Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
"Activists Urge Wider Protests as Clashes Enter 4th Day" - NYTimes.com
Is this getting covered as well as it should be?
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
"The Technocratic Nightmare" - NYTimes.com
Apply the same thinking to the Mediterranean and what do you get?
"Berlusconi Will Be Back" - NYTimes.com
Who could possibly have thought that this would be the end of him?
"U.S. Group Offered to Aid Qaddafi, Documents Show" - NYTimes.com
I bet other stories can be told about people in other countries as well. Have they been reported?
"Egyptian Islamists Rally to Protest Military Rule" - NYTimes.com
So many challenges yet remain for the entire region.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"As Graduates Move Back Home, Economy Feels the Pain" - NYTimes.com
This sounds especially Italian to me. Am I wrong?
"U.S. Warns Egypt as Military Stalls Transition" - NYTimes.com
Who else in the Mediterranean is saying what about this?
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
"Greece's Mission Impossible?" - NYTimes.com
What a challenge for him and what a challenge for the media covering Greece as a story, inside and outside the country.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
"Berlusconi Resigns After Italy’s Parliament Approves Austerity Measures" - NYTimes.com
Let's not forget the rest of the Mediterranean in the course of covering this important and captivating story.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
"Rama Yade a-t-elle plagié un prof de philo?" - Yahoo!
Plagiarism is such an important issue all over the Mediterranean and all over the digital world.
"Lebanese Fear Syria's Violence May Spill Over" - NYTimes.com
Such a big cross-border issue and concern.
Friday, November 11, 2011
"Now, Italy Is in Turmoil" - NYTimes.com
The euro crisis produces a lot of wolf calls. This is far from being the first Italian one.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
"France Is Sending North African Graduates Home" - NYTimes.com
Need to know a lot more about educational movement around the Mediterranean.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
"How to Save Money on Train Trips in Italy" - NYTimes.com
We need a lot more stories and a lot more practical information relating to transport all around the Mediterranean.
"Silvio Berlusconi Faces Intense New Pressure to Quit Over Debt Crisis" - NYTimes.com
Hanging by a piece of pasta, it appears.
"Max Mosley wins French privacy action against News of the World" - guardian.co.uk
We need to keep better track of the legal cases involving the media around the Mediterranean.
"In Bab al-Aziziya, Qaddafi’s Ex-Lair, the Thrill of Normal" - NYTimes.com
How many more secret places can we hope to see and which media will take us there?
Monday, November 07, 2011
"A Provocative French Newspaper Is Attacked, and Support Is Swift" - NYTimes.com
How do we better spread support for press freedom among all around the Mediterranean?
Sunday, November 06, 2011
"Arab Spring Spawns Interest in Improving Quality of Higher Education" - NYTimes.com
A great seminar to be organized: Education in the Mediterranean.
"Small Businesses in Greece Are Being Devastated" - NYTimes.com
How can we foster more reporting from Greece that tells us more than the press release/press conference story? This one seems headed in the right direction.
"His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives" - NYTimes.com
How many of these are around the Mediterranean? It does not like any are. I wonder how they choose countries?
Saturday, November 05, 2011
"Europe’s Two Years of Denials Trapped Greece" - NYTimes.com
How are we doing "judging" the health of other Mediterranean countries?
"Greece prepares for departure of George Papandreou" - guardian.co.uk
Another Mediterranean person whom we need to understand quickly and as fully as possible.
Recherche - France2
There was an interesting piece at 13h today on the extreme challenges faced by sheep farmers in France, in this case, one particular family. I wanted to find it on line. Not a trace. When are media everywhere going to anticipate the cross-media movement that I tried to make and be there waiting for me?
Diffamation envers Morano :un journaliste condamné" - France 2
How about Defamation in the Mediterranean as a seminar?
"The Aging of Spanish Democracy" - NYTimes.com
Democracy around the Mediterranean would make another great seminar topic!
"De violentes pluies font 7 morts en Italie du Nord" - LeMonde.fr
An MMC seminar on weather around the Mediterranean strikes me as a good thing to do.
Friday, November 04, 2011
"A Chef's Tour of Chiang Mai" - Video Library - The New York Times
Just think of the culinary treasures of the Mediterranean.
"L'Agence Française de Développement et Magnum Photos proposent de Nouveaux Reg" - Actuphoto
Looks like it must be a moving expostion.
"ParuVendu liquidé : le plus gros plan social de l'année" - Le Point
This is a really big story and we need to put it in a Mediterranean context.
"Italy Agrees to Allow I.M.F. to Monitor Its Progress on Debt" - NYTimes.com
What other Mediterranean countries are subject to the same or similar IMF oversight?
"Opinion polling for the French presidential election, 2012" - Wikipedia
Looks like a good resource for the election.
"PortoFruit, Fruit Exports, Arta, Greece"
Someone told me yesterday that Greece is importing many more oranges than in the past. She mumbled something about the Greeks not wanting to do the work to grow their own. What's the real story? What has been the impact of the crisis on oranges going in and out of Greece? Other Mediterranean countries?
"Portuguese Jazz Singer Sara Serpa Releases ‘Mobile’" - PRI's The World
Ah, the music of the Mediterranean.
"Spain’s Hard-Hit Health Care System" - PRI's The World
Imagine the conference on all health issues around the Mediteranean, from the health of people the "systems" intended to serve them.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
""Charia Hebdo" de retour en kiosques vendredi" - La Provence
Let's hope that there is no more violence.
"Hanan Abdel Meguid Guides Entrepreneurs in Egypt" - NYTimes.com
So many interesting people in the Mediterranean in need of great profiles!
"Libya’s Forgotten Refugees" - NYTimes.com
Let us not forget anyone crossing the Mediterranean for whatever reason.
"Libya and Tunisia Share a Goal - Development" - NYTimes.com
I am sure that every country of the Mediterranean wants the same.
"Fossil Teeth Put Humans in Europe Earlier Than Thought" - NYTimes.com
Human roots in the Mediterranean run very deep!
"Libya's War of Lies" - Video Library - The New York Times
This is compelling, but hearing from Libyans would be even better.
"La page Facebook de "Charlie Hebdo" envahie de commentaires indignés" - LeMonde.fr
How do the media of the Mediterranean come to grips with all of the realities of our world, today, that are implicated by this story?
"Greece on the Brink" - NYTimes.com
What is the rest of the Mediterranean saying about this? After all, two of the three principal players in this editorial are also in the Mediterranean!
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
"Tourists Still Drawn to Tomb of Mussolini, ‘Il Duce,’ in Italy" - NYTimes.com
Well, I guess this is a worthwhile story?
"Staying the Hand of Vengeance in Libya" - NYTimes.com
We can only hope that this effort is successful. What are the indicia of success?
"Tourism in Alexandria After Arab Spring" - NYTimes.com
How do we keep track of tourism around the Mediterranean?
"Charlie Hebdo, French Magazine, Firebombed" - NYTimes.com
As we see so often, the cutting edge can bleed, too.
"Pro-Kurdish Activists Ordered Held in Turkey" - NYTimes.com
How do we follow legal proceedings like this one with utmost objectiving and context?
"Euphoria Turns to Discontent as Egypt’s Revolution Stalls" - NYTimes.com
We need a better way of putting each Mediterranean country in better comparative perspective.
"Israel takes punitive measures after UNESCO vote" -| euronews
Where will this lead? How do we understand it all better?
"Israel takes punitive measures after UNESCO vote" -| euronews
Where will this lead? How do we understand it all better?
"Le siège de Charlie Hebdo détruit par un incendie criminel" - Libération
We have so much to learn and improve in the Mediterranean.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
"Europe Markets Drop on News of Greek Referendum" - NYTimes.com
I fear that the sound some of us hear is the Greek gurgle as it begins to go down the drain. Such an awful situation there and for the rest of us.
"WAN-IFRA - Media Support Delegation Goes To Libya"
It sure is unfortunate that this release talks about helping the Libyans "regulate the media landscape". I don't think that's what many independent news people had in mind.
"In Israel, Press Freedom Is Under Attack" - NYTimes.com
How would this play out in other Mediterranean countries?
"Libya Names Abdel Rahim el-Keeb as Premier" - NYTimes.com
I look forward to the opinion of Libyans and others in the region, reported by them.
"Lebanese Police Accuse Syria in Kidnapping of Dissidents" - NYTimes.com
What is the state of kidnapping around the Mediterranean?
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