Community updates

Chronological news digests

2014-06-18

Al Jazeera is shutting down its offices in Egypt and firing its staff

Tatiana Repkova | www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafr ... |

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Arab World, Middle East, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia

Closures / Absorptions of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media
TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Cross-Border Distribution / Transmission / Reach
Employment - Job Cuts - Redundancy Schemes - Layoffs

2014-06-13

The global boom in political fact checking

Tatiana Repkova | www.washingtonpost.com/bl ... |

Argentina, Australia, Chile, Egypt, Georgia, India, Italy, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine, United States of America

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Arab World, Australasia, CIS, Central and South-Western Asia, Eastern Europe, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Latin America, Northern Africa, Northern North America, South Asia, South-Eastern Europe, Southern Africa, Southern Europe, Southern South America

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Africa, Africa / Asia, America North, America North / America South, America South, Asia, Asia / Europe, Australia & Oceania, Europe, Global (1)

Online / Digital / Mobile / Social Media Trends
Covering / Reporting Politics / Elections / Campaigns / Government / Public Events
Covering War / Crisis / Conflict / Protest / Riot / Non-Standard Situation - Military Reporting
Propaganda / Malinformation / Misinformation / Disinformation / Information Wars
Fact-Checking / Verification - Accuracy - Fake/False News

2014-05-09

Smartphone usage soars across the Middle East and Africa - Ipsos

Tatiana Repkova | goo.gl/TCQ3kw |

Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

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Arab World, Middle East, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia

Online / Digital / Mobile / Social Media Trends
Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience

2014-04-15

The Media Business For Pioneers: How to Attract Advertisers and Media Planners (Focus North Africa)

Tatiana Repkova | dam.mict-international.or ... |

Egypt, Libya, Tunisia

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Arab World, Maghreb, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Attracting Advertisers
Recommended Literature / Books / Blogs - Advertising
How To Ideas

2014-01-31

Egypt news aggregator looks to rival Google

Tatiana Repkova | english.alarabiya.net/en/ ... |

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Arab World, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Competitiveness
Web Content Syndication - Rich Site Summary - Really Simple Syndication (RSS) - News Aggregators

2014-01-03

To follow: 20 citizen journalists covering human rights in 2013

Tatiana Repkova | www.pbs.org/mediashift/20 ... |

Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, Haiti, India, Israel, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, United States of America, Western Sahara

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Arab World, Carribean, Eastern Africa, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Latin America, Maghreb, Middle America, Middle East, Northern Africa, Northern North America, Northern South America, South Asia, South-East Asia, Southern Europe, Southern South America, Western Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia, America North, America North / America South, America South, Asia, Europe

Covering / Reporting Human / Women Rights - Humanitarian / Gender Issues - Poverty
News / Content Sources - Attribution / Linking - Police - Tipping Off - Leaks
Open / Citizen / Public / Participatory Journalism - Eyewitness / User Generated Content - Crowdsourcing

2013-12-30

Syria, Iraq, Egypt most deadly nations for journalists

Tatiana Repkova | www.cpj.org/reports/2013/ ... |

Egypt, Iraq, Syria

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Arab World, Middle East, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia

Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Protection and Safety of Journalists

2013-11-06

Egyptian media heading down dangerous path that can lead to less freedoms

Tatiana Repkova | english.ahram.org.eg/News ... |

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Arab World, Northern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation