Kashmir Watch, Dec 30

By Azeem Dar

    Brussels: On…

As I prepare to travel to Chiang Mai, Thailand in mid-January to attend a meditation retreat for media professionals through non-profit organisation Peace Revolution, I wanted to share some thoughts with the community.

After all, it was through the community that I actually first became…

1st Summer School for Science Journalists in Greece

If you are interesting to participate you have to submit your applications as the deadline is approaching and there are few places left for free participation. 

Please contact at info@scienceview.gr in order to get the details for your application

Thanks,

Menelaos Sotiriou

Snow on trees - beautiful, if you ask me, and appropriate weather for this time of year. Of course not everybody sees it that way. Most of the people supposedly always "Dreamin' of a white Christmas..." have been whinging non-stop since the snow started, admittedly a good bit ahead of the feast…

Dear Online Journalists Colleague,

The profession of journalism is vulnerable due to indiscriminate attacks across the world. With help help of our EJC we should raise voice against it. Recently, a survey reported had been published on AFP website.

Mexico, Pakistan most dangerous places for them, says media watchdog

Some 105 journalists have been killed while doing their job this year, media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign said yesterday, describing the…

Just as the 20^th century was known as a century of industrialization, the 21^st century is becoming  a century of innovations in knowledge age. We have seen the journalism being redefined by Julian Assange of Wikileaks leaking unauthorized information,  Internet displacing journalists, and the print media giving…

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 DECEMBER, 2010  (Bernama) -- Germany hopes to further enhance economic ties with Malaysia and remain its number one trading partner from the European Union (EU).

Its Ambassador to Malaysia, Dr.Guenter Gruber, said Malaysian-German ties have always been excellent with Germany being one of the first…

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah - Thursday

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 (Bernama) -- The diplomatic community supports Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak''s economic strategy and looks forward to its

successful…

i was among thousands of people who converged today at the premises of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Tamale, Ghana for christmas church service.

People from all walk of life trooped to the camp. there was one extra ordinary thing i have noticed. Those church leaders and congregation. The pastors, their wives and children were looking well fed. They came in to the camp late in cars but were given standing ovation with Christian chorus "Haleluya". 

As they step up to a well…

  American Peace Corp volunteers have camped and trained sixty-one rural adolescence children on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and management as part of efforts to interrupt the spread of

the disease in the country.…

Below is a link to some information sent to me from a colleague on a call for action and support from citizens of Belarus against government suppression of peaceful protests. The independent media is specifically appealed to, so if you can do anything your help spreading this in your writings, Facebook, Twitter etc will be appreciated I'm sure.

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Dear Online Journalism Community,

Best wishes for the festive season. Have fun with your family and friends...

Over the past two years a European Union project has taken 80 journalism students and early-career journalists for one-week courses visiting research labs across Europe.

I was lucky enough to take part in the last cohort of journalists sent to universities in either Paris or Bologna. I joined a group of four journalists travelling to the latter.

The RELATE (Research Labs for Teaching Journalists Experience) project promised to bring…

Do journalists need be innovative? How can innovation competency help journalists?

For me it is amazing to see creative side of people, everyone is special! I am always surprised with what people come up with given some training, encouragement and the opportunity.

I have been following EU Directive(s) for innovation strategy, STEM education and infrastructure. We already have millions of highly qualified, educated, trained and experienced professionals but…