Egypt

Raid on Egyptian Al Jazeera Affiliate Seen as Part of a Broader Crackdown

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:22:54 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Heba Afify and David Kirkpatrick
Egyptian security forces raided the offices of an Egyptian affiliate of the Al Jazeera news network known for attentive coverage of street protests. The action elicited allegations of a crackdown on the news media as the military-led transitional government seeks to ensure law and order after allowing an angry mob to invade the Israeli Embassy over the weekend.

Network Effects: Social Media's Role in the London Riots

Stevie Converse — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:04:53 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Mathew Ingram
In the wake of a controversial police shooting, Britain's capital city has been rocked by two straight days of widespread rioting and looting. As with previous riots — such as those in Vancouver, British Columbia following the Stanley Cup final — everyone seems to be looking for a culprit, with some blaming Twitter and Facebook, and others pinning the violence on BlackBerry and its instant-messaging abilities. But that's a little like blaming individual trees for the forest fire.

Egypt IT Chief: Internet Shutdown 'Will Never Happen Again'

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:29:31 -0400

Full article: Computerworld
Patrick Thibodeau
Yasser Elkady survived Egypt's revolution to remain CEO of the country's IT development arm. He is now in the U.S. traveling city to city to meet with IT companies to assure them that Egypt remains a good place to do business. One message Elkady is delivering is a commitment from Egypt's provisional government that a decision to kill the Internet "will never happen again."

Egypt: Court Fines Mubarak and Vodafone for Communications Blackouts

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:12:57 -0400

Full article: News from Africa
An Egyptian Court has fined former President Hosni Mubarak and his two aides $90 million for cutting Internet and cell phones communications during the Egyptian revolution earlier this year.

Egypt's Military Censors Critics as It Faces More Scrutiny

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:56:28 -0400

Full article: New York Times
David Kirkpatrick
The Egyptian military -- facing public criticism for torturing demonstrators and admitting that it forced some female detainees to undergo "virginity tests" -- is pressing the Egyptian news media to censor harsh criticism of it and protect its image.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Egypt, John Nichols on labor and Wisconsin

Stevie Converse — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:40:46 -0400

Full article: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
This week on CounterSpin: With the Egyptian military still firmly in power, the Egyptian revolution is still very much a work in progress. And Wisconsin protests against Gov. Scott Walker's proposals are bringing communities together, but many media approach the story with their same old bag of tricks. (Audio)

Egypt's Media Undergo Their Own Revolution

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:01:01 -0500

Full article: The Guardian
Jack Shenker
Discontent at the status quo within Egypt's colossal state media complex -- which comprises eight TV channels, numerous radio stations, dozens of newspapers and magazines and 46,000 employees in Cairo alone -- had been rumbling long before Hosni Mubarak's resignation. It is only now though, in the aftermath of the president's departure, that these frustrations are erupting messily into the open.

Egyptians Were Unplugged, and Uncowed

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:58:41 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Noam Cohen
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later -- the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government. That was when some of them discovered a couple of polar but compatible truths. One, the streets still had the power to act as Twitter was unplugged. And two, the Internet had become so integral to society that it wasn't unreasonable to consider a constitutional guarantee of free access to it.

CBS' Lara Logan 'Recovering Well' After Assault

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:09:46 -0500

Full article: USA Today
Gary Strauss
CBS correspondent Lara Logan, who was beaten and sexually assaulted by a Cairo mob in the frenzied aftermath of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, was released from a New York hospital, according to a report.

Returning to Egyptian Journalists Their Basic Freedoms

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:45:23 -0500

Full article: Columbia Journalism Review
Justin D. Martin
Now, as Egypt hopefully moves from a massive, top-down autocracy to a citizen-driven government, Egyptian journalists deserve a number of specific policy changes -- and media professionals inside and outside of Egypt need to see that they get them.