Richard Sambrook of the BBC: What Eason Jordan Said in Davos

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Eason Jordan Resigns

Eason Jordan Resigns 03/14/2005 04:36 PM
Just got off the phone with Howard Kurtz. It's confirmed. Eason Jordan resigned today about an hour ago (6 pm EST). There are lots of reactions.

Weekend Note on Eason Jordan

Weekend Note on Eason Jordan 02/05/2005 09:20 PM
"The original account was too ambiguous for me. It had him saying United States soldiers targeted journalists, and then claiming that's not what he meant. He later explained it as: the soldiers were trying to kill these people, but did not know they were shooting at journalists."

Closing Thoughts on the Resignation of
Eason Jordan

Closing Thoughts on the Resignation of
Eason Jordan 03/14/2005 04:35 PM
"Bloggers, journalists, news executives and everyone else: For any of this--blogging, journalism, citizens media, a free press, transparency--to work, the solution when you mis-communicate has to be more communication, not ex-communication."

entire bl0g devoted to the Eason Jordan
matter,

entire bl0g devoted to the Eason Jordan
matter, 02/07/2005 01:27 AM
Easongate.com .. Easongate

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Eason Jordan's Job is the Political Job
in TV News

Eason Jordan's Job is the Political Job
in TV News 02/06/2005 01:07 AM
"...CNN also works like a private network among the powerful, who can shoot mesages to each other (see what trouble I cause?) with headlines. TV news is often used for the propaganda of the word, but so much more effectively it sends the propaganda of the deed."

Davos Dispatch #2

Davos Dispatch #2 01/26/2004 07:41 PM
On a lighter note, Michael Dell showed up and marveled at all the lighted Google pens that had been distributed around the party by our new co-hosts. ...

Live from Davos

Live from Davos 01/26/2004 03:03 PM
Live From Davos: Frank talk and subtle spin as heads of state take Q&A from corporate honchos, in a session heavy on talk of terror: John Ashcroft shares the stage with Prince Turki al Faisal al Saud, Pervez Musharraf touts his vision of "enlightened moderation," the handsome young King of Jordan keeps his finger on the roadmap, and embattled Ecuadoran president Lucio Gutierrez takes a break from the tear gas to reassure skeptical capital markets. CSPAN for foreign filmgoers. (RealPlayer and Windows Media)

WEF meeting in Davos

WEF meeting in Davos 02/01/2005 09:19 PM

People have been pinging me about this, so I guess I should post something about it. I'm not going to Davos this year. I wasn't invited this year. Not sure exactly why... But I'm in pretty good company... Anyway, I posted some thoughts on the Forum over on Omidyar Network which I'll post here as well.

Joi Ito

This may sound like sour grapes, but I didn't get invited to Davos this year, but after going for 4 years, I was also planning on possibly not going. It's great fun meeting old friends, but I'm finding many of the smaller conferences more interesting these days. A number of people I know are going to the World Social Forum this year instead. Having said that, I'm sure something will happen this year that makes me wish that I was there. Please say hi to everyone for me.

Lars

Joi, thanks for your insight. I'd be curious about your thoughts in terms of collective: has the WEF been a mechanism that enables actors to work more intelligently and in partnership across sectors? this is something i've been longing to understand better; there is a sense among participants at places like the World Social Forum that the WEF is exclusionary and serves only the interests of the multinationals. What seems most vital about the forum is the capacity to pool intelligence and coordinate action in a way that reduces global risk. is this happening?

Joi Ito

I think that a lot of the good things that happen at the forum on not intentional and not visible. It's bridge building across sectors. Although the forum has tried to be more and more inclusive, I think it has shifted away from its humble, somewhat academic roots to a conference where there is more participation by powerful people. Also, there is the official program, then there are special groups (like the Media Leaders group I spoke to last year) and then there are secret meetings. In many ways, it is more of a meeting place than a "movement" with something concrete to accomplish such as the WTO or G8, although I've never been to either.

I would disagree that it "only serves the interests of the multinationals" but it does have sponsors that allow it to exist and they obviously get special treatment and access. Having said that, the social entrepreneurs, for instance, include many legitimate social entrepreneurs who are doing a lot of great things that the forum enables in many ways.

So net-net, I would say the forum is a good thing, but I think your mileage may vary.

Finally, I would add... looking at the various lists of people who get invited and un-invited... the process, from my perspective, is close to random, athough there are clear biases. If you've never been invited, don't worry about it. Many many important and interesting people have never been invited. If you get invited and you've never been, give it a go, especially if you don't have to pay. If you go for a few years and get tired of it, you're not the only one.

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Another bl0gger in Davos - billmon

Another bl0gger in Davos - billmon 01/24/2004 07:00 AM

billmon at Whiskey Bar is blogging from Davos. I wonder who he/she is. I looked up "Bill Mon" and last name "Billmon" in the directory and I couldn't find a listing. I couldn't find his/her real name on the blog either. Is Whiskey Bar a pseudonymous blog by a professional journalist?

Thanks for the link Abe. I think billmon is presenting an interesting view. I'm focused primarily on hanging out with people I like and going to sessions that I'm interested in so billmon's view is probably a good way to see another side of Davos.

The bl0gging panel at Davos

The bl0gging panel at Davos 01/23/2004 01:27 AM

Yesterday was the blogging panel at Davos. Jay Rosen was the moderator and the panelists were Orville H. Schell, Loic Le Meur, yours truly and Hubert Burda. You all already know Loic and Jay I'm sure. Orville is the Dean of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and was at the Media Leaders discussion the day before too. He's got some great perspectives and his positive and insightful view on blogs was encouraging. Hubert Burda is the CEO of Hubert Burda Media, one of the largest media conglomerates in Europe and I was extremely impressed by his positive and open view on blogs and media. In other words, we had a great panel.

Jay kicked it off by saying that we were going to ignore the official title, "Will Mainstream Media Co-Opt Blogs and the Internet". ;-)

I explained that blogging meant a lot of things. There was the technology of blogging, the act of blogging and what journalists were talking about most of the time. I explained the power-law and asserted my position that the head of the curve, or the more popular blogs, were like an amplifier and that I agreed with many people who believe that the "tail" or the more personal blogs was where most of the interesting stuff was going on. I talked about Ross Mayfield's layers and the idea that a lot of interesting sources could be filtered by special interest groups, through a social layer and to the amplifier where maybe they can connect, merge with mass media to a certain extent. Because of the the media orientation of the panel and the audience, we decided to focus on the impact that blogging had on journalism and media.

Loic said he thought blogging was like "open sourcing" himself. Which I thought was an interesting way to look at it. He used his metaphor about how he thought blogging will do to the traditional media what Napster did to the music industry. He clarified that he meant that it would allow people to share information peer to peer instead of going through traditional distribution. The difference was that people could more easily create content for blogs than music.

Mr. Burda had a lot of great insights and talked about how collapsing business models and changes were all part of the game and that he and the others needed to let go and adapt. He made a point that he would be interested to see more blogs focusing on things like science instead of typically popular stuff like politics.

I think we all agreed that the ability for blogs to talk with and become one with the audience was key.

What was interesting was the number of people from the mass media in the audience who still seemed to think that blogs were either just poor quality news or that bloggers were just wannabe journalists. One person from a newspaper said that she thought blogs would just become incubators for journalists. I (emotionally) asserted that the mass media and blogs were not the same. Many bloggers (such as myself) are blogging, not for the money, but for a passion which embodies what I believe is part of the heart and soul of journalism. We are not encumbered by the pressures of advertising, marketing and the burden of having to sell print media. It's insulting to think that all bloggers just want to be journalists for print media. I pointed out that big media had a role and that their ability to protect their journalists from litigation and to fund particularly expensive investigations and stories was something we can't do, but the notion that we're just little versions of them was absurd.

Jay chimed in and pointed out that blogs are much more similar to the spirit of the "freedom of the press" referred to in the US constitution. IE citizens with presses.

I'm on a narrow band connection so I will add links after I get to a wifi connection.

Some Davos Leaders Baffled by Wi-Fi

Some Davos Leaders Baffled by Wi-Fi 01/26/2004 01:52 PM
World Economic Forum participants have been offered handhelds that they can use to check emails while at the conference: The conference center has also been covered with a Wi-Fi network which visitors can use with their own laptops. Apparently the reaction to using the handheld devices has been mixed, which makes sense given the crowd. Some executives, probably those that actually have sent emails before, jumped aboard and avidly use the handhelds. Others, maybe those whose assistants do anything related to a computer for them, can't figure out how to take the stylus out. This article is really confusing and it's not exactly clear exactly what's being offered. It sounds like there's a network that can only be accessed by the handhelds and a separate Wi-Fi network that’s open for use by any device. It also says that hotels have Wi-Fi networks that can't be accessed by the handhelds....

Transcripts of the Davos bl0gging panel

Transcripts of the Davos bl0gging panel 01/24/2004 07:00 AM

The World Economic Forum has posted a pdf summary of the blogging panel. As usual, the tone isn't the same as what I experienced and they got most of what I said, but I think my emphasis was a bit different. I hope Loic gets his video transcript up so you can decide interpret it yourself.

Tensions cloud Davos talks

Tensions cloud Davos talks 01/25/2004 02:00 PM
Transatlantic tensions are forgotten at the World Economic Forum, but trade, the economy and globalisation may be future worries.

Whiskey Bar: Davos Discovers the Blogs

Whiskey Bar: Davos Discovers the Blogs 01/26/2004 01:47 PM
Billmon's report on the Davos blogging session ..

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With bl0ggers inside, Davos secrets are
out

With bl0ggers inside, Davos secrets are
out 01/27/2004 11:31 AM

Thomas Crampton's article in the International Herald Tribune about us blogging Davos just came out. The IHT may be a good blog, but it sure does take a long time to post articles...

Thomas Crampton @ IHT

Tell-all accounts proliferate on the Web
 
DAVOS, SwitzerlandThis year the barbarians were not protesting at the gates of the World Economic Forum; they were inside and blogging.

IHT: With bl0ggers inside, Davos secrets
are out

IHT: With bl0ggers inside, Davos secrets
are out 01/28/2004 08:43 AM
With bloggers inside, Davos secrets are outTell-all accounts proliferate on the Web .. International Herald Tribune .. full article

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Taking the Pulse of Technology at Davos

Taking the Pulse of Technology at Davos 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
At Davos, the Johnny Appleseed of the digital era shares his ambition to propagate a $100 laptop in developing countries.

With bl0ggers inside, Davos secrets are
out - IHT article

With bl0ggers inside, Davos secrets are
out - IHT article 01/28/2004 05:17 AM

Three chief executive officer participants at the World Economic Forum prepare public Internet blogs about their experiences in the ultra-exclusive retreat of the world's wealthy and powerful. Seated from left to right Loic Le Meur, CEO of Ublog, a Paris-based blog company; Yat Siu, CEO of Outblaze, a Hong Kong-based email service company and Joichi Ito, CEO of Neoteny Company Limited, a Japan-based venture capital firm. PHOTO AND CAPTION BY THOMAS CRAMPTON No... I'm not about to punch Loic. My fist is an expression of our solidarity. -- Joi

Thomas Crampton's article in the International Herald Tribune about us blogging Davos just came out. The IHT may be a good blog, but it sure does take a long time to post articles...

Thomas Crampton @ IHT

With bloggers inside, Davos secrets are out
Tell-all accounts proliferate on the Web

DAVOS, Switzerland This year the barbarians were not protesting at the gates of the World Economic Forum; they were inside and blogging.

Joi Ito's Davos critique of Japan's
"democracy"

Joi Ito's Davos critique of Japan's
"democracy" 03/15/2003 11:03 AM
Here's a 2:40 clip of Joi Ito's talk about the deficiencies in Japan's Democracy, as presented at this year's hyper-leet Davos forum. 4MB QuickTime Link Discuss (via Joi Ito's Web)

Loic's rant at the European WEF (Davos)
meeting

Loic's rant at the European WEF (Davos)
meeting 05/01/2004 09:34 PM

Loic's rant at the European WEF meeting. With his French accent, Loic criticizes France and is our designated agitator at the Warsaw meeting. Wish I had been there to heckle him. ;-)

Interesting talk. Loic's soliciting comments on his blog.

Loic has posted videos of the Davos
bl0gging panel

Loic has posted videos of the Davos
bl0gging panel 01/28/2004 01:32 PM

Loic has posted videos of the Davos blogging panel.

Thanks Loic and Geraldine!

DAVOS: President General Pervez
Musharraf with Bill Gates, Chairman
Microsoft Of USA, after their meeting in
D

DAVOS: President General Pervez
Musharraf with Bill Gates, Chairman
Microsoft Of USA, after their meeting in
D 01/24/2004 11:39 PM
PakTribune.com Jan 25 2004 3:36AM GMT

ATI may sponsor F1 Jordan team

ATI may sponsor F1 Jordan team 07/30/2004 05:16 AM
FOR ALL YOU FORMULA 1 freaks who are also graphics card fans, we've learned that ATI is talking sponsorship with the famous Jordan team. If all goes well, ATI will end up on the yellow F1 cars. I guess ATI has to decide whether Radeon or its own logo will be the mark.

Jordan is one of the oldest F1 teams and certainly one of the most respectable one, plus advertising on its cars is much cheaper then on Ferrari, BMW, Renault or Mercedes. Nvidia US likes hockey even though you'd have thought the Canadian firm would be more interested in that sport. Interesting industry isn’t it. Ferrari has AMD on its helmets and cars and HP is all over BMW cars while Intel sponsors Toyota.

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chris jordan photography

chris jordan photography 04/19/2005 04:29 AM
Intolerable Beauty €” Portraits of American Mass Consumption .. Chris Jordan .. photographs

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Jordan Takes Air Out of Nike

Jordan Takes Air Out of Nike 06/01/2004 12:02 PM
Will the Taiwanese people ever forgive His Airness?

"Richard Gephardt says"

"Richard Gephardt says" 05/27/2004 03:23 PM

Richard Wawro

Richard Wawro 12/19/2003 11:35 AM
Savant art: the amazing work of Richard Wawro.

"Richard Biggs, R.I.P."

"Richard Biggs, R.I.P." 05/27/2004 03:23 PM

Richard Stallman en C33

Richard Stallman en C33 04/29/2004 07:54 AM

USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6)

USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6) 01/03/2005 04:56 AM
Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group

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Richard Garriott on Richard Garriott

Richard Garriott on Richard Garriott 12/19/2004 03:13 PM

"Richard Hasen"

"Richard Hasen" 03/24/2005 04:12 PM

Richard Wollheim

Richard Wollheim 11/07/2003 05:28 AM
more>> .. has died

guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1077695,00.html
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richard perle

richard perle 12/06/2003 01:37 AM
richard perle has been discussed here before, finds himself caught in his own web again. should this man be allowed to remain on the defense policy board arguably one of the most influential bodies of unelected citizens in the world?

Jordan appeals to save Dead Sea

Jordan appeals to save Dead Sea 06/02/2004 01:05 AM
Jordan asks the international community to save the world's saltiest water body, the Dead Sea, from extinction.

Jordan Willing to Send Troops to Iraq
(AP)

Jordan Willing to Send Troops to Iraq
(AP) 07/01/2004 07:11 PM
AP - Jordan's King Abdullah II said Thursday his country would be willing to send troops to Iraq, potentially becoming the first Arab state to do so.

Engines Used in Missiles Found in Jordan
(AP)

Engines Used in Missiles Found in Jordan
(AP) 06/09/2004 09:59 PM
AP - U.N. weapons experts have found 20 engines used in banned Iraqi missiles in a Jordan scrapyard along with other equipment which could be used to make weapons of mass destruction, an official said Wednesday.

Jordan 'thwarts terrorist attack'

Jordan 'thwarts terrorist attack' 04/13/2004 11:47 PM
King Abdullah praises intelligence officers for foiling an attack he said could have killed thousands of people.

Jordan airs attack 'confession'

Jordan airs attack 'confession' 04/26/2004 09:46 PM
State TV shows what it says is a confession by an al-Qaeda-linked militant who planned chemical attacks.
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