Past BBG Events

December 10, 2008

Panel Discusses Emerging Media Model for International News Coverage

As mainstream media retrenches from international news coverage, a new breed of citizen journalist is stepping in to fill parts of the void. Armed with cell phones, text messages, small digital cameras and blogs, citizen journalists can broadcast information from places the mainstream media simply isn't any more.

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September. 10, 2008
New Media vs. New Censorship: The Authoritarian Assault on Information

A workshop exploring the challenges posed by the increasingly sophisticated efforts by authoritarian regimes to suppress information.  Expected participants include Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez and Xiao Qiang, Director of the China Internet Project.

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Older Event

July 15, 2008
Memorial to Journalists Slain in the Line of Duty