazeera reports via text message

Tatiana Repkova | www.fastcoexist.com/16789 ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa, Middle East

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia

Increasing Readership / Audience / Traffic / Engagement - Improving User Experience - Audience Development / Embracement
Open / Citizen / Public / Participatory Journalism - Eyewitness / User Generated Content - Crowdsourcing
Text Messages / SMS Alerts / Push notifications / Chat Apps / Chat Bots

2011-12-07

Palestinian journalist takes prize at Jordan investigative awards

Tatiana Repkova | www.maannews.net/eng/View ... |

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Journalism Contests / Awards
Investigative / Watchdog Journalism - Accountability Reporting - Covering Corruption - Transparency - Whistleblowers

2011-12-07

How a volunteer news brigade broke through Libya's Internet blackout

Tatiana Repkova | ijnet.org/blog/how-volunt ... |

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Arab World, Maghreb, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
Cybersecurity - Hackers - Blocked Websites - Cybercrime - Cyberbullying - Spam - Fake Views

2011-12-05

Simon Kelner and Lebedevs launch The Journalism Foundation

Tatiana Repkova | https://www.journalism.co ... |

Tunisia, United Kingdom

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Arab World, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Maghreb, Northern Africa, Western Europe

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Europe

Media Aid Organizations / Donors / Programs / Projects

2011-12-02

Iranian TV station accused of faking reports of Somalia remote-controlled pilotless aircraft strikes

Tatiana Repkova | www.guardian.co.uk/world/ ... |

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Eastern Africa, Middle East

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia

Covering War / Crisis / Conflict / Protest / Riot / Non-Standard Situation - Military Reporting

2011-12-02

Syria 'bans iPhones' over protest footage

Tatiana Repkova | www.bbc.co.uk/news/world- ... |

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications

2011-11-28

UAE jails internet activists for 'insults'

Tatiana Repkova | www.theaustralian.com.au/ ... |

United Arab Emirates

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Insult Laws - Lèse-majesté