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Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents

Author

Reporters Without Borders

Publication Date

September 2005

Summary

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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Number of Pages

87

Languages

French, English, Chinese and Arabic.

Contact

Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders5, rue Geoffroy-Marie75009 Paris - France Tel: 33 1 44 83 84 84Fax: 33 1
Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders
5, rue Geoffroy-Marie
75009 Paris - France
Tel: 33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: 33 1 45 23 11 51
rsf@rsf.org
Reporters Without Borders website

Placed on the Communication Initiative site October 28 2005
Last Updated October 01 2007

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