Blogs in US and Abroad Seek Freedom From Regulation
From AP: European Union Head Office Insists It Has No Plans to Regulate the Internet Political blogs fight FEC Additional links on FEC and regulation of blogs
Category «Blogs»
Blogs and Web Mapping Services Respond With Immediacy During Disasters
From AP: Hurricane Rita Pushes Blogs, Podcasts and Rich Maps to Forefront of Media’s Efforts Related links: Stormwatchers – Citizen journalists covering Hurricane Rita, sponsored by the Houston Chronicle News updates from the Times Picayune, Nola.com Rita map
New Blog Focuses on Global Response to American Foreign Policy
Joining the recently launched national security affairs blog at the Washington Post is another new blog, the World Opinion Roundup. The author, journalist Jefferson Morely, mines web sources from around the world, providing perspective, commentary, and documentation of U.S. and international policies on critical issues. [thanks Margot]
Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents
From Reporters Without Borders, a new resource: Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents (46 pages, PDF): “Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent news, at the risk of displeasing the government and sometimes courting arrest. Reporters Without Borders has produced this …
Business Week Highlights “Best of The Web”
From BusinessWeek.com, Editor’s Picks for Best of the Web, with a discrete number of choices in categories ranging from research, to blogs, tech news, politics, shopping and music.
New National Security Affairs Blog
The September 14 launch of William M. Arkin’s blog, “Early Warning”, with its focus on “national and homeland security,” was noted by Secrecy News for establishing what promises to be a significant and useful online archive of government documents not readily available otherwise. See also Arkin’s book, Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and …
Google Launches Beta Blog Search Engine
Google Blog Search About Google Blog Search: “Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice…Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you’ll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not …
CBSNews.com Launches “Public Eye” Blog
As a follow-up to my July 12, 2005 posting, CBSNews.com Morphs Into 24/7 On Demand Broadband Service, see the organization’s new blog, Public Eye, launched today. A Short Pre-History Of Public Eye
UK Open Rights Group Begins Work
UK digital rights group sets up – “The main aims of the Open Rights Group are: to foster a grassroots community of campaigning volunteers; to connect journalists and the press with digital rights experts and activists.”
Librarians Helping Librarians With Hurricane Recovery
“This blog [AALL LawLibAssist] gives members of the American Association of Law Libraries the opportunity to offer assistance to their friends and colleagues. FOR NOW, send posts to Kathie Sullivan at [email protected] and your information will be added.” American Library Association, Libraries and Hurricane Katrina and ALA Hurricane Katrina Library Updates
Specialized Blog Search Engines Vie for Visitor Traffic
WSJ free feature: New Search Engines Help Users Find Blogs
Depository Library Council Publishes Vision Statement
The members of the Depository Library Council (DLC) are pleased to announce that our vision discussion paper entitled The Federal Government Information Environment of the 21st Century: Towards a Vision Statement and Plan of Action for Federal Depository Libraries. See also the DLC Vision Outline Blog
