Tommorrow, Newsweek will be publishing a “Fast Chat” title Winemaking by the Stars with Nicolas Joly.  This is a huge step for biodynamics and we hope longer articles will be undertaken by the mainstream press.

Update - Again, don’t buy into the media hype or the Republican machine regarding Obama’s opting out of the system. Conventional Wisdom has the Republicans expecting to spend upwards of 150 million dollars on this race, that is 80+ from the public financing system and the rest from the RNC. If Obama opts into the

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7405376.stm Girlfriends/ wives of footballers in Euro 2008. Check out Andrese Svenssons girlfriend lol her poster is banned in Birmingham for causing to many accidents. Also check out Ballacks girl lol I love how BBC clarified she wasnt a waitress at a cocktail bar when Ballack met her…

Several stories out in the past few days about China’s vigorous response and openness after the Sichuan earthquake on May 12. BBC’s Quentin Somerville says “it is one of the most open and speedy responses to an emergency he has ever seen from Chinese state media.” The New York Times comments about an ‘uncensored’ rescue, comparing

Sri Lanka’s long-running conflict has had an explosive year. The Sri Lankan government’s decision in January 2008 to pull out of the cease fire signed in 2002 between the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE has led to the renewal of open war. The agreement had been in trouble for years, and analysts have

Media Re:Public posted a short note about blog-about-Palestine day, created by za3tar in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which roughly coincides with Israel’s independence day. It seems like a good day to check in on the online battles over Israel and Palestine. Wikipedia’s post on Nakba is heavily footnoted, as are

Not many foreign humanitarian workers have been allowed into Burma in the wake of Nargis, but there was already an aid community in Burma, working quietly on humanitarian, economic development, and health projects. And a few hundred aid workers and journalists have managed to get in. A friend happened to have a visa and is

While poking around on Sri Lankan mass media sites, I stumbled over LakVision, an online news service and satellite TV station of indeterminate political affiliation and partial financing from Singapore Telecom. Their superbly mangled tagline, “Feel the Deference,” perfectly captures the sycophancy of dominant Sri Lankan mass media toward the government. With that in mind, I

I had the pleasure of helping out on a talk given by Tole Nywatta a few days ago. Tole is a volunteer at Pamoja FM, a community radio station in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi. He’s in Washington DC to receive a media leadership award from Internews Network. Internews Kibera was the site of a great

Struck today by the death of Abdul Samad Rohani, BBC correspondent for Helmand province and a much-loved figure within the Afghan journalism community. In addition to the BBC, Rohani also worked with the independent Afghan news service Pajhwok. He’ll be much missed. Image swiped from the BBC’s site. Abdul Samad Rohani It’s remarkable how vibrant and strong