JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS

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TOPIC: digital resources


Access to Twitter has been available until now only in English and Japanese. But this week, the microblogging network launched a Spanish version that was translated from English by volunteer collaborators, EFE and CNET explain. read more »

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The United Nations' Alliance of Civilizations recently revamped and relaunched the Global Expert Finder (GEF), a searchable database of commentators, analysts and academics who have expertise in many topics, including politics, law, education, women's rights, human rights, terrorism, globalization, religion, and art. IJNet recently interviewed the UN's Daanish Masood about GEF and how journalists can benefit from the service. read more »

The Deena Stryker Photographs collection is now available digitally through Duke University Libraries. The collection contains photographs of Cuba taken between July 1963 and July 1964 by the journalist after whom the collection is named. read more »

Cuba has made available the first of thousands of digitized documents, photos and books that belonged to author and journalist Ernest Hemingway, Reuters and the Associated Press report. The materials languished for decades in the basement of his home outside of Havana where he spent 21 years (1939-1960) and wrote some of his greatest works, Reuters says. read more »