I very much appreciate the title ”die Grande Dame des ‘Netizen’-Journalismus”. (See *note) This congratulations on the taz blogs is from one of the journalists I most admire. 

The award I received from the United Nations Correspondent’s Association is intended to encourage good journalism about the United Nations. Is there a good journalism that is now possible because of
the era of netizens and the Internet?

One characteristic of netizen journalism is that it is not limited to the concerns of one nation or bound by national borders. Hence, it is appropriate that netizen journalism concern itself with the international arena and with the United Nations.

Also it is appropriate that netizen journalism expose situations where the powerful camouflage their self serving aims. The false claim that the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was due to Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction was a glaring example of this phenomenon. Similar… weiter lesen

Introduction and Remarks

Following is a slightly edited transcript of remarks at the UNCA awards ceremony.

Ian Williams, the moderator and head of the UNCA awards committee introducing Ronda Hauben [remarks slightly edited for space]:

The judges were impressed with the work Ronda did on how a lot of countries aren’t exactly happy with the permanent five running things

And you can say this is idiosyncratic but when you look at the mess the permanent five have made of things for the last 50 years, I think there’s a lot to be said for it. So congratulations Ronda.

Ronda Hauben remarks:

I’m delighted not only with the honor the prize is, but also with what the judges wrote. What they wrote was ‘for her interesting and provocative coverage of issues at the UN.’ And then ‘notably about the consequences of the permanent five’s stranglehold on the Security Council.’

What… weiter lesen

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presents UNCA award to Ronda Hauben

[The following is in the form of a brief interview with me about netizen journalism that was published in OhmyNews International (OMNI)*.]

OMNI: When did you first consider yourself a journalist?

Ronda: I have been doing various forms of journalism and writing for a long time. So this question is hard to answer. Most recently I have been writing for Telepolis since 1999. My first article in Telepolis was subsequently translated into German and published in a book that Telepolis put out called “Cyberhypes.”

I have appreciated the experience Telepolis provides for a journalist, as this online magazine has been in existence since 1996 and is well regarded among journalists and the online community in Germany. Also there have been very interesting discussions by readers of Telepolis, sometimes as interesting as the articles themselves. So it has been… weiter lesen

[The United Nations Correspondent's Association has announced its awards for the best print and broadcast journalism about the UN in 2008. Following is an article published in OhmyNews International about the award I received from UNCA -Ronda]

OhmyNews International’s United Nations correspondent Ronda Hauben is the recipient of the 2008 Silver Elizabeth Neuffer Prize for Excellence in Journalism in print and online media. In awarding Hauben the silver prize, the judges wrote that it was for “interesting and provocative coverage of issues at the UN, notably about the consequences of the permanent five’s stranglehold on the Security Council.”

Hauben has reported from the UN for OhmyNews International since October 2006. In 2007 she was told she had been on the short list for an award. She won the award this year for articles she wrote between September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.

“Security Council Fails to Act… weiter lesen