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  • As flu moves south, reporters worldwide brace for challenges, unknowns

    02/07/2009 - Worldwide

    By Jessica Weiss, IJNet Editor -- More than two months after the first case of H1N1 was reported in Mexico, "swine flu" remains front-page news - now predominantly in the Southern Hemisphere, where many countries are just at the beginning of the winter flu season. On July 1, Argentina's widely circulated Clarín newspaper led with two stories on the flu, which it calls "Gripe A," or Flu A.

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  • What's a 'Content Management System?' - Part Two

    29/06/2009 - Worldwide

    By Amy Webb, IJNet Digital Media Consultant -- Producing content for the Web, at least in terms of technology, usually entails four stages: content creation, content management, publishing and archiving.  Content Creation – Most CMS products are Web-based. To access the CMS, a user goes online and logs in to an entry screen that may look like a friendly, easy-to-use database.

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  • Kazakh academic discusses the future of Kazakh online media

    26/06/2009 - Kazakhstan

    By Yulia Melnik, IJNet Russian Editor -- The Kazakh public is actively discussing a slew of controversial amendments that, if passed, would drastically alter the Internet landscape in Kazakhstan.

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  • Saudi TV channel to focus on child rights education

    01/07/2009 - Saudi Arabia

    The first TV channel in Saudi Arabia dedicated to educating children about their rights will begin broadcasting this month, reported the Saudi Gazette. The new channel, Sana, is an offshoot of the three-year-old Children’s Rights Awareness campaign, which was launched by the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information. The satallite channel will broadcast in Arabic 24 hours a day from Cair

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  • YouTube launches how-to video site for journalists

    01/07/2009 - Worldwide

    YouTube has launched a 'Reporters' Center' channel featuring how-to videos for journalists created by some of the industry's most respected journalists and media experts.  The Reporters' Center is called a "one-stop-shop" for journalism training online and covers a wide range of topics, from preparing for interviews, to fact-checking, to journalistic ethics.  Visitors to the center can b

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  • New media school to open in New Delhi

    01/07/2009 - Asia and the Pacific

    The International Center for Journalists has announced the launch of a non-profit educational center in New Delhi, India, that will open this fall. The deadline to apply for the fall semester is August 7. The International Media Institute of India (IMII) in New Delhi, aims to use cutting-edge, hands-on journalism instruction with the highest international standards, according to ICFJ.

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  • Gender equality course to be held in Nigeria

    01/07/2009 - Sub-Saharan Africa

    Journalists from across Africa who are interested in gender issues can attend the second Gender Institute Course (WGI), to be held from September 13 to 18 in Abuja, Nigeria. Deadline to apply is July 30.  The course will explore the link between gender equality and health, governance, education, the economy and climate change, among other issues.

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  • Deadline today! Seminar on child law open to South African media

    01/07/2009 - South Africa

    South African media professionals are invited to attend a seminar in Johannesburg on July 9 on the latest developments in child law. Deadline to apply is July 1. The discussion will center on developments and key areas of interest and controversy in the Child Justice Act, the Children's Act, the recent con-court finding about child witnesses, and key elements of the Sexual Offenses Act.

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COLUMN: Webb on the Web

Amy Webb

A IJNet welcomes digital media consultant Amy Webb, our very own columnist on all things digital. In her weekly column, "Webb on the Web," Amy provides multimedia tips, reporting advice and strategies for incorporating technology into the newsroom.

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