Links

The Project for Excellence in Journalism in the US has posted the transcript of a round table discussion about the future of online media.

This essay in Foreign Affairs magazine from Valin Nasr summarises the argument in his book "The Shia Revival" suggesting you need to understand the shift of power from Sunnis to Shias to understand what's happening in the Middle East - and a moment of opportunity for the West in spite of Iraq.

We can expect a flood of 9/11 anniversary coverage. On OpenDemocracy.net Tom Burgis catalogues much of what's changed in 5 years.

We also just passed the fifth anniversary of Iranian blogs. Iran now being the fourth largest country in the world for blogging.

This week's Economist has a useful survey of climate change.