Create your own news

Now you can create your own news reports using footages from all over the world. A new project by Link TV called "Know The News" allows you to pick current news from different outlets in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Middle East and combine those into one single video report featuring different sides of a story or just providing a general outlook on the world today. You can share your version of the report with other people or you can embed your video in a blog for everyone to see.

Interesting articles on Uzbekistan

There are not many articles in English dealing with Internet censorship in Uzbekistan. I was glad to find one of them published recently on "Transitions Online." It is called "Offline.uz." Not the most comprehensive article by any means, but it gives a nice general outlook on the media landscape in Uzbekistan.

Another article (also published on "Transitions Online") deals with the recent media conference in Uzbekistan sponsored by the government. The conference was to discuss democratic processes in Uzbek media and show the rest of the world how liberal the country is. The conference was a joke to start with. I cannot even imagine anyone (including Uzbek government) taking something like that seriously. Anyways, one of the participants vividly described his experience at the conference HERE.

Mid-term review

As promised, you can get the Mid-Term review slides in pdf format HERE. 

Good luck with your exam!

NWICO debates continue

As you can see from this article, the NWICO legacy still lives on...