Reporting the story’s end … but when?
Thursday, July 2, 2009
TV SETS THROUGHOUT the country relay images of fireworks and marching bands, in celebration of a national holiday. No, not Independence Day in the US, but the new Sovereignty Day (June 30th, that is) in Iraq. more >>
Pen mightier than Sword? Try Pixels vs Pistols
Thursday, June 25, 2009
THIS IS THE HYPERLINKED world we inhabit. In a news conference CNN's correspondent wants to know if the President of the United States has, like millions of other worldwide web-users, clicked on the video showing 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan’s death on a Tehran street. The President has indeed watched it, and says “It’s heartbreaking”. more >>
Mini-messaging for major change
Thursday, June 18, 2009
ALMOST ANYONE, thanks to our broadening digital universe, can be a close observer – and even be an active participant - in Iran's tumultuous struggle over the job of second-most-important man in the country. more >>
DAVID TERESHCHUK has written for many US publications including The New York Times, and am New York, where he began "THE MEDIA BEAT" as a weekly column. He has also contributed to The Guardian, The Observer, and the New Statesman in London.
On television he has reported and made documentaries for American and British networks from many countries around the world, and he has acted as a media adviser to corporations, non-profit organizations and the United Nations. + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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