Published on Al Bawaba (http://www.albawaba.com)

Mid East Protests Not Safe for Western Journalists?

Published February 17th, 2011 - 21:41 GMT

U.S. media and coverage, the rising popularity of AlJazeera English in the States, The view from the U.S., and from the new Bahrain Tahrir Sq, the voice of the vanguard, on not Blogging for the sake.
Foreign press and reporters under fire: finding themselves caught up in the protest.
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See video [2]
TVBizwire [3]
Another U.S. Journalist Attacked in Middle East--This Time It's An ABC News Correspondent
Miguel Marquez was beaten on Wednesday while covering protests in Bahrain.
The Lede (The New York Times) [4]
Latest Updates on Middle East Protests
There are now special slots dedicated to Middle East Protests: On Thursday, The Lede continues to follow protest movements in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Iran and Egypt. Updates below mix alerts on breaking news with reports from bloggers and journalists on the ground. A stream of Twitter messages on the protests is in this blog’s right column. Follow this lead...
News Desk (The New Yorker) [5]
Falling for A.J.E.
Al Jazeera English is the new Go-To for Mid-East news in the United States. and during the uprising the Internet combination of Twitter, Facebook, and Al Jazeera English and during the uprising the Internet combination of Twitter, Facebook, and Al Jazeera English offered a full menu of information. Twitter “exploded,” as they say, and Al Jazeera English also blew up, its traffic increasing by about a thousand per cent over all,
Naser K [6]
Egypt, Jordan, # and my cap
"I've realized that I can now chant, walk and tweet simultaneously" "...but I never blog because I feel "I have to", I blog because I feel I have something to share." Lessons learned for a Jordanian blogger Nasser, named after the Egyptian Great, in these revolutionary times. And shared. Also looking for a publisher for his informative books - mobilization by the youth. Power to the Youth!
Mahmood's Den [7]
What's there left to talk about? (Looking at Bahrain)
Dialogue has no place in Bahrain at the moment. And all space is left to the violence of a government that doesn’t seem to care about its citizens.
The Arabist [8]
Libya's protests, #Feb17
My gut feeling is that the most important protests now taking place in North Africa are those in Libya. Let's follow the gut.
Chocolatte Mints In a Jar [9]
Friday's Five: Five Ways the Egyptians have amazed me since Jan25
Happy Friday everyone.
Cafe Thawra [10]
Call for solidarity from Bahrain’s Democratic Progressive Forum
Dear comrades and comrades, Security forces raided at dawn today the Pear square, the center of protests in the Bahraini capital Manama, and used all means of force, including exploding bullets, to disperse the protestors and to seize of the square. We bring you the voice of the Revolutionary Guard.....Long live the (Socialist) Revolution
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[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK6QYbkwQtk
[3] http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2011/02/another-us-journalist-attacked.php
[4] http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/latest-updates-on-middle-east-protests-4/?partner=rss&emc=rss
[5] http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/al-jazeera-english.html
[6] http://naserz.blogspot.com/2011/02/egypt-jordan-and-my-cap.html
[7] http://mahmood.tv/2011/02/17/whats-there-left-to-talk-about/
[8] http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/2/17/libyas-protests-feb17.html
[9] http://www.chocolatemintsinajar.com/blog/2011/02/fridays-five-five-ways-the-egyptians-have-amazed-me-since-jan25/
[10] http://cafethawra.blogspot.com/2011/02/call-for-solidarity-from-bahrains.html