After an Oakland Raiders press conference on Monday, Tim Kawakami, the Mercury News football beat reporter, and John Herrera, a Raiders Senior Executive, got into an argument about Kawakami’s column. John Herrera accused Tim Kawakami of basing his recent article about the planned firing of head coach Lane Kiffin on lies. Cameras were still rolling from a news […]
Kosovo & Serbia: Independence Blogging
by Veronica Khokhlova Kosovo‘s declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday, Feb. 17, has caused both celebrations and protests – as well as plenty of media coverage and an avalanche of blog posts. Below is a selection of some Anglophone bloggers’ views (Elia Varela Serra’s earlier Global Voices roundup on Kosovo is here). Prishtine: Independence and Kanun is celebrating and taking “tons […]
Part 9: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 10 Buenos dias los amigos! Today’s stage took us from Beldorado to the last village outside of Burgos, Ages (Pronounced Ajez) (ahh-hace). Today was by far my most enjoyable day on the Camino so far! I know this might come as much of a surprise to you as it has to me, but today […]
Paparazzi haunt Prince Williams.
The paparazzi (Tabloid freelance photographers) who had been blamed for Mother Diana’s death in Paris car accident disturb the Prince Williams too. William and his girl friend Kate Middleton were returning from Kensington’s Boujis night club in London. The inamoratas were chased by a mass of paparazzi in cars and bikes with their cameras. The […]