Extremely thorough, well-researched piece on the factors - aside from Mugabe - that have led to current economic crisis in Zimbabwe. A useful history of land reform, which concludes that it wasn't a complete failure, and places some blame on international sanctions for Zim's collapse, but doesn't shy away from corruption and threats to rule of law in analyzing the situation.

Vietnam as the "television war" - a history from the museum of television broadcasting.

UVirginia Masters thesis on media and the Vietnam war, including some very intersting video

Live chat on January 14th with Finbarr O'Reilly, a Reuters photographer who's been based in Congo, trying to call attention to the massive humanitarian catastrophe and ongoing conflict.

Financial blogger arrested in South Korea. Unclear what he'll be charged with, but the logic behind the arrest appears to be his talent for delivering difficult economic news, which some view as undermining markets.

Excellent piece by Hamid Tehrani analyzing an Iranian effort to create 10,000 pro-government, pro-military blogs. Tehrani sees this as a way of shouting down independent voices in the Iranian blogosphere, noting that the blogosphere is now the least controlled space for speech and debate in Iranian society.

Useful history of distance education with a focus on the use of television for instruction. Some wonderful optimism from Edison on the use of film for educational purposes…