September 2001 – First Iranian blog appears on the Internet. November 2001 – Blogger Hossein Derakhshan develops a step-by-step guide to blogging in Farsi. RELATED ARTICLE “Attempting to Silence Iran’s ‘Weblogistan’” … Read more
‘Speaking Farsi helps expand our ability to gather news. It means we can tap into a more extensive network and speak to more Iranians, even if we’re not based in Tehran.’ Read more
‘What makes news in the West are Iran’s "menacing" actions in Iraq or words against Israel, with such stories told in a similar narrative, encased in little context and with a shortage of evidence.’ Read more
Iran’s home page on the Global Voices Web site. RELATED ARTICLE “Attempting to Silence Iran’s ‘Weblogistan’” – Mohamed Abdel DayemHarvard University’s Berkman … Read more
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. Their words and images offer a rare blend of insights about journalists’ lives and work in Iran. In the fifth part of our 21st Century Muckrakers series about investigative and watchdog reporting, the focus turns to coverage of issues involving public health, safety and trust. And in Words & Reflections, essays touch on objectivity, religion, blogging, Ireland and post 9/11 America. – Melissa Ludtke, Editor Read more
‘The Iranian government sometimes appears to favor U.S. reporters with little knowledge of the country who might be more amenable to spin, although that has not happened in my case.’ Read more