News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 108
Q&A: 'In Mexico, We Have Let the Violent Ones Do the Talking'
- Inter Press Service
'In Mexico, we have let the violent ones do the talking,' says journalist Marcela Turati, author of 'Fuego Cruzado' (Crossfire), a new book that tells the stories of victims of President Felipe Calderón's war on drugs, which has left an official death toll of 30,000 in four years.
CHILE: Grassroots Heritage Preservation Efforts Growing
- Inter Press Service
With the first National Congress on Heritage Neighbourhoods and Areas, community groups in Chile plan to draw attention to their struggle to defend the country's vulnerable historic heritage.
MALAYSIA: Muslim Gay Faces Govt Wrath
- Inter Press Service
Muslim engineer Azman Ismail has sparked a huge storm of criticism, invited official censure and even death threats by going on YouTube.com and confessing that he is a gay.
Media Crackdown Threatens Democracy
- Inter Press Service
Following the approval of a restrictive media law that led to widespread domestic and international condemnation, Hungarian society is trying to come to terms with the broader consequences of the country’s alleged descent into authoritarianism.
VIETNAM: Communists Gag the Web
- Inter Press Service
By clamping down on the Facebook.com social networking service, Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party is revealing its discomfort with the rapidly expanding avenue for free expression even as it pushes to transform the once poor agrarian nation into a modern industrial society by 2020.
US: EcoATMs Swap E-waste for Cash
- Inter Press Service
It's hardly news that the U.S. love affair with electronic gadgets has a dark side. The global toll on natural resources and the potential health and environmental hazards are staggering.
Report Shows Rollback on Rights in China
- Inter Press Service
A new report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) charges that China has largely failed to meet the commitments laid out in its first-ever National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP), introduced in 2009.
SRI LANKA: Media Freedom Still Distant
- Inter Press Service
January is indelibly linked to the tumultuous recent history of the media in Sri Lanka. Two years ago, on Jan. 8 Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge, editor of the The Sunday Leader newspaper, was murdered while on his way to work.
INDIA: 100-Dollar Laptops Bring In Distant Kids
- Inter Press Service
Responding to the lack of computer training in Mukteshwar’s schools, Veena Sethi, a retired Delhi University professor, set up two used personal computers in the basement of her home with the aim of bringing the basics of computing to school children.
ARGENTINA: Indie Bands Find New Outlet on the Web
- Inter Press Service
A new way of sharing music has caught on in Argentina, with bands -- both new and established -- filmed in impromptu performances on rooftops or in markets and other public spaces in Argentina. The high-quality videos, which are shot in one single take, are then posted on the Internet.
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