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Pakistan reinventing microfinance

Reinventing microfinance in Pakistan Farhat Abbas Shah Poverty certainly emerged as the single most problem that lies at the heart of modern day crisis. It quite recently has assumed alarming proportions. Many efforts were made in the past but they could not wholly succeed. Among significant tools, the microfinance was also used for getting rid of poverty which quite recently plagued the whole world. There is always a room for innovation to be introduced to already existing structures. Though m… Continue

Added by Farhat Abbas Shah on February 4, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments

Audio slideshows vs Video

This post was written for an internal blog that I have been keeping for my work and my own journalism blog:

Multimedia is a relatively new endeavor for newspapers, and The Telegram is no exception. As an industry, we are still feeling our way around in the dark, trying to find what works and what does not work. In a few years time we have cycled through What was once the golden bullet can quickly turn in to a

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Added by Daniel Sato on January 26, 2010 at 1:36pm — 1 Comment

Facing media to empower microfinance a strong microfinance idialogy

Daily "The Post", January 21, 2010 Lhore An ambitious goal of fighting poverty Staff Reporter LAHORE: Farhat Abbas Shah emerged on the literary secne of Lahore about couple of year ago and immediately got the attention of the youth. He is a prolific writer who has already written about 67 books. Now he has ventured on a poverty alleviation drive by according to him a new coincept of micro financing which shuns interest and aims at profit loss sharing. Excerpts from his interview are being g… Continue

Added by Farhat Abbas Shah on January 23, 2010 at 4:27am — No Comments

Somali Journalists launch Media for peace initiative

Somalis have elated a media for peace and development initiative officially launched by courageous local media professionals led by an award wining Somali journalists who recently returned from New York where he was honored for his commitment to free press in his country and throughout world. The idea of the initiative, Somali Media for Peace and Development (SOMEPED) which dates back early 2006 was founded by local journalists who tried to start working for peace through the local media, but f… Continue

Added by Mustafa Haji Abdinur on January 19, 2010 at 11:15am — No Comments

Eco Journalists -- take note!

Six of the world's eight species of bears are perched on the brink of extinction and journalists are not writing about it. Why? 75% of a species nearing extinction is news. Why aren't stories being written about it? Why aren't journalists ferreting out important information like this and reporting on it? 2010 is International Year of Biodiveristy. If journalists don't write about issues like the plight of bears in 2010, then we are surely missing the boat! We burn and clear forests for persona… Continue

Added by Jeanette McDermott on January 10, 2010 at 2:09pm — No Comments

WHEN A GANGSTER CALLS IT QUITS.....PART 1

Enough is Enough *Jose* said....... Editors note: Due to the high risk issue, names have been changed for protection. Jose had been fighting all of his life he told me...that he remembers for sure is about the age of 5. All little boys fight but Jose's situation was a little different...... His older cousins would take him to other towns on the weekends where they would put him in a fight ring with another little boy. People would bet money on which boys would win. The boys would be severl… Continue

Added by susie squires on January 7, 2010 at 11:58am — No Comments

Some thoughts on multimedia in a small market

In the beginning of December, I wrote a short post on some of the realities of working in a small newsroom. Today was the first day of work for our new paginator/copy editor and, in many ways, marked the first day of my real job as well. As such, I thought I would share a couple of thoughts on doing multimedia in a small newsroom. You can't just focus on those that are interested. Yes, this goes against most posts on the subject of multimedia training by people that matter. Per… Continue

Added by Daniel Sato on January 5, 2010 at 3:42am — No Comments

Let's Build a Sun Bear Conservation Center

Ecopaparazzi member Siew Te Wong is the world's expert on sun bears. He is raising funds to build Phase II of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and needs our help. BSBCC is an education center in Sabah, Borneo, and is intended to help people in Borneo better understand the… Continue

Added by Jeanette McDermott on January 3, 2010 at 5:14pm — No Comments

Miners Drive In: Best burger north of Cali

It's true. Outside of In-N-Out in California, Miner's has the… Continue

Added by Dominick Bonny on January 2, 2010 at 12:37am — No Comments

Toppenish Washington: Where the west still lives and the bullets still fly

The SO and I went to Toppenish to look at the murals today. The town is kind of a depressing shithole but they have cool art. … Continue

Added by Dominick Bonny on January 2, 2010 at 12:25am — No Comments

Talking Social Media for small newspapers

A while back, my coworker and Social Media enthusiast, Mark Coddington, asked me if I’d participate in a little podcast about making things like Twitter work in a small newspaper environment. We had some really good discussion about things like making advice from the Big Boys in larger markets work for the little guys like us and how to get around issues with small staffs, how to make the moula, and what has and hasn’t worked for… Continue

Added by Stephanie Romanski on December 21, 2009 at 10:12am — 2 Comments

Where there's a tweet there's a way, even for journos

What do rock star President Barack Obama and chic social networking site Twitter have in common? They’re inadvertently competing for the same societal superstardom. If we make it a popularity contest, Obama has more than 2.5 million followers on Twitter. This puts him second only to actor Ashton Kutcher. But surprise: Twitter is on Twitter too, and it’s just 30,000 followers short of eclipsing Obama’s social media popularity. In fact, before Ben Bernanke dethroned Obama as Time magazine’s “Per… Continue

Added by Sarah Milnar on December 17, 2009 at 11:47pm — No Comments

Ethics - Another Must-Have for Tomorrow's Journalists

New blog post up at www.dcecelia.com in response to Mashable's "8 Must-Haves for Tomorrow's Journalist" post. Continue

Added by D. Cecelia Martinez on December 17, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Second investigation report of killing Somali journalist by SOJRA

How Hassan Mayow Hassan was killed? Late journalist Hassan Mayow Hassan, 35, was killed on January 2009 near his home town of Afgoye, 30km west of the capital Mogadishu while he was on duty as correspondent reproter of radio Shabelle based in Mogadishu. Which group is behinds the killing of the journalist, how it happened and why they kill him? Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers led by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was responsible the killing of the journalist Hassan May… Continue

Added by Daud Abdi Daud on December 17, 2009 at 3:36pm — No Comments

SOJRA condemns Al-shabab restrictions against Somali Journalist daily reports

SOJRA condemns Al-shabab restrictions against Somali Journalist daily reports The Al-shabab leadership in Kismaio (southern port town) of Somalia today instructed the Somali reporters operating in Kismaio and other area controlled by Al-shabab no to broadcast or send to the editors or publish the news and other event in their area without authorization from them. Al-shabab are demanding news to come first to their hand and then get permission for publication or airing. This will only pave the… Continue

Added by Daud Abdi Daud on December 16, 2009 at 5:18pm — No Comments

The realities of working in a small newsroom

I am now just over two weeks in to my new job as web editor at the Garden City Telegram and already am I learning a good deal about the realities of working in a newsroom of this size (that is to say, small), the most important of which seems to be, there is no specialization. While it is true that reporters have their beats, when you have three reporters doing the work that five once did, they have to be flexible. It is not uncommon for re… Continue

Added by Daniel Sato on December 15, 2009 at 4:02pm — 12 Comments

Ralph Nader and the crisis of imagination.....

Ralph Nader spoke to the students and the faculty at Fordham University on December 3, 2009. He delivered a lecture on gaining control in the marketplace where we grow up corporate. In a subtle analysis of culture Nader offered insights into how citizen’s imaginations are constrained by corporate power restricting their possibility for action. For Nader, it’s all about action which makes his outlook existential in essence. Existence for him is defined by the conflict between the consumer and the… Continue

Added by zote63 on December 9, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

What Jarl Mohn of USC thinks about the NY Times Knowledge Network

What Jarl Mohn of USC thinks about the NY Times Knowledge Network: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rAf1bthAI#t=1h5m10s

How to Save the NY Times (December 8, 2008) by Patrick Yen:
http://www.newglobalorder.org/2008/12/how-to-save-new-york-times.html

NY Times Knowledge Network About Us (Aug… Continue

Added by Patrick Yen on December 8, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Two journalists killed, three cabinet Ministers die in an explosion in Mogadishu today

Two journalists killed, three cabinet Ministers die in an explosion in Mogadishu today. The Somali Journalists’ Rights Agency (SOJRA) is worry and condemns the today’s bomb explosion at Shamo hotel in Mogadishu Somalia because two journalists were killed while others wounded. Three cabinet ministers and nine graduated students and one of the university teachers were also killed and dozens of civilians wounded including journalists, members of parliaments, students and ministers. The journalis… Continue

Added by Daud Abdi Daud on December 3, 2009 at 11:32am — No Comments

MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE

The Philippines has become the NUMBER ONE among the MOST DANGEROUS PLACE for JOURNALISTS after the gruesome and horrible killings of 57 persons, including 30 JOURNALISTS in Maguindanao. The alleged mastermind is now detained at the National Bureau of Investigation, Mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr. Justice for the VICTIMS, Justice for JOURNALISTS! Continue

Added by FLORANTE R. ROSALES on November 30, 2009 at 8:14am — No Comments