By Meshack Ndodana in Harare. With a run-off between Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai looking increasingly likely, there are signs that the Zimbabwean regime will launch a crackdown to ensure victory for the incumbent at all costs. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, ZEC, is dragging its feet on announcing the official result of the […]
Philippines Languishes Behind in Closing the Digital Divide
In the Philippines, after a decade of talks, bridging the digital divide remains as formidable as establishing the first human settlement in Mars. This divide, an invisible, virtual line that separates those who have access to information and those who do not— is proving to be the greatest hurdle in the country’s bid to join the […]
Concern over Voters’ Security in Nepal
According to Gorkhanews.com, a criminal gang on 4 April has shot dead a farmer while he was reaping wheat in his field in Bara district bordering India. Similarly, Nepal’s major mass media have commonly disseminated the information that anti-democracy criminal gangs on 4 April have exploded several bombs in Birgunj, injuring many. The bombs went […]
Japan: Views on Yasukuni, the Movie
(Update: Plans to show “Yasukuni” in Tokyo theaters have now been cancelled altogether.) A documentary film about the controversial Yasukuni shrine, shot by a Chinese filmmaker through funding by a Japanese government agency, has sparked debate and discussion after a group within the ruling LDP party convened a screening to assess its “neutrality”. Film-maker Li […]
China: Vlogger Helped Child Labor Back to School
by Meng Zhang Xu Alun, a middle-aged vlogger hammering away at a point that “truth is power”, published a series of self-made shocking videos in Ku6.com, a popular video sharing website in China. Through a 3-episode continuous coverage, Alun exposed a moving story of three child coal haulers in Biji, a small city in the […]
The Power of Citizen Journalism: Ground Report Attests
The rise of online versus print media is one of the spectacular insights in media industry in the world today, Fred Obera investigates whether the industry is going to publish the untold stories regarding their danger, privacy, accuracy, agency, ethics, and compliance with libel laws. In the context of globalization, millions have remained […]
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