Today on Howard Stern’s Sirius radio show, guest host Paula Gloria enjoyed "an hour of airtime" to take questions from the listener audience. Paula Gloria is the Cable Public Access host of Farther Down the Rabbit Hole, a show focused on spirituality and politics. Paula Gloria’s controversial beliefs are often presented in a playful manner. […]
Aussies and Kiwis Celebrate ANZAC Day
– by May Hnin Phyu ANZAC Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. Anzac Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in […]
China: Hu Jia to be Sentenced Today
by John Kennedy Update: On Thursday morning, Hu Jia was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Hu Jia goes back on ‘trial’ in a few hours where it is expected he will be handed down a sentence of up to five years in prison based on two interviews given and six unspecified blog posts most […]
Colombia: Contest Brings Forth Multimedia Citizen Journalists
by Juliana Rincón Parra Showing hidden Colombia through online tools could get you inside the Googleplex, if your work wins the “Best told place in Colombia” contest. Most of the links in this article will send you to websites in Spanish, unless otherwise noted. Semana publications in Colombia has opened a contest along with Google […]
Costa Rica: Cow Parade and Internet Video
by Juliana Rincón Parra The Cow Parade calls itself the world´s largest public art event, and for tiny Costa Rica´s standards, it certainly is a huge deal that the capital city of San José was selected to host the legion of cows. On AmeliaRueda.com[es] , a series of online videos have been reporting to the […]
Brazil: Blogs banned from the 2008 elections
by Paula Góes Brazil is warming up for local elections later this year, in October, when voters will go to the polls to choose their local government representatives. The Supreme Electoral Court [the TSE, the Portuguese acronym for Tribunal Superior Eleitoral] has just passed the regulations for voting, and again, the opportunity to better discuss […]