Global Voices Online

I've been monitoring Global Voices Online for a few months now, and am constantly impressed by the informative blogs they bring to my attention. It was announced yesterday that GVO won an award for Best English Language Journalistic Blog by Deutsche Welle so I thought now was a good time to tell you more about what they are doing, if you don't yet know about them. Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens' media project, sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School. The blog acts as a guide to the most interesting conversations and ideas appearing around the world on other blogs or podcasts and posts links to these websites on a daily basis. Browse their Global Roundup Archive to get a sense of the type of information they gather — links to news and commentary on blogs in Senegal, Kenya, Estonia, Oman, Burma and countless other places. It's an excellent alternative news resource that world travelers can turn to for first hand accounts of politics, economics and culture in countries that often don't receive adequate coverage by mainstream media.

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