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Mandela Media Stakeout Angers Locals
Residents of a small village of Qunu in South Africa are outraged by the discovery of surveillance cameras belonging to Western media outlets set up outside the home of Nelson Mandela.
Radio Bringing Change in Rwanda
The government of Rwanda is credited with restoring social stability and rebuilding the economy after the 1994 genocide, but critics say Paul Kagame riles with too heavy a hand, especially when it comes to the press.
The Neglected Positive Image of Africa
Blogger and social entrepreneur Mariéme Jamme says there’s is a positive image of Africa that’s too often neglected in media coverage.
President Obama Speaks With Russian Reporters
Obama speaks to the Russian media about the debt-ceiling deal.
French Coverage of Strauss-Kahn Case
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of International Monetary Fund, is currently being held in a New York City jail on attempted rape charges. While there is intense spotlight on Strauss-Kahn, the US media have opted to protect the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her last weekend in a hotel room. But that is not the case in France. Host Marco Werman speaks with Vivienne Walt, Time Magazine Paris correspondent. Download MP3
Tunisia learns to speak freely
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Sabri Ben Achour of WAMU reports on how Tunisia is handling its new press freedoms, following the country’s January revolution. Download MP3
Egypt protesters keep up the pressure
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Anti-government protesters in Egypt are continuing their occupation of Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a 16th day and have blocked the entrance to parliament. The protesters come from different age groups and social backgrounds. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with two protesters: writer and broadcaster Ahmad El Esseily, who is in his mid-30′s, and 69-year-old researcher Shahira Mehrez. Download MP3
Egypt coverage on The World
Reporting the Egypt uprising
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The World’s Alex Gallafent looks at how the news out of Egypt is being presented in the United States. In many case, it’s being packaged using familiar narratives that reflect American values and suspicions. It means that Americans are getting competing interpretations of what’s happening. (Photo: Al Jazeera English) Download MP3
Egypt coverage on The World
A new view of Saddam statue’s toppling
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Peter Maass about his article “The Toppling” in the current issue of The New Yorker magazine. The article explores the events around the iconic toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue in Firdos Square, Baghdad in April 2003. (photo: Tim McLaughlin) Download MP3
Video: How the Media Created the Iconic Fall of Saddam’s Statue
Global Political Cartoons: October 9 – 15, 2010
Chilean miners emerge out of the hole to a global welcome; China bristles at the choice of this year’s Nobel Peace prize winner: one of their imprisoned citizens, and the Tea Party boils.
The rescue as a media event
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Many people around the globe have followed the rescue efforts in Chile online, on their radios, and on TV. Some have called this a real reality show but that can’t be the only reason for the universal appeal of this story. Brian Stelter is a reporter with the New York Times, and is one of the writers of that paper’s Media Decoder blog. Lisa Mullins talks with him. Download MP3Foreign films compete in cluttered media market
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You used to have to live in New York or Los Angeles or some sophisticated college town to see foreign films. Now, theoretically at least, technology can bring foreign films to you, wherever you live. That’s the theory anyway. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on why foreign films remain a tough sell in the United States despite all the new ways to get them out there. Download MP3
Ukrainian journalists protest Soviet-era censorship
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Ukraine has one of the feistiest, most pluralistic media anywhere in the former Soviet Union. It’s been an enduring achievement of the 2004 Orange Revolution. But journalists there have begun protesting what they say is censorship and political pressure from the country’s new, pro-Russian government. Brigid McCarthy reports from Kiev. (Photo: Brigid McCarthy) Download MP3Advertising in North Korea
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The World’s asks advertising expert Jan Slater to take a look at one of the new advertisements airing on North Korean TV. The ad is long, colorful and features a floating piece of ginseng root. Download MP3
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