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> > > > *GLOBAL INFORMATION NETWORK* > *PRESS RELEASE* ................................... > 8/13/2010 > > *Citizen journalism* is bringing democracy to the media and its efforts > claimed new recognition and high praise today from one of the standard > bearers of the mainstream press. > > *Philip Shenon*, former *New York Times* investigative reporter, in his > blog on the *Daily Beast*, reviewed the *SaharaReporters.com* website, > founded by Nigerian publisher and activist *Sowore Omoyele*, and called it > *"impressive muckraking*" that has drawn a huge following among Nigerians > on the continent and in the Diaspora. > > Even the State Department reads it “all the time,” admits *John Campbell*, > U.S. ambassador to Nigeria in the Bush administration and now a fellow at > the Council on Foreign Relations, speaking to Shenon. “My experience has > been that it’s reporting has a very high level of accuracy.” > > *Omoyele*, while not the discoverer of citizen journalism, appears to have > brought it to previously unconceived levels. Its concrete mission statement > promises the site’s reporters will be “unapologetic practitioners of > advocacy journalism” while producing “verifiable and accurate news and > untainted social commentaries.” > > “This is evidence-based reporting,” said *Sowore*. “We are here as a check > against corruption and bad government. If we have photographs of the > corruption, we post them.” > > Corrupt dictators and thieving bureaucrats of the world, beware, writes > Shenon. Your plunder is about to go online—certainly if *Omoyele Sowore*has > anything to say about it. > > For the full story, use this link: > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-12/sahara-reporters-uncovering-nigerias-corruption/?cid=tag:all1 > > > > GLOBAL INFORMATION NETWORK distributes news and feature articles on Africa > and the developing world to mainstream, alternative, ethnic and > minority-owned outlets in the U.S. and Canada. Our goal is to increase the > perspectives available to readers in North America and to bring into their > view information about global issues that are overlooked or under-reported > by mainstream media. > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
