More and more the Internet is being integrated into the traditional Media. Many journalists from traditional mediums are BLOGers. This gives them the advantage of interacting across great cultural divides. I met two such journalists at a conference promoting their BLOGs. It was a panel discussion about the Middle East and one was a panelist. It is so exciting to see just how far the Internet has progressed since the first time I dialed in in 1994!
The first BLOGer, Shmuel Rosner, is Haaretz's chief U.S. correspondent. Haaretz is an Israeli Newspaper. Rosner reports out of Washington D.C. Haaretz decided after deliberation to publish the BLOG in English, Rosner’s second language. This is an excellent source of information about the Middle East and the opinions of its people. To see Rosner’s BLOG, Rosner’s Domain, click here.
The second BLOGer is an Assistant Professor of Middle East History at the University of Oklahoma, Joshua Landis. Mr. Landis spent a year in Syria studying Syrian Politics and History since 1918. He battled slow Internet connections and repressive government regimes to share his thoughts with us while in Syria. To view his Syria Comment BLOG click here.
Unfortunately Rosner’s Domain is lacking RSS feeds, so I won’t be able to add a headline page to Z~Web Online yet, but his newspaper, Haaretz Daily Newspaper is available through subscription, and will be added to the RSS search soon. Syria Comment is available via Atom feeds so there is headline page for Z~Web USA users forthcoming.
