FPF fwd. from: European Journalism Centre
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005
To:
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Subject: MediaNews of 30 November 2005
US website depicts foreign press coverage of America
WatchingAmerica.com is a website* dedicated to showing Americans
how their country is reported on in the foreign press.
The site is edited by William Kern, former copy editor for the
International Herald Tribune, and provides translations of
interesting stories sourced from newspapers and broadcasts in
Europe, The Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Kern and his business partner British entrepreneur Robert
Koerner view their site as responding to the growing interest
among Americans in their country's image abroad.
The importance of translating articles from foreign sources is
highlighted by Koerner, who asserts that there is a 'key
distinction' between information published in English by foreign
media, and stories written in native languages. No commentary is
provided for any of the translated articles as the aim of the
site is to be politically neutral.
WatchingAmerica.com - Url.:
http://www.watchingamerica.com/index.shtml
Source - Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/dx63v
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
http://forpressfound.blogspot.com/
Editor: Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/amn3q
The Netherlands
FPF@Chello.nl *
* "I think if one is not speaking out right now against the
killing in Iraq, one is supporting it." - Cindy Sheehan -
[http://tinyurl.com/dsfgd]
* The Nuremberg court principles: "Any person who commits an act
which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible
therefor and liable to punishment." - Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/byurp
* 'The war in Iraq is illegal' - BBC: video & text-interview of
the United Nation's Secretary general Kofi Annan - Url.:http://tinyurl.com/5pl2v
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