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All Hope everyone made it home from Istanbul in one piece. See below for information on our live webcast of the Internews Earth Journalism Awards on December 14th, the link will posted on www.internews.org Live from Copenhagen Join us to watch the Internews Earth Journalism Awards live from Copenhagen via webcast December 14th at 10am...
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While I was in Istanbul this past week, the number of ads for 3G USB modems I saw on the street jumped out at me, as did Turkcell’s ubiquitous advertising for its 3G services. It turns out that the availability of these 3G modems, along with the netbooks that are showing up in...
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Fun and frustration when learning video editing.
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This posting has nothing to do with Europe and Eurasia – but everything to do with grass roots activism, and better yet activism by a bunch of 8-12 year olds. I’m fortunate to live in a great community, the City of Takoma Park, MD, and I’m really happy to see that the kids in our...
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French cultural workers show their revolutionary spirit by breaking strike to enable one day of free visitation to a closed museum.
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It is Saturday morning and the Eurasia Conference is complete.  However, I feel the end only means we must begin to tell the story of this conference…and more importantly, I don’t feel like saying goodbye, so by writing, I think, I can hold on to the fun of the last few days. As I write,...
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Beskitas Match Originally uploaded by cs_smith Several of us attended a Turkish league football match Friday night, and the atmosphere alone was worth the price of the tickets. This short video was made from still images and sound captured on my iPhone, edited quickly, and uploaded for your enjoyment.
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Since I’ve been a new one on board, I’d like to thank everyone for giving me a chance to grasp an Internews spirit during this week. It is really great to be back to the mass media family after a short break.
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Are sujukh or churchkheal best ? Who has the best cheese, Georgians or Armenians? “I disagree, this is the way to cook the Chicken sauce Imperator !” “Rebiata, who of you really cooks, come on ? !” “Nowadays, people use more than just nuts and juice for these goodies.” Genadi Uchumbegashvili, Manana Aslamazyan, Nouneh Sarkissian fighting over Caucasian cuisine,...
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I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to meet, think, talk, listen and create with you all this week. Anyone who would like to carry on the conversations we’ve had about the future, you can contact me here, or of course via Twitter at @changeist.
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