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Subscribe to Andrew Dunn's postsWatergate: more online releases from US government
http://www.archives.gov/research/investigations/watergate/us-v-liddy.html The newly released documents come from the U.S. v. Liddy criminal trial against seven of the individuals involved in the Watergate break-in scandal that led to the impeachment and resignation of President Richard Nixon. They include evidentiary discussions held outside the jury’s hearing, pre-trial discussions with defendants’ lawyers and the court, and post-trial sentencing […]
ITN Productions launches citizen journalism channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/truthloader A new initiative to encourage citizen reporters to help shape news stories called Truthloader. See the mission statement video via YouTube. It aims to highlight stories bringing investigative and citizen journalism together. There is also a reddit discussion board associated with it. CNN iReport also seeks to highlight citizen journalism. The Guardian has recently […]
Flooding
The Global Risk data platform is a multiple agencies (partners include UNEP) effort to share spatial data information on global risk from natural hazards this includes floods, cyclones, earthquakes, graphs chart economic and mortality risk. See also UNISDR disaster risk reduction. International Flood network for newsletters and alerts worldwide. Sites on the recent UK floods: […]
16 days of action to eliminate violence against women
From the 25th November to 10th December activists across the world are taking part in the 16 days of action against gender violence as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This UN day has its own website with campaign materials. It also marks the beginning of the 16 Days of […]
The power of twitter as a communication tool
http://fordschool.umich.edu/video/newest/1975704207001/ Useful video of a lecture by CEO Dick Costollo at the Ford School on November 2012. The 1 hour 16 minute broadcast covers such topics as ‘why 140 characters?’ and Twitter’s future developments. Other good sources of video lectures on similar topics relating to technology and modern society include the TED talks. Choose the technology […]
Learning Curve- how do education systems rank?
http://thelearningcurve.pearson.com/ New resource from Pearson and the Economist Intelligence Unit. See country profiles on expenditure and outcomes and Case studies on improvements. UNESCO education section has news about education systems worldwide. This includes: education monitoring statistics Global education digest 2012 Education for all monitoring reports. The latter monitors progress against a number of agreed targets. There is […]
Leveson inquiry
LSE Media Policy Project is analysing reaction. Look at their blog for academic discussion: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2012/11/27/how-will-the-press-cover-leveson/ They also have a special live Polis Leveson Blog: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polislevesonblog/
Jeanette Winterson, tax, libraries and Starbucks, Google and Amazon!
The author Jeanette Winterson delivered the inaugural Reading Agency lecture at the British Library on 19th November. In it she argued that the government should charge Starbucks tax to save libraries. Read more about it on the Reading Agency website http://readingagency.org.uk/news/media/jeanette-winterson-delivers-the-inaugural-the-reading-agency-lecture.html and in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/19/amazon-starbucks-google-libraries-jeanette-winterson
Internet privacy and freedom of expression
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/global-survey-on-internet-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression/ The above UNESCO survey looks at threats to privacy that have developed through the Internet, and examines international legal standards on privacy. On a related theme the latest Google transparency report shows requests by governments for the removal of internet information rising. Also worryingly, the Berkeley university Web Privacy Census (which aims to measure online privacy […]
World e-Parliament Report 2012
http://www.ictparliament.org/WePReport2012 Prepared by the Global Centre for ICT, the report covers the following topics: Developments in ICT and parliaments since 2010; Communication and engagement with citizens; Achieving openness, transparency, and accountability through websites; Technology services for members; Management of parliamentary documentation; Libraries and research services; Human resources and technical infrastructure; ICT strategic planning and implementation […]
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