In an interesting discussion, which brought together the stalwarts of journalism in Washington DC, as well as some member of other new media, several issues were discussed – including, but not limited to the Arab “social media revolutions”, the democratisation of news across the Middle East and also questions of access. The keynote speaker at… Continue reading Non-hierarchical news gathering the new wave sweeping journalism ?
Battle of intelligence vs intellect
While investigating the role of spoilers in the Middle East peace process, I started off with the rather objective and fair assumption that the lobbies in Washington DC are skewed positively in one direction. That is to say, the Israeli lobbies are so powerful and influential that they dominate the discourse on the issue and… Continue reading Battle of intelligence vs intellect
Discussion with Daniel Bar Tal, Middle East peace talks and the Israeli public
Dr Daneil Bar Tal, Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education at School of Education, Tel Aviv University visited Maxwell School of Syracuse university last week for a two day lecture tour, during which he spoke with us, during a moderated panel discussion.I got to spend quality time with him, talking to… Continue reading Discussion with Daniel Bar Tal, Middle East peace talks and the Israeli public
Hello world!
Hello All, This is my second attempt at serious blogging, the first one resulted in a failure. Well, not really. I do write at www.riseofpr.blogspot.com, but not with the seriousness and regularity that i would like to. Signing up for Digital Democracy, a course at Syracuse University has pushed me to start this blog, which… Continue reading Hello world!
