Global Voices: Japanese Media, Ghana's Election, Chinese Protesters, Egypt's Wikipedia

In case you haven’t heard, things aren’t going well for the American newspaper industry. The past few weeks have brought a lot of bad news - the Tribune company filed for bankruptcy and The New York Times is looking to mortgage its swanky new building.

With some major newspapers up for sale, journalists who haven’t been laid off yet are just waiting for the shoe to drop. Companies are caught in the perfect storm of a horrible economy and a media environment that changed so quickly with the Internet, nobody knew exactly how to adapt.

These issues aren’t unique to American companies, though. Newspapers and magazines in Japan are facing a similar crisis as circulation drops. The growth of online journalism there is leading to ethical issues, too.

Deborah Dilley is here to explain. She’s a writer and editor for Global Voices Online, a website that keeps track of what people are talking about on blogs all over the world.

Stories Discussed in Today's Roundup:
Japan Crisis in Primary News Reporting
Japan Bloggers Debate Collapse of Journalism
Twittering The Ghanaian Elections
China Protestors and Petitioners Penned Up
Wikipedia in Egyptian Dialect Controversial

(Photo by midorisyu)