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A Historic Moment for Arab Media
Yesterday Palestinians chose Mahmoud Abbas to be their new leader. Later this month, Iraqis go to the polls. In a part of the world with few democratic regimes, newsrooms in the Arab world have the rare challenge of covering two free elections.
New Year Resolution
Dante Chinni Political Columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and
senior associate at the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism
speaks about social security, the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General and the certification of the Presidential
election
» Christian Science Monitor
Teacher's Prayer
Diane Ravitch Research Professor of Education at New York University and
author The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Knopf, 2003)
says parochial school teachers make low salaries which will cause windfall to public school system
» Diane Ravitch
A Historic Moment for Arab Media
Nadia Bilbassy, senior correspondent for Al Arabiya in Washington, shares the view from Al Arabiya in Washington
» Al Arabiya
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Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and senior non-resident scholar at the Saban Center at Brookings Institution and author, Reflections of Hearts and Minds: Media, Opinion and Identity in the Arab World (Brookings Institution Press, forthcoming in 2005), and The Stakes: America in the Middle Eas (Westview Press, 2004)
» Shibley Telhami
Wasting No Time
David Blum adjunct professor at Columbia School of Journalism, television critic for the New York Sun and author, TICK…TICK…TICK…The Long Life and Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes (Harper Collins, 2004)on various media stories including Rupert Murdoch consolidating power and the CBS 60 minutes report
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Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.
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Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.
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