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Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

In the Czech Republic, "news cafés" are springing up, where people can relax, meet, down some brew, see their local paper being produced, mingle with editors and contribute copy.

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Nadia al-Sakkaf: Yemen Times Editor on a Mission

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

Read More: World Association of Newspapers (WAN), Sana’a University, World Editors Forum, An-Nahar, Gebran Tueni Award, Yemen Times, Press Under Siege, Yemen, Nadia Al Sakkaf, Lebanon, Abdulaziz Al Sakkaf, Osama Ben Laden, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

It's not easy in a country where illiteracy is estimated at between 60% to 70% (depending on whose figures one believes), and where the president has been in power for close to 30 years.

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