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Category: Citizen journalistsBy Curt on Jan 10, 2008 in Wei Wenhua, Murder, Citizen journalists, China | 3 Comments
According to the Guardian, (via From the Frontlines), “24 residents of Tianmen, a city in central China’s Hubei province, have been detained after Wei Wenhua, the general manager of a company owned by the local water resources bureau, was pulled out of his car and savagely beaten” by a mob. Wei had filmed a gang […]
By Curt on Oct 5, 2007 in Cbox, Free Burma, Citizen journalists, Niknayman, Burma, Censorship | 0 Comments
I spoke with Seth Mydans, a reporter for the New York Times who’s been covering Burma. When he looked at Niknayman’s Cbox account, he noted that a great deal of the material posted in the last days indicated access to foreign media, which was unlikely (though not impossible) from inside the country. Even allowing for […]
By Curt on Oct 1, 2007 in Citizen journalists, Burma, Blocked, Censorship | 0 Comments
The Guardian’s News Blog had a good list of sources for Burmese news. I’ll try to augment.
Niknayman’s cbox (Blogger in Burma, and associates)
Soneseayar (Burmese blogger outside the country; also has a cbox)
Irrawaddy (Burmese news site in Thailand)
Mizzima (Burmese news agency with offices in India and Thailand)
Ko-Htike (Burmese blogger in London)
By Curt on Sep 29, 2007 in Irrawaddy, Mobile telephones, Text messaging, Citizen journalists, Mizzima, Niknayman, Blocked, Journalists, Burma, KoHtike, Censorship | 0 Comments
Burma has become an object lesson for the power of blogging and, sadly, for the vulnerability of bloggers to the actions of a determined government. Protests began in August and, due to the lack of both independent domestic press and the presence of many international journalists, bloggers did the heavy-lifting in getting the news out.
Burma-based […]
