Julian Assange Interview

A Russia Today (RT) interview with Julian Assange on the Arab revolutions, social media, and recent Wikileaks activity. On Facebook: the “most appalling spy machine that has ever been invented.” On Wikileaks partner redacting (Guardian, New York Times): “It is part of that mesh of corporate and state interests.”

BBC staff detained and beaten by Gaddafi forces in Libya

The guardian reports on two BBC reporters being arrested and subjected to beatings and mock execution in Libya.

First post: some interesting articles about journalism

Why I would rather work for the yakuza than National Geographic Television
An investigative journalism living in Japan reveals National Geographic Television’s unethical behavior

A letter to the Huffington Post from its unpaid contributors

Learning to love the (shallow, divisive, unreliable) new media
A well-written piece from the atlantic about accepting news trends, giving readers (customers) what they want rather than what they should have.