Independent Magazine in Ethiopia Shut Down
By Betre Yacob.
One of the few independent Ethiopian magazines, Ebony, has been shut down after 6 years of publishing, putting many full-time and part-time workers out of a job. Tessema Dessalgn, the shear holder and editor in chief [...]
Ethiopian Journalists Forum (EJF) warns leaders of three Journalists Associations
By Betre Yacob.
Ethiopian Journalists Forum (EJF), the newly established journalists association in Ethiopia, warned leaders of three journalists associations operating in the country.
In a statement issued yesterday, the association [...]
Liberal Media in Free Fall
By Alan Caruba.
An enduring memory of my late Father is of him sitting in his chair by the fireplace reading The New York Times. As far as he was concerned, he was receiving the most accurate news of the nation and the world. Despite the [...]
New Journalist Association Established in Ethiopia
By Betre Yacob.
Ethiopian journalists have successfully established a new nation-wide non partisan and independent professional association, which is unique of its kind. The first general assembly meeting of the association was colourfully [...]
Imprisoned Ethiopian Journalist Denied a Medical Treatment
By Betre Yacob.
An Ethiopian Journalist Woubshet Taye, who is serving his sentence in Kality Prison in Addis Ababa, is being denied a Medical Treatment. He is suffering from severe renal calculus (kidney stone).
Woubshet Taye is among a number [...]
Verbatim “Climate” Journalism
By Alan Caruba.
On September 27 I was reading my Wall Street Journal as usual when I turned the page to read the following headline: “U.N. Affirms Human Role in Global Warming.” There is no human role in global warming and there is no global [...]
The Heroic Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega
By Betre Yacob.
Ethiopian prominent Journalist and blogger Eskinder Naga is one of those who have been arrested, interrogated, and threatened in Ethiopia, for exercising freedom of expression. He is currently serving his jail sentence in Kality, [...]
Bad Science and Bad Journalism are a Bad Combination
By Alan Caruba.
On Wednesday, March 6, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent out a notice that its hearing on global warming was cancelled due to the chilly weather and a snowstorm that was about to hit the nation’s capital.
The [...]
Goodbye to a very GREEN Business Week
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By Alan Caruba.
In late 2010 I let my subscription to The Economist expire and now I am going to do that for Bloomberg Business Week.
In the February 18-24 edition of Business Week, an editorial, “The Right Way Forward on Climate Change”, [...]
Newsweek: An Obituary
By Alan Caruba
Newsweek, founded in 1933 by a former Time magazine editor, will cease to publish a print edition at the end of 2012. As a former journalist it pained me to read there will be cuts to its staff of 270 reporters and editors, but [...]