It finally appears that Colonel Gaddafi’s stranglehold on Libya is crumbling. Keep up to date with the latest happenings in Libya via Al Jazeera’s live blog.
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My best mate is missing in Syria
It’s been nearly two weeks since Melanie McFarland heard from her best friend, Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz. Parvaz has been mysteriously detained in Damascus, Syria after being sent to cover the political unrest.
Media briefs: Media briefs: Stock & Land crosses thin blue line … Oz hot property … Al Jazeera quits Syria …
Copy killing laughs at Stock & Land. It seems the anonymous author behind the “Blowflies and Bulldust” column in the Fairfax-owned Stock & Land is a closet Body Count fan. The Cop Killer rappers famously glorified pinging the pigs in their 1990s Los Angeles hood, but the sentiment never really took off in Middle America. […]
The Stream: where social media meets TV news
Al-Jazeera has had enormous success lately thanks to its coverage of the Middle East protests, and is about to launch a new social media show focusing on news from citizen journalists and bloggers.
Media briefs: New SBS boss … the Scream spoiler …
SBS goes to ABC for its new boss, Fairfax film critic Jim Schembri spoils the ending of Scream 4 — then denies it — and other media news.
Media briefs: AFR’s Marty McFly moment … op-ed gender divide
Back to the future at The AFR, with a return to a resources focus like there was in the 1980s. Plus, Libya regime’s treatment of journalists, the gender divide on op-ed pages and other media news.
Al Jazeera launches an English channel for kids
Al Jazeera might be most known for its news reporting, but the network will soon launch an English-language children’s channel, aimed to hit the US market next year.
How Al Jazeera leads the world in social media for news reporting
Al Jazeera’s reporting from Egypt’s revolution and now the uprising in Libya has been transformed by the use of social media and social networking tools.
Bad ad placement … NT News watch … Al Jazeera’s revolution …
In today’s Media Briefs: inappropriate ad placement #548,958, crocodiles dominate the NT News, footage of JFK’s last night made public after 47 years, Hamish and Andy set to sign with Nine and more…
‘Egypt should not show this face to the world’: the perils of reporting from Cairo
He wasn’t arrested or severely bashed while covering the Egyptian protests for Al Jazeera, but journalist Gregg Carlstrom encountered angry crowds of pro-Mubarak supporters who jabbed knives into his chest and tried to keep him away from Tahrir Square. It’s a chilling tale.
When governments know less than their citizens
The traditional asymmetry of information between people and their governments has been upended in recent months. It’s unlikely to ever be restored.
Al Jazeera English’s Cairo performance: it’s the new CNN
If the first Iraq War in 1991 made CNN’s reputation, surely its ongoing coverage of the Egypt uprising should cement AJE’s reputation as a world-class broadcaster.
The battle for Egypt
Crikey wrap: Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak no longer wants to be leader, but fears his country is too unsteady to abandon. But with ten left dead after fighting in Tahrir yesterday, the country is already in chaos.
Al Jazeera liveblogs Egypt’s riots
Al Jazeera may have been kicked out of Egypt and some of its staff caught up in the violence, but its journalists are still covering the Egyptian protests, with a brilliant liveblog encompassing their audio, updates and photos from the ground.
Crikey Says: Rethinking the Middle East
Amid another day and night of widespread protests in Egypt, and rumours of a massacre of protesters in Suez, Western governments’ policy toward the Middle East is tottering and is now one dictator’s plane flight away from collapsing altogether.
Why the Palestine Papers matter to the peace process
Why do al-Jazeera’s Palestine Papers matter so much? Well, because they puncture the central fictions upon which the so-called peace process has always depended.
The Al Jazeera leaks that will bury the Middle East peace process
Al Jazeera’s Palestine Papers seriously damage the Palestinian Authority — but also wreck Israel’s long-running tactic of blaming the Palestinians.
CNN: WTF?
WTF CNN? is a delightfully simple site highlighting the tabloid headlines topping CNN’s homepage by comparing it to the far more news-focused Al-Jazeera front-page.
No demand for Al Jazeera on Foxtel, says Williams
Why doesn’t Foxtel run the Arabic news service Al Jazeera? There are news services from the US and Europe — why not the Arab world? Surprisingly, Al Jazeera itself doesn’t seem too fussed about the matter.
Kevin Rudd, Al Jazeera wants you
Al Jazeera’s English-language news network has just hit Australian screens, but neither the PM nor his pals have been willing to make an appearance. Come on Kevin, you’ll do Rove, but not one of the world’s largest news networks?
The mind-expanding journalism of Al Jazeera
Arabic news channel Al Jazeera is riveting, says Robert Kaplan. Unlike the BBCs, CNNs and Foxes of the world, it provides a truly global perspective that transcends its biases.
Al Jazeera pulls West Papua doco
Al Jazeera’s English channel has decided not to air an Australian documentary on human rights abuses in the Indonesian province of West Papua. Did they cave in to pressure from the Indonesian government?
Gaza calling: Twitter, blogs and the old fashioned telephone cover the crisis
The Israeli military yesterday allowed a journalist to join their ranks and file a (censored) report from the Gaza Strip – the first professional media report from the area since the present conflict started on December 30, writes Eleri Harris.
