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Publishing and Mapping Iran’s Weblogistan

Iran’s home page on the Global Voices Web site.RELATED ARTICLE“Attempting to Silence Iran’s ‘Weblogistan’”– Mohamed Abdel DayemHarvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has been home to two unique…

Summer 2009: Introduction

Journalists — Iranians and Westerners — share their firsthand experiences as they write about the challenges they confront in gathering and distributing news and information about Iran and its people.…

Objectivity: It’s Time to Say Goodbye

‘As a standard to separate news from nonsense and a guide to ethical reporting, objectivity is about as reliable as judging character by the firmness of a handshake.’

Worshipping the Values of Journalism

‘As I settled in on the National Desk, I gradually realized I had found the guide to my life I had been searching for. It certainly wasn’t religion in the…

When Belief Overrides the Ethics of Journalism

‘There was no wall between the beat and reporter. He was on a mission to promote religion with all the fervor and zeal of his own born-again faith.’

Religion and the Press: Always Complicated, Now Chaotic

In a time of a blogging explosion, ‘… the idea of a coherent mainstream journalistic identity is in this era of old media implosion on the way out.’

Journalists Use Novels to Reveal What Reporting Doesn’t Say

‘My pitch: An experienced journalist grows discontented with journalism’s limitations and turns to fiction as a more accurate way to reflect the reality of life in the Middle East.’

An Enduring Story—With Lessons for Journalists Today

During the time of ‘the disappeared’ in Argentina, when Robert Cox edited The Herald, the newspaper ‘became the most reliable source of information about human rights violations in Argentina.’

They Blog, I Blog, We All Blog

An Australian blogger interviews dissident bloggers worldwide, and in his book he explains why what they do matters and who is trying to stop them.

Fortunate Son: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson

‘… it was Thompson’s great good fortune to come of age, professionally speaking, at a point where his own proclivities and the broader Zeitgeist dovetailed to an almost absurd degree.’