Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category

Aida Alami: A Stay at Home Journalist Blogging in the Huffington Post

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Serious journalists doing serious things for a business that is not taking them seriously right now.

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The Press at the Tribeca Film Festival: Some Observations

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Coming soon here and hunterword.com. Some limited insights. A few pictures for a tease. Shots taken at the Red Carpet World Premiere and Panel Discussion, The Other City. “In every city, including the capital of the most powerful country in the world, there is another city, a city of forgotten people and unspeakable shame.”

About the ravages of AIDS/HIV in the poor areas of Washington D.C.

Photographers. Primarily but not exclusively online entertainment publications. Two good quotes, QMfE, "If I'm here, you know this ain't front page stuff," and, "We do this for the money."

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The Latest Update From Howard Monath in Bangkok

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Howard Monath in Bangkok & Reporting for the WORD

Reported via facebook. Well. The ‘Red Shirts’ here are no longer wearing their red shirts. Strategically this makes some sense, but you have to wonder if the ‘Reds’ are doing to themselves what the army and the Thai government so far haven’t been able to do to them.
37 minutes ago

Due to an editorial oversight, earlier posts by Howard Monath’s kickboxing friend were not included.  Here is one.

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Howard Monath Update From Bangkok

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Via facebook:

Howard Monath

” Oh, and I just got back from the center of all this; it was a very surreal day, the leaders of the Red Shirts, the guys you see on TV every day, were talking to each other; they came over and asked me what I thought was gong to happen! (bizarre, there were no other foreigners/journalists around )  the army has given them 48 hours to leave. the Red Shirts have completely taken over about two miles of downtown Bangkok, and are amazingly organized, pretty good for a bunch of illiterate farmers.

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Howard Monath, An Inadvertent Correspondent Reporting on the Crisis in Bangkok for the WORD

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Via Facebook:

Hello Hunter Word, I’ve been in Thailand on and off since Nov sort of following my friend Chantal Ughi, who is a champion Muay Thai boxer. She, as you can see has a different opinion about this, makes for an interesting dynamic. 12 minutes ago, April 25, 10:38 p.m.

Howard Monath

The WORD at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The WORD was there at the official opening ceremony, April 21.

Press credentials for awarding winning Senior Editor/Producer Andrea León. The editor also has credentials and León and the editor are trying to work Greg Chan into the formula as a Contributing Writer.

A few more pictures.

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New York Times Editorial Guidelines

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Even if reporters, editors violate them on a regular basis.

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Morocco’s Misguided War on Terror …

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

… in Foreign Policy Magazine by former WORD Senior Editor/Producer Aida Alami: The Persecution of Islamists Across North Africa, in the name of fighting terrorism, is sowing the seeds for future instability.

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Tiger Woods: Is He …

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright …

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Is Robert Wright of the New York Times out of his mind?

When Tiger Woods tees up his Nike golf ball at the first hole of the Masters next week, will you be wishing him well? Or will you hope he yanks his drive into the pines and spends four days trudging toward the searing defeat that, in your view, he richly deserves? Be honest. This is a moral litmus test. In fact, it’s a test for all of America — a test of where our moral consciousness is these days.

The Tiger is a corporate entity, the litmus test about corporate Amerika’s morality/ethos, not “our moral consciousnesss.” You can read the full Times blog here – yuck.