2005-2014

With their presses and offices underwater, print and broadcast journalists in New Orleans are leaning on the Web to keep the news churning in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. According to the Wall Street Journal, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, which has been in operation since 1837, refuses to go unpublished even in the midst of the catastrophe. Managing Editor Dan Shea and many of his staff have...

A Raging Debate in Nowhere Land Earlier this month, New Scientist reported the astonishing news that the world's largest frozen peat bog, comprising an area the size of France and Germany combined, was melting. According to researchers who have been studying the permafrost of western Serbia, the bog could unleash billions of tonnes of methane, a greenhouse gas twenty times as potent as carbon...

AB Ravi, Founder and Executive Editor of USP Age, has put in his papers. He will be joining CNBC-TV 18 as Consulting Editor-Special Projects from September 15, 2005. Confirming the news, Ravi said, "I have been associated with business magazines for a long time now. I have had three magazine launches, including USP Age, Health and Nutrition, and Fortune India. Since I want to explore new areas, I...

I can't say I saw everything that the TV newscasters pumped out about Katrina, but I viewed enough repeated segments to say with 90 percent confidence that broadcasters covering the New Orleans end of the disaster demurred from mentioning two topics that must have occurred to every sentient viewer: race and class. Nearly every rescued person, temporary resident of the Superdome, looter, or...

The New Orleans Times-Picayune did not publish today, offering only an Internet edition while struggling to find a location to print Louisiana's largest newspaper. One consolation for reporters and editors is that it's not clear how many people would have a chance to read the 260,000-circulation paper. "Things are so bad in the city that there are no ways to get copies of the paper to anyone...

Last night, fearing for their safety, CBS News moved much of its team in New Orleans from their hotel to an overpass on Interstate 10. That's where national correspondent Tracy Smith was standing, preparing for a live segment, when a female police officer approached and handed Smith a pocketknife. "She told Tracy that if she was going to leave that spot, she was going to need it," says CBS...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today condemned the highhandedness of Punjab police in a midnight action reminiscent of the days of militancy when the police took law into their own hands. On the night of August 28, a police team, reporting directly to inspector general of police (IGP), Sumedh Saini...

In a legal case being watched closely by bloggers, an Internet company has sued the owner of a Web log for comments posted to his site by readers. Traffic-Power.com1 sued Aaron Wall, who maintains a blog on search engine optimization – tactics companies use to get themselves to appear higher in searches at Google, Yahoo and elsewhere – alleging defamation and publication of trade secrets. The suit...

Young journalists in India and Pakistan can enter a competition for the chance to visit CNN’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Another award will send the best cameraperson to the network’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong. Categories Television: Open to all young journalists working (or freelancing) with television news channels, (including CNN's broadcast...

NEW DELHI, August 31: The Internet gender gap may be fast disappearing, but differences in how men and women use technology still remain wide. Female consumers are catching up with their male counterparts in online media consumption, purchasing behaviour, and device ownership; but gender roles persist: men engage in financial activities, watch more television, and spend more online; women keep in...