When major events occur in our digital age, the public can offer as much valuable information as professional journalists do. In Pakistan, for example, citizens have been contributing reports on the latest flooding disaster through cell phones to the Pakistani citizen journalism service SeenReport.com.

El Faro.net, one of the few online newspapers in Central America, has introduced an overhauled version of its news Web site in an effort to better host in-depth reports and investigations, enhance interactive coverage, generate new revenue streams and develop a solid business model.

The Kazakh public is actively discussing a slew of controversial amendments that, if passed, would drastically alter the Internet landscape in Kazakhstan. Among them is an amendment that would result in many Web sites being considered mass media, thus subjecting the sites to being blocked if deemed in violation of Kazakh law.

This week, IJNet spoke with a senior Zimbabwean journalist who has worked in print media for 14 years and is now in exile.