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April 25, 2011
 As World Press Freedom Day approaches and interest in ongoing popular uprisings in the Middle East garner well-deserved attention in the press, we should not forget how the digital revolution continues to upend traditional notions of media (and traditional notions of state control over the media) all over the globe. |
January 26, 2011
 News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the bombing at Domodedovo airport came not from the television, but from blogs and tweets. Television news was slow to react to the terrorist attack. However, it did eventually switch to live coverage which dependended heavily on using YouTube footage and twitter feeds as primary source material. |
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December 10, 2010
Michael Mirny, the Chief of Party of IREX's International Media Partnerships Program in Russia, offers a summary of a roundtable on old and new media in Russia at the annual AAASS convention. |
November 18, 2010
 IREX support to the University of the Humanities of Yekaterinburg (Russia) has helped the school develop, and then expand, Russia's first bachelors program with a focus on new media and convergence journalism. Through the USAID-supported International Media Partnerships Program, IREX partnered UHY with the Annenberg School at USC to develop its program and then create an online site to expand its reach. |
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March 25, 2010
 In the nearly 20 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, numerous Russian media outlets have become dynamic multimedia organizations, while others have struggled with how to incorporate new technologies. |
September 22, 2009
 Ira Glass, host of Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life, spoke to more than 200 Russian regional radio journalists in Moscow during the Together Radio Festival this summer. |
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May 29, 2009
 The wide-ranging impacts of the financial crisis have been felt around the world. As citizens and businesses suffer, so too do the media who cover them. |
