IJNet Blog

Five insights about covering the Arab Spring from a young Chinese journalist

4/11/12

by Andy Shuai Liu

A young reporter from China reflects on his reporting experience in Egypt.

Community radio stations ride newly freed Arab airwaves

3/21/12

by Natasha Tynes

IJNet talked to Daoud Kuttab, general director of a new program supporting community radio in several Arab countries.

Journalism project crowdsources memorial to victims of Syrian conflict

3/6/12

by Natasha Tynes

Faces of the Fallen is a new journalism project that aims to humanize the victims of the uprising in Syria.

Octavia Nasr: Social media were a "megaphone" for the Arab Spring

2/24/12

by Natasha Tynes

Former CNN journalist Octavia Nasr believes that an Arab media awakening is in the making.

How to use the new Hipstamatic app for protest photos

12/14/11

by Nicole Martinelli

Hipstamatic, a photography app designed to provide a series of custom "lenses" for the iPhone, has a new group feature that could come in handy for citizen journalists and protesters.

How the Arab revolutions moved citizen journalists to use more maps, HTML5 video instead of text

12/13/11

by Mohammad Al abdallah

Covering countries in political turmoil has opened the door to innovation: activists and citizen journalists are using maps, HTML5 and video to report the events of the Arab revolutions instead of relying only on text.