2005-2014

Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia that "anyone can edit." Unless you want to edit the entries on Albert Einstein, human rights in China or Christina Aguilera. Wikipedia's come-one, come-all invitation to write and edit articles, and the surprisingly successful results, have captured the public imagination. But it is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be...

SAN FRANCISCO -- By almost any measure, Craigslist is a phenomenal success. It is the seventh-most-popular Web site in the world, according to the people who measure these things. The free online-classifieds site has become the nightmare of newspaper executives everywhere it launches a list. While it does not release financial statements, no one doubts -- and its chief executive does not dispute -...

The 30 or so people who will take their desks next January in Sheridan College's new Canadian Journalism for Internationally Trained Writers program don't fit the college-student image. Many will be middle-aged, with worry lines. Some will have done prison time. All will speak with accents and carry themselves, well, as the seasoned journalists they were in previous lives -- influential...

Lagos, Nigeria, 06/17 - Detained journalist of Nigeria`s foremost independent television station, African Independent Television (AIT), has been freed and asked to report back to the State Security Service (SSS) 19 June, the local press reported Friday. Gbenga Aruleba, presenter of the weekday show "Focus Nigeria" on AIT, was arrested Wednesday by SSS operatives reportedly over Tuesday`s edition...

The Pakistani journalist who reported on a US airstrike that killed an al-Qaeda operative was found shot to death in a remote tribal region Friday six months after he was kidnapped. The body of Hayatullah Khan was found by villagers Friday dumped in the tribal-dominated North Waziristan town of Mir Ali from where he was abducted December 5. JUST A PHOTO IS WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT: The daughter of

People who visit newspaper websites on an average day are more likely to make online purchases, and make greater use of the Internet for advertising, shopping information and various types of news and information, according to a new study conducted for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). READY TO BUY ONLINE: A group of internet users are seen in Atlanta in a 2004 file photo. Frequent...

The recent breakup of the Knight Ridder Inc. newspaper chain has helped spark interest around the country in returning papers to local or private ownership after decades of expansion by corporate media conglomerates. For example, the Philadelphia Inquirer left Knight Ridder for local ownership, and local groups in Los Angeles and Baltimore are mounting efforts to provoke sales of those cities'...

(SEAPA/IFEX) - Strict new press regulations will take effect in Vietnam starting in July 2006, reports coming out of the country say, amid signs that national leaders are growing wary of the trend toward more aggressive and enterprising journalism. The Deutsche Press Agentur (DPA) is reporting that a new decree has been announced that will, among other things, punish "denying revolutionary...

It was the tsunami of December 24, 2004 which opened the floodgates. For the first time, accounts of a major news event authored by citizens with no professional journalism experience not only made front page news or headlining nightly broadcasts, they achieved recognition in the news industry and the world-at-large as valid and credible sources. HANDBOOK ON CITIZENS: The report examines common...

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turning China's 1.3 billion pairs of eyes into the world's top viewing audience is proving tough work for the world's top media firms, who are finding that big numbers don't always translate to big money. News Corp.'s announcement last week that it would sell off a majority of its stake in a Chinese broadcaster marked the latest recent retrenchment by a major media...