Is superficial to say the least, especially considering the “sound bite” culture that we live in now. This is another aspect that is being talked about in this session now. Again I find that rather than these esteemed TV personalities, journalists and editors face the issue directly, they are amplifying excuses. What I would like …
Year: 2007
Television is the king of “sound bites”! That’s all it is, everyone at this conference admitted that they – as television companies and editors – cannot offer full coverage, but at least try to provide context. Or at least they try to. But the depth of context actually can only come from media formats that …
Flickr IS blocked in the UAE!
The session was titled “Darfur, the forgotten crisis” and its scope is Are the Arab media turning a blind eye to a humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in their own backyard. Many Western journalists along with former U.S. Secretary Powell have characterized Darfur as a genocide. Sudan’s President Bashir accuses Western media and NGOs of …
Some days are just special… today is one of those days, I can tell. The alarm clock woke me up at 4.30am. I hit the snooze button a couple of times and eventually dragged myself out of bed and into the shower 10 minutes later. Before doing that however, and as I do not use …