Posted by Mariza on April 24, 2009 ·
Northwestern University journalist students and professors held a rally for release of their ex student Roxana Saberi. Roxana Saberi is being held in Iranian jail from February. She was arrested for reporting without proper press credentials but later on April 8 was charged with spying. This means she may have to face an eight years term in Iranian [...]
Posted by GSerrano on April 16, 2009 ·
The transcripts of the recorded interview with Guantanamo prisoner Mohammad el Gharani were shown on the English-language website of a TV network in Qatar. The interview was a result of a telephone call to Al Jazeera, an international Arabic television network, which Gharani instead called when he was given permission to phone a relative. The Al Jazeera [...]
Posted by GSerrano on March 9, 2009 ·
The function and role of journalism are the same, regardless of whatever medium that the news and commentaries come in. Electronic media, though, need lots and lots of pictures to survive and live up to the technological expectations of viewers. A quick pace in visual information servings plus volumes of images and video make for effective online journalism. [...]