This handbook is designed to help bloggers who "are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure." The handbook contains tips and technical advice on how to remain anonymous and to get around censorship by choosing the most suitable method for each situation. It also explains how to set up and make the most of a blog, how to publicise it (getting it picked up efficiently by search engines) and how to establish its credibility by observing basic ethical and journalistic principles.

Contents:

• Bloggers, the new heralds of free expression
• What's a blog?
• The language of blogging
• Choosing the best tool
• How to set up and run a blog
• What ethics should bloggers have?
• Getting your blog picked up by search-engines
• What really makes a blog shine?
• Personal accounts:
  • Germany
  • Bahrain
  • USA
  • Hong Kong
  • Iran
  • Nepal
• How to blog anonymously
• Technical ways to get around censorship
• Ensuring your e-mail is truly private
• Internet-censor world championship

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