Author: Ben Wallace
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Clinton School of Public Service
Hosted by: Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas
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After 9/11, An East Village Mosque Reaches Out To Its Neighbors
Rebecca Hamilton THE LOCAL, EAST VILLAGE
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Radio Free Europe
Following the announcement by President Obama yesterday of the creation of an Atrocities Prevention Board, I did this interview with Radio Free Europe.
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Al Jazeera, The Stream
The Stream is AJE’s current events show that draws on social media to define its programming content. I guest hosted the show this week. We discussed the debate over proposed new domestic violence laws in Lebanon, as well as Femisting’s response when #reasonstobeatyourgirlfriend started trending …
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East Village & overcoming the bystander effect
Not the usual fare for this blog, but a little vignette I wrote up for my local paper – quite a change from my usual subject matter. As one comment writer noted, “The most interesting part is that a number of people will stop to …
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Atrocities Prevention Taskforce: my hopes & fears
I’m sharing here a graf from the conclusion of Fighting for Darfur that I feel much more hopeful about now than when I wrote it, with today’s fantastic announcement by the Obama administration of an Atrocities Prevention Taskforce which, according to the NYT, will “be …
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Democratizing the media
I just had the thoroughly enjoyable experience of “guest hosting” (which really just means throwing in a couple of lines here and there) The Stream, an Al Jazeera English show on serious current events that are being discussed in the social media, but are under-covered …
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Must-watch video on Southern Kordofan
As many of you know, the Sudanese government has blocked journalists from entering Southern Kordofan, making verifiable information difficult to come by. But a pair of Al Jazeera journalists managed to get in illegally last week, and have produced what is by far the most …
