Sunday, September 28, 2008

Reporting from dictatorships

The lack of reliable sources of information in a country with oppressive regimes can slow down the job of a foreign reporter and, like in the case with recent shootings at the capital of Turkmenistan, cause some confusion due to the rush to report on the "news" first.

Well, reporting on rumors has never been a right choice for a serious journalist. But listening to rumors in, say, Turkmenistan and investigating those  can be a productive start toward a breaking story. The Columbia Journalism Review has a story on that.
RFE/RL also offers the latest updates on the incident.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

New take on the future of the world

Robert Kagan contemplates about the future of the world in a very insightful article recently published in the Foreign Affairs. he mentions all the readings on the same topics that we studied in class (so, you know what is talking about). I definitely think that Kagan brins up very good points (like the one about the U.S. and E.U. growing distant from each other after the collapse of the Soviet Empire). Check it out!

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Slides on global media philosophies

As promised, I am posting slides from our latest class dedicated to global media philosophies. You can download them here.
Enjoy.
Vadim

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Your blogs/thoughts

Here is the list of your blogs:

Jessica Bachiochi
Emoke Bebiak
Moira Colley
Elizabeth Conroy
Kimberly Doolittle
Josh Dresen
Christine Estevez
Vesna Ilievska
Briana Kerensky
Stephanie McCormick
Bryan Mercer
Danielle Paccione
Oksana Romaniuk
Andrew Swift
Antonina Zielinska

I strongly encourage you to check the blogs of your classmates from time to time. It will help you broaden up your horizons and, well, succeed on your exams.

Syllabus

As promised, I am posting my syllabus here for everyone to see and download.