Women's presence in the media is on the rise worldwide but generally women remain significantly underrepresented in the media, claims a new report from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). According to its findings, women constitute 24% of the individuals interviewed, seen or heard about in mainstream and print journalism—an increase from 17% as found in the 1995 inaugural report.

Have you ever wondered who's really reading your latest blog post or story you've published online? Are people posting your story to Facebook or other social networks? Are you being talked about, and if so, how much?  There is a new, easy-to-use tool that now allows you to track a link on Twitter. It's called backtweets, and it lets you instantly discover what's happening to your content.

In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, news bureaus and wire services are reassessing how to keep their offices efficient through crisis and best communicate with journalists in the field in disaster areas.  In February, U.S. news bureau managers and reporters gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss proper leadership and management in times of crisis.

One of the most difficult things to do when conducing an extensive digital search is organizing your findings. You might start out on the BBC homepage, then click on some content at IJNet, and several hours later find yourself wandering through Wikipedia.

The international Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) recently launched a newsletter in Iraq which provides journalists with information about issues such as security and legal protection. Issued twice a month by the Iraq office of IWPR, the newsletter, Metro Media, "is part of an IWPR program called Safety, Security, and Legal Protection for Journalists," according to the Iraq-based

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When CBS Senior International Correspondent Lara Logan met Iraqi state TV channel cameraman Jehad Ali (pictured) in Iraq in 2007, he had just been shot by a group of militants affiliated with al-Qaeda. Logan wanted to help. Logan approached the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and before long, Ali was in the U.S. to have rehabilitation surgery on his leg.

Every journalist covering a hot zone or an area where natural disasters are likely should have a crisis reporting plan ready to implement.  I spoke with many reporters either on the ground in Haiti or newly dispatched to the region who were ill-prepared to start working immediately after the January earthquake tragedy.

Press freedom in Latin America is under attack, according to four reports analyzing issues ranging from existing laws on access to information to harassment and violence against the press and the deaths of journalists in 2009. Read more below:The Regional Alliance for Freedom of Expression and Information published a study about the situation of Freedom of Expression in the Americas.

In the aftermath of the recent earthquake tragedy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, media organizations all over the world are taking different digital approaches to covering the story. Various technologies and tools are being used to measure the tragedy and to tell the harrowing stories of its countless victims.  The list below includes some of the best multimedia coverage I've seen so far.