The Daily IIJ

A Weblog by the International Institute for Journalism of GIZ

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A grassroots revolution

September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

The citizen journalists of InsightShare or Rising Voices believe in the best of all possible worlds: a world in which the disenfranchised rise their voices.

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Tags: Climate Change · Environment · Media Ethics · Media Landscapes · Press Freedom

“Ciudad Juárez taught me to live”

September 17th, 2011 · No Comments

The Spanish blogger Judith Torrea writes about Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US-border severely affected by drug trafficking and homicides. She was awarded the Reporters Without Borders BOB Award 2011 during the Global Media Conference. An interview about journalistic passion and fear.

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Tags: Gender Issues · Media Ethics · Media Landscapes · Online Journalism · Political reporting · Press Freedom

Messages into the void

September 14th, 2011 · No Comments

Carceral states like North Korea represent some of the last information vacuums on earth. Activists risk a lot to offer an alternative view to state propaganda. Successfully: Even the quest for freedom in the Arab countries didn’t go unnoticed behind the fences of Kim Country.

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Tags: Media Landscapes · Political reporting · Press Freedom