Does reporting on FARC make you a terrorist? Do low-income farmers who pay for equipment do better than those that don't? This week's selection of tweets from the Open Society Foundations and staff cover those issues and more.
Archive for the “Media & Arts” Category
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Posted in: Asia, Media & Arts
Topics: Brock Boddie
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This week we tweeted about closing the digital divide, British Petroleum's new drilling prospects in the Caspian, superheroes who fight HIV, and more.
Posted in: Europe, Media & Arts
Topics: Azerbaijan, Brock Boddie, buprenorphine, Central Asia, citizenship, India
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The gulf oil spill, the politics of the World Cup, and more: a few highlights from our Twitter feeds.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: oil, Pakistan, statelessness
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What were we tweeting about this week? Here are a few highlights from our Twitter feeds.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Media & Arts
Topics: Burma, dominican republic, Laura Brahm, Namibia, Rwanda, Twitter, unesco, women
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© Philippe Chancel The recent sinking of a South Korean warship has escalated tensions between North and South Korea. For all the concern, however, very little is actually known about North Korea. Moving Walls photographer Philippe Chancel documents the country, one of the most closed...
Posted in: Asia, Media & Arts
Topics: Brock Boddie, DPRK, Moving Walls, North Korea, Philippe Chancel, photography
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The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union has produced more than 200 short advocacy videos, which are helping to create real change on drug policy issues.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Media & Arts
Topics: Brett Davidson, drug policy, HCLU, Hungary, video
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At last week’s Council of Europe conference "Safeguards for Free Media: Promoting Effective Guarantees for Freedom of Expression in the South Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine," the timidity of Council officials was much in evidence.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: Council of Europe, democracy, journalism, Mark Thompson, OSCE
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Filmmaker Jian Yi, an Open Society Fellow, talks about his work helping ordinary Chinese citizens document their lives in order to preserve collective memory and stimulate civic engagement.
Posted in: Asia, Media & Arts
Topics: China, Jian Yi, Steve Hubbell, video
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Imagine a country where a media mogul who controls the top three networks becomes prime minister and then systematically dismantles the independence of the public broadcasting service. That’s basically what has happened in Italy.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: Darian Pavli, democracy, Italy, media freedom, media independence, Silvio Berlusconi
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In Italy, where television is controlled by the government, the Internet provides a beacon of freedom. But will enough Italians fight to keep it open and free?
Posted in: Europe, Media & Arts
Topics: Internet, Italy, Television, Vera Franz