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Rebecca MacKinnon

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About Rebecca MacKinnon

183 posts · joined -0001-11-30

After escaping from my former job in TV news, I'm now thrilled to be conversing with the world instead of talking at it as co-founder of Global Voices.
Right now I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre, where I teach “New Media.”
From 1992-2003 I worked for CNN in Asia. Based in China and Japan, I covered stories from Taiwan to Korea (North and South) to Pakistan. I'm fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
From 2004-06 I spent three years at Harvard, mainly as a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
My current research and writing interests focus on two main things: the Internet and public discourse in China; and the future of journalism in the Internet age. I blog about my work and ideas at RConversation.

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November 7th, 2006

Are companies being socially responsible in your country? Let us know!!

Rebecca MacKinnon · 15:11 · Announcements , CSR
On Thursday November 9th, at 6:30pm EST (23:30 GMT / 07:30am Friday Beijing time), Reuters will be hosting a live conversation about corporate social responsibility at its New York headquarters. According to the special web page built for the event: "Corporate responsibility is increasingly important in today’s global landscape, ... 10 comments  · read »

October 25th, 2006

Global Voices Delhi Summit: Join us in December!

Rebecca MacKinnon · 15:18 · Announcements
Please join us for the Global Voices 2006 Summit, December 16th in New Delhi, India! The Global Voices Summit, on December 16th, will be our annual opportunity to take stock, come together and explore our central question: How can we use the Internet to build a more democratic, participatory global discourse? ... 0 comments  · read »

September 28th, 2006

Video: Vietnamese bloggers get “kinky” for charity

Rebecca MacKinnon · 08:05 · East Asia
Vietnamese blogger Elmooh has uploaded a series of four videos shot at an "Offline Party" - a blogger-organized charity fundraiser in Hanoi. The party included a game involving young men, young women, bananas and candles. (Don't worry, it's all g-rated and everybody keeps their clothes on!) I e-mailed Elmooh ... 0 comments  · read »

September 20th, 2006

Ted Turner on the U.N.: Spoke but didn't listen

Rebecca MacKinnon · 11:24 · United Nations
On Tuesday afternoon in New York, Georgia Popplewell, Alice Backer, Kamla Bhatt and I did our best to ask questions on behalf of the world's blogosphere at the Reuters "Newsmaker" conversation with Ted Turner, who gave $1 billion to set up the U.N. Foundation ten years ago. The bloggers participating in ... 4 comments  · read »

September 19th, 2006

East Asia

Stuart G, an expat living in Bangkok, worries that the military might start fighting itself. But meanwhile he says “there is no fighting going on now. I am safe, my refrigerator is stocked, and I am not in danger.”

Cowboy Caleb also has a running account of events from a resident's perspective.

East Asia

Metroblogging Bangkok blogs as the coup unfolds. He says CNN, BBC and all the international cable news channels have gone down and writes: “now just a matter of getting the Internet down…. I'll see you guys when Thailand becomes civilized again…”

Kwanzoku has screenshots from the TV news until: “Now we’ve lost ALL satellite television- not even the bad movie channels! And I was watching The Object of My Affection… How inconsiderate!”

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