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July 26, 2004
Time off
The journoz blog will be on a break for the next couple of weeks. Blame my back, not me, for the hiatus! Let's hope normal service will resume soon.
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July 13, 2004
Compelling viewing
Millions of Americans go online looking for news that the mainstream media can't give them. A disturbing number specifically want to see graphic images, such as those emerging from the war in Iraq. The
Pew Internet & American Life Project has a new report out called
The Internet as a Unique News Source. The report claims that 30 million people have seen war images. Of those, a third wish they hadn't looked, with women especially thinking that some images should not be available online. But the appetite for these images is there -- is it because people want to find the truth? Or is it something darker? Find the full report at
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_News_Images_July04.pdf.
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July 08, 2004
Tour de force
Agence-France Presse has created an interactive
Tour de France for followers of the race. The
New York Times is one site hosting it and
espn (
http://espn.go.com/) is another. The interactive site provides real time standings, as well as maps, race results, rider and team profiles and more. The
NYT one is at
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/sports/tdf2004/flash/en/index.html.
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03:42 PM
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Teach yourself multimedia journalism
The
Online News Association (
http://www.journalists.org/) has built a training module based on four projects that were finalists for
2003 Online Journalism Awards. The module takes users through the processes that the four organisations, one of which was the
Los Angeles Times, used to produce their award-winning work. To use the module, you need to go to
News University (
http://newsu.org/) and 'enrol' - this means registering, after which you can use the module for nothing. The direct link for the module is at
http://newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=ona1.
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03:22 PM
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July 06, 2004
From the horse's mouth
The
United Nations has its own news service for those who want to keep track of its doings. News is available in print, radio, TV and video and digital images. See the range of offerings at
http://www.un.org/av/.
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04:59 PM
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All about Europe
The
European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) showcases the research of 28 think tanks in the all-new expanded Europe. You can find research papers, policy and position papers, as well as links to individual think tanks from different countries. EPIN is at
http://www.epin.org/index.php.
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04:23 PM
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Direct to UK Government
The red is enough to make you gag, but the UK government's new
Directgov gateway to information is still useful. You can find governments A-Z, both local and central, find information by topic, and there is info sorted by categories of users such as parents, motorists, carers and so on. It's at
http://www.direct.gov.uk/.
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04:19 PM
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What's on
With religious festivals, sporting events, "this day in history" sites and more,
keeping up to date with dates is hard work. Date Dex, one of the busier-looking sites around, can help. It's at
http://www.datedex.com/results.asp.
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04:15 PM
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July 02, 2004
Sick kids
More than 3 million children die each year because of unhealthy environments. A new publication from the
World Health Organization (
http://www.who.int/) looks at why and where this is happening.
Inheriting the world: The atlas of children's health and the environment (
www.who.int/ceh/publications/atlas/en/index.html) looks at indoor pollution, climate change and sanitation as contributing factors to high death rates. The atlas includes full-colour maps and graphics.
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11:20 AM
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Online terrorism
Media organisations regularly claim that
terrorists use the Internet to plan attacks as well as for recruiting or linking up with members. How true is this claim? Is Osama Bin Laden really online? A report from the US
Institute for Security Technology Studies (
http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/), entitled
Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups, looks at these issues in detail. According to the report, "
There is clear, factual evidence that Islamic terrorist groups are using information technologies to facilitate propaganda, recruitment and training, fundraising, communications, and targeting operations." The full report can be downloaded for free from
https://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/TAG/cyber-capabilities-terrorist.htm.
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