Years ago, in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times, Peter Bhatia, then the president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, gave a provocative speech at the organization’s 2004 conference. “One way to define the past ASNE year is to say it began with Jayson Blair and ended with…
It’s a new year in Afghanistan This year, the Nowruz festival holds even more significance and importance in the lives of Afghans since the United Nation’s General Assembly recognized March 20 as International Day of Nowruz. Nowruz, banned under Taliban rule, begins on the day of the vernal equinox (the first day…
The devastating earthquakes that hit China on 12 May 2008, Italy on 6 April 2009 and Haiti one month ago all measured above 6.0 and took many lives. But why was the human cost so much greater for Haiti? When Pete Garratt, Red Cross head of disaster relief, received an alert on 12 January indicating…
Bush and Clinton visit Haiti for fund-raising effort Former US Presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton are visiting Haiti as part of their fund-raising efforts to aid the earthquake-stricken nation. The have toured the badly-damaged capital, Port-au-Prince, and are meeting President Rene Preval. They are also visiting camps for some of the 1.3 million…
March 22, 2010 — Updated 1639 GMT (0039 HKT) CNN’s Ben Wedeman and photojournalist Margaret Moth, pictured in Gaza in August 2001. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Longtime CNN photojournalist dies of cancer at 59, after surviving wars Shot in Sarajevo, she lived and went back to conflict zone as soon as she could Moth was one of…
Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz described Obama’s address as “the most emotional speech I’ve ever seen him give.” We have just witnessed what could be a turning point in the Obama presidency. In many respects we can thank Scott Brown. For it took the humiliating loss of Ted Kennedy’s senate seat, and the even…
By Sasha Abramsky Late Sunday night, Obama’s presidency, written off by so many, was resurrected. In securing passage of health care reform in the House of Representatives — a holy grail for Democratic presidents going back to at least the New Deal years, and one seen by many as being impossible in the wake of…