China’s netizen challenge
Today I met with the chief editors of China’s top news and information websites and government information offices who are here on a fact-finding mission to learn about Israel, its media, and political...
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Is Israel capable of reaching out to new Arab elites?
There is a famous saying: “for a man carrying a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” In other words, for Israel’s top politicians and generals [is there a difference?] the tectonic change...
View ArticleMedia Matters: Al Jazeera, Google, Dankner make big strides
Some media news stories worth keeping an eye on: The first story is this good piece taken from the Niemen Journalism Lab about how Al Jazeera English is circumventing reluctance on the part of major US...
View ArticleIsraeli intelligence rules, OK?
The conventional wisdom around these parts in the days following the return of Gilad Shalit in a costly prisoner exchange deal is that the much-vaunted Israeli establishment was handed a resounding...
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Spy on me, I want you to
Spy on me, please The cyber security officer at the newspaper [since when did we need one of those?] just put a password code on my iPhone and iPad – something to do with me getting my work emails on...
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An important message to the Israeli media
Dear Israeli Media, Following the recent publications about secret government surveillance programs, we’d like to remind you of some of the basic ground rules of the game, seeing as the state of...
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