Now Public Losses yet another great contributor and writer in Zichi San!

By, Uwe Paschen.This Morning as I got up, I did what I do most mornings, get a nice cup of coffee and check Radio Canada news, DW News and if the Republicain du Niger is up again, before finally checking Now Public...

6 Months Jail for Indian News Paper Editor

By Akhand in India An Indian Local court on Saturday awarded six month jail term to a Regional News Paper Editor for publishing false and malicious reports after a girli's death in Capital city of Indian Coastal state Orissa, Bhubaneswar. The court also awarded six months...

Director General of MI5 refuses to release any data on whistleblower John Fra...

"Just over three-years since whistleblower John Francis Smith died in a filthy NHS hospital, the Director General of MI5 has told his family that no data can be released relating to his Government Service because of...

NowPublic Needs to Change - Let Us Be Heard!

One of the newest and best contributors is leaving NowPublic because, as many of us know, things aren't great here. Here's a comment I left for Zichi, the guy who's leaving, and one in which I describe some of our...

Michelle Lim may face five years in jail

Carelessness or deliberateness ?"Batam, (ANTARA News) - A senior editor of a Singapore paper Michelle Lim Hong Eng is facing five years in jail for causing the death of an Indonesian domestic helper after the motorcycle driven by her employer was hit by the car driven by...

Will Wikileaks Revolutionize Journalism?

I've been keeping my eye on Wikileaks over the past few months, as a potential source of eyewitness footage and contextual documentation for news stories that we've covered on NowPublic. Although the site maintains...

Australia PM in new nude art row

The debate over the portrayal of children in the magazines are hotly debated in Australia and the current debate has got even Prime Minister involved. "A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the front cover of an Australian art magazine has re-ignited a row over the...

British Home Secretary faces renewed pressure to release Hunt Report on MI5 p...

"Two months ago the editor of News Alliance visited the National Archives in Kew to study the findings of the Home Office investigation into misconduct and corruption in Public Office during 1974-1976.What should...

When Elements Go Extinct

Imagine, if you will, a world without flat-panel monitors. Beyond that, though, limited quatities of halfnium, gallium, and (one day) zinc will seriously afffect our ability to mass produce the tools and gadgets that...

A court of no appeal:Renata Adler & Individual Writers vs. The New York Times...

An absolute "must" read for any professional writer who must face down veiled  business interests and the cult of personality. Having myself already faced jail for not revealing a source, as well as thugs trying to scare me off a corruption probe, I find myself agreeing...

Huffington Post Goes After Local News

Not content simply to dabble in the political blogosphere (aka becoming "the most linked to blog on the web"), the esteemed HuffPo is bring the news to your own backyard. If you live in Chicago, that...

MoneyWeek editor, latest on the UK house price crash « Peter J. Cooper’s W...

"Money Programme interview with the Editor of MoneyWeek, Merryn Somerset Webb on UK house prices which have been falling at their fastest pace in history over the past two months. This lady has been proved right for steering buyers away from property in recent years. Listen...

Obama: For 2016 Olypmics, I'll Still Be in the White House

Hmmm. At this stage, I would have imagined a candidate to be humbled by the support, proud of what his team had done, and eager to take on the opposition in the upcoming general election. But apparently...

Paper Champions Award #2

And the winner is . . . Week: #2 May 25-31 2008 Champion: Garth Turner Pourquoi: Letter - Secret Capital 2of6 - Publication: Toronto Star This week’s paper champion Garth Turner is of all things a...

Hughes & Mancini on Chelsea list

" Hughes & Mancini on Chelsea list Chelsea want their new manager to transform their playing style Mark Hughes, Roberto Mancini and Luis Felipe Scolari are among...

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