While you were banned…

The Lahore High Court in Pakistan lifted the country’s ban on Facebook a couple of days ago. That’s not such a surprise, as all initial news stories had reported the ban would last until May 31. Several interesting things happened during the 13 days the ban was in place: Resourceful folks in Pakistan continued to [...]

Pakistan is the new China

Pakistan is now blocking proxy servers, specific Twitter accounts and news stories. What’s even more crazy-making is that there are angry mobs out there showing public support for this, and all the sane people are too scared to speak up. Heck, even Pervez Musharraf says it’s a great idea. Farieha Aziz, an assistant editor for [...]

Survivor: The Media Edition

The National Press Club holds a survival bootcamp for journalists on May 15. Panels focus on the top 10 things you need to do before you change jobs or get laid off, how to build your personal brand, and where journalism jobs will be in 2020. There’s also a group session on online video reporting [...]