If you had the time, you could write thousands of eye-opening money-and-politics stories using the information that lives on OpenSecrets.org. And many professional journalists do just that -- CRP was cited in the news more than 3,000 times last year. But why leave...
"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population, for...
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America is officially 232 years old today, and she's looking good for her age.Americans across the country are celebrating today with fireworks, concerts, parades and contests and this a round up of the various...
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NowPublic in the News, Citizen journalism site adds new features Update found at end of this story Here is a related story that was published first on NP from mtippett NP gets Kudos from Journalism Blogs...
OpenDemocracy has a great post today by Evgeny Morozov on the recent Citizen Media Summit (organized by our citizen-media internet neighbours Global Voices), which was held this past weekend in Budapest. The post and...
" Update: I apologize for this document and withdraw it. The research needed for this post was not done properly and the resulting material should not have been posted. The media and internet sources that provided...
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OpinonBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly in the world of Terrorism, you can be rest assured when caught, al-Qaeda Terrorists will "Squeal Like Little Piggies" to help themselves by cutting a deal with...
One small step for a citizen journalinst, one giant leap for citizen journalism kind. "Citizen journalists, MySpace and NBC News want you to help cover this summer's political conventions. MySpace, NBC News and MSNBC.com are running a contest among MySpace users for the job...
For many would-be journalists who just so happen to be citizens, gaining media accreditation to key events has become a great benchmark of success and a good indication of the legitimacy of independent media. In the...
http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.com/The oil industry is continuing to suggest through its surrogate ‘body snatched’ republican Presidential candidate that offshore drilling for oil will somehow miraculously lower retail gasoline and diesel prices. This argument...
Muckraking on a galactic scale or giant waste of time? It's good to know that, with everything going on in the world today, that so many people are focusing their energy on making sure no shady deals are being struck with powers from beyond the sun."A multinational...
""I get asked, on a daily basis, about the trust factor in user generated news. The new features NowPublic just released are our answers, and, frankly, I think it gets to the heart of the matter in a way that traditional media has never been able to - by being transparent and...
After being dethroned from kingdom and asked to leave the royal palace, Nepal's ex-king Gyanendra Shah is all set to leave the Narain Haiti Palace on Wednesday. The Palace has been house to 5 generations...
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UPDATE 1230 EST: Thirteen are now confirmed dead in a double bombing near Algiers."ALGIERS
(AFP) — A double bomb strike near Algiers that killed 13 people sparked
fears Monday of a wave of Al-Qaeda inspired attacks in what a French
minister said had become a "dangerous"...
Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's home was attacked today by armed assailants. Gunfire was exchanged with guards, but Thaci was not at home, and neither he nor his family was hurt."Police later said they had...
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