An interesting story is developing that indicates both the potential of new technologies for creating different forms of journalism that can open up previously "unseen" worlds. However, at the same time, it also appears to highlight how governments also try to control such usage of the net. In Burma, where foreign media are banned, recent protests, marches, and alleged brutality have been shown to the world through blogs, short videos made on telephones and the like. However, according to reports on BBC Breakfast this morning, the government there (and apparently Thailand) were closing down internet cafes and the like in an attempt to control the flow of information.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7012984.stm

There is a handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents (I've not read it yet): http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

Scott