http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/29/on-blogging-conflict-regions/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/29/on-blogging-conflict-regions/comment-page-1/#comment-675254 Holly E. Porter Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:11:49 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/29/on-blogging-conflict-regions/#comment-675254 I am reticent to describe myself as an "emerging blogger" as I'm a full fledged amateur. But I do live in northern Uganda, and I do have a blog. Sometimes I describe "the desperate situation" characterisitic of a region beyond emergency thresholds for two decades, but as often as not I'm enjoying the "strong and upbeat" vibe of Gulu. It's not all about the suffering--it's about the hope and the resilience. I am reticent to describe myself as an “emerging blogger” as I’m a full fledged amateur. But I do live in northern Uganda, and I do have a blog. Sometimes I describe “the desperate situation” characterisitic of a region beyond emergency thresholds for two decades, but as often as not I’m enjoying the “strong and upbeat” vibe of Gulu. It’s not all about the suffering–it’s about the hope and the resilience.

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/29/on-blogging-conflict-regions/comment-page-1/#comment-422817 Initiating Coverage: Confirmation Bias Noise Machine Watch « NMM Business Continuity Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:11:15 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/29/on-blogging-conflict-regions/#comment-422817 [...] Why not? After all, it offers an alluring proposition to the reader hungry for international news of a globalized world. Which I am, like, totally into, dude. On Blogging Conflict Regions - As a subscriber to this newsletter, it can only be assumed that you have an interest in reading the thoughts and observations of writers whose voices and regions rarely catch the eye of mainstream media. Yet bandwidth and cost of access leave much of the world shadowed from the blogosphere as well. Joshua Goldstein laments this fact, but applauds the emerging bloggers describing the desperate situation in Northern Uganda and hopes they are only the beginning of a new movement. [...] [...] Why not? After all, it offers an alluring proposition to the reader hungry for international news of a globalized world. Which I am, like, totally into, dude. On Blogging Conflict Regions – As a subscriber to this newsletter, it can only be assumed that you have an interest in reading the thoughts and observations of writers whose voices and regions rarely catch the eye of mainstream media. Yet bandwidth and cost of access leave much of the world shadowed from the blogosphere as well. Joshua Goldstein laments this fact, but applauds the emerging bloggers describing the desperate situation in Northern Uganda and hopes they are only the beginning of a new movement. [...]

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