[Reader-list] Internet radio from Baghdad

[Jeebesh Bagchi]

Following from earlier posting. some more details. best j

http://streamtime.org

" Streamtime is a project of Radio Reedflute 
<http://www.radioreedflute.net>in collaboration with Rastasoft 
<http://www.rastasoft.org>, developed with artists and activists from 
Iraq and elsewhere. Streamtime is a loose network of media activists 
dedicated to assist local media to get connected. Streamtime uses old 
and new media for the production of content and networks in the fields 
of media, arts, culture and activism in crisis areas, like Iraq."


http://streamtime.org/index.php?blogId=1&op=Template&show=radio

"Radio reporting is quite different from written reporting. Few people 
are intimidated when somebody is making notes with pencil or pen. Most 
of us are familiar with this since going to school. A microphone is 
something strange though. You may look at it as a magic thing. It is 
able to capture your words, like a camera catches your image. 
"Everything you say may be used against you", is a familiar phrase from 
Hollywood, and in a way you may feel arrested when you see this mike. 
Once you said something, it will be kept and may be used for anything. 
So there is reason for suspicion, and holding back your tongue. Every 
tool can be used in different ways. Every technique is tricky because it 
can cause good and be harmful too. So let's look at the way a radio 
reporter can use this microphone to get close, to get a person to feel 
comfortable enough to speak freely, and still be committed to answer 
your questions.

If you walk up to somebody you may scare him or her. Just like you felt 
uneasy when you had your first mike in front of your mouth. Consider for 
a moment that the mike is a weapon, a question is an assault, a lens is 
an evil eye. (By the way, very often people think they will be on TV 
when they see a microphone. Do you know why?)"