By Mugambi Mutegi When I was informed that this week’s blog topic is social media, my mind drew a blank, for a couple of days. I found the writer’s block ironic given the amount of time I spend on Twitter, ...
Responding to Emergencies By Khalid Khattak While I was about to start writing this post, I heard a siren. Despite spending over two months in Washington DC, I am unable to distinguish between siren of an ambulance and a fire ...
How Bangladesh Garment Industry Traded Workplace Safety For Jobs Posted to Huffington Post: 05/23/2013 7:04 am EDT | Updated: 05/23/2013 8:46 am EDT By Emran Hossain, Dave Jamieson, Kim Bhasin Like millions of other young women in Bangladesh, Sumi Abedin forged her ...
Verdict From the GOP: Obama is Wrong By Khalid Khattak and Janet Hook Published in The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2013 President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies before a Senate subcommittee about Apple’s tax practices. (C-SPAN /May 21, 2013) By Mugambi Mutegi Tribune reporter Published in the Chicago Tribune 4:49 p.m. CDT, May 22, 2013 Apple will source some components for its first line of U.S.-assembled ...
By Waqas Banoori Press Freedom is a combination of two words symbolizing the advancement of the human race. I recall reading the pages of history books about rulers spreading information only if it were favorable to them and hearing only ...
The Bean featured as cover photo on Bing search engine By Mugambi Mutegi Tribune reporter May 14, 2013 The Bean just got binged. People doing online searches Tuesday via Bing were being treated to a full-screen image of Cloud Gate, ...
The Three Wise Monkeys and Press Freedom By Mugambi Mutegi There are different meanings ascribed to the “Three Wise Monkeys” sculptures, depending on which part of the world you happen to be in. In Japan, where ...
By Emran Hossain As the coverage of the recent, tragic collapse of a multistory building in Bangladesh underscores, journalists around the world – and in the U.S. – may be well-served by not only exercising skepticism and caution about timely ...
In U.S., Pakistanis Eye Election Back Home By Khalid Khattak Published in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2013 WASHINGTON—As Pakistan votes Saturday, few are watching with the apprehension felt by hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis in America. For ...
