Written by Janine Mendes-Franco The ongoing saga with U.S. Internet surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden [1] has captured the attention of the world – Caribbean bloggers included. There has been a fair amount of discussion about the issue on Facebook: users of the social network have been sharing [2] up-to-the-minute news links [3] and signing the […]
Think you can’t be a professional blogger?
According to The Nielson Company, over 181 million blogs existed by the end of 2011. That number represented an increase of 36 million over the prior five year period, demonstrating just how much the field of blogging is growing. While there are millions more who want to start blogs, there are also millions who […]
NY Times Amanda Knox Headline “Against Amanda” Suits Blogger Peggy Ganong Well
This past Sunday, The New York Times published a complaint sent in from anti-Amanda Knox blogger Peggy Ganong, criticizing the publication of a interview with Amanda Knox. In the interview Knox expresses her love for literature and highlights her favorite books. It is highly likely that most readers viewed the interview as timely and appropriate […]
Ireland’s Prominent Economic Crisis Watchdog Blogger Quits
The anonymous blogger behind Namawinelake [1], a prominent watchdog blog that chronicled Ireland’s efforts to deal with its economic crisis, has stopped publishing, triggering a wave of speculation as to the blogger’s identity and his or her reason for quitting. Namawinelake was launched in January 2010 after the financial crisis hit the country and the government […]
Blogging Family on the Road
Written by Kasia Odrozek An interview with The Family Without Borders: Anna and Thomas Alboth, parents, travellers and bloggers [1] who’ve been around the Black Sea and around Central America with their two small daughters. In 2010, a young couple from Berlin – Anna, a Polish journalist, and Thomas, a German photographer – decided to […]
China: Blogger Detained After Calling Attention to Dead Pigs
Written by Abby A Shanghai poet was detained for questioning by Chinese police after she posted to popular microblogging site Sina Weibo calling on her followers to take a stroll en masse along the Huangpu River to bring attention to the waterway where nearly 15,000 [1] dead pigs have recently been found floating [2]. The […]
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