Freitag, 21. August 2009
Best of Twitter worldwide #BoT-ww
Twitter and other social media are great sources for real fast reporting. A list of the best news provider wordwide.
This list is just a beginning. Enter any suggestions below - or at Twitter: gwatzlawek #BoT-ww
USA
@Dipnote - U.S. State Department’s official blog
@VOA_News - Voice of America, U.S. government’s broadcasting service for public diplomacy
@drjjoyner - James Joyner, manging Editor of the Atlantic Council. Blogger at Outside the Beltway
@algore - Al Gore, former vice president
@Nouriel - Nouriel Roubini , NYU professor of economics, prophet of Doom
@thejointstaff
- Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, highest-ranking US officer
@usfora - U.S.
Forces Afghanistan, lnks about the United States military effort in Afghanistan
@NNSANews - National
Nuclear Security Administration, part of the Department of Energy
GB
@DowningStreet – Gordon Brown, Prime minister.
@foreignoffice
- The UK Foreign Office,
@MayorOfLOndon
- Boris Johnson,
@londonist - a blog on
all things London
@bbcnickrobinson
- Nick Robinson, political editor of the BBC
@bbcworld - BBC World
@guardiannews
– Guardian,
Haiti
Einheimische
Richard Morse (@RAMhaiti) A Haitian-American musician and hotel manager living in Port-au-Prince
Frederic DuPoux (@fredodupoux) Port-au-Prince-based blogger and photographer
Amstyl Polycarpe (@apolycarpe) An IT specialist based in Delmas
Carel Pedre (@carelpedre) An earthquake survivor in Port-au-Prince.
Multilink Haiti (@InternetHaiti) The feed of a Haitian Internet services company.
Troy Livesay (@troylivesay) A Port-au-Prince-based missionary.
Journalists
New York Times (@HaitiRecovery) The Times’ official Haiti feed.
Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) Immigration reporter for the Boston Globe.
Damien Cave (@damiencave) New York Times, Miami bureau chief
Jacqueline Charles (@jacquiecharles) Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald
Joanna Smith (@smithjoanna) Political reporter for the Toronto Star
Amy Walters (@AWaltersNPR) NPR Ccorrespondent
Amy Wilentz (@amywiletz) Freelance journalist and professor at the University of California at Irvine
Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) CNN anchor and correspondent
Sanjay Gupta (@sanjayguptaCNN) CNN medical correspondent
Organizations
United Nations (@UNHaitiInfo) -- The United Nations' official feed for Haiti updates
Mission Manna (@MissionMANNA) A Christian charity based in the Haitian town of Montrouis
CARE (@CAREUSA)
Doctors Without Borders (@MSF_USA)
Spain
@el_pais -
Kanada
@pmharper - Stephen Harper, Prime minister
Central- and Eastern Europe
@maiakinfo - Jürgen Vollmer aus dem Newsroom of Eastern Europe
Russia
@maiakinfo - Jürgen Vollmer aus dem Newsroom of Eastern Europe
@evgenymorozov
- Evgeny Morozov, Open Society Institute in NY. Blogs on Net Effect
Near- and Middle East
@AJEnglish - Al Jazeera, the Arabic network’s English-language channel
@washinstitute - Washington Institute for Near-East Policy
@RanjAlaaldin - Ranj Alaaldin, political researcher for the MiddleEast, London School of Economics
@LaraABCNews - Lara Setrakian, Reporter for ABC News with great access on Iran
@AlOraibi - Mina al Oraibi, Reporter for the pan-Arab daily Asharq Alawsat.
@KevinFlowerCNN - Kevin Flower,
@abuaardvark - Marc Lynch, Director of the Middle East Studies, George Washington University
At War – NYT blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict
Israel
@netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime minister
@DannyAyalon - Danny
Ayalon, Deputy foreign minister
@haaretzopinion
- Haaretz Opinion, from the Israeli daily.
Iran
@TehranBureau
TehranBureau, News on Iran, mostly from LA
@LaraABCNews - Lara
Setrakian, Reporter for ABC News with great access on Iran
@NIACouncil - National
Iranian American Council, with a great blog niacINsight
@reuters_iran
@iran_translator with the
great Green Brief
Iran
Incident Tracker by the American Enterprise Institute
Irak
@BarhamSalih - Barham
Salih, deputy prime minister of
At War – NYT blog from
Afganistan
Afganische Quellen
@pajhwok - Afghanistan news agency
@DemocracyIntl
- Election observation mission
in Afghanistan
@afghanmania - the largest
Afghan Online Comunity
KabulPres.org - unterstützt Kandidaten Bashardost
@Hairan - Abdulhadi Hairan,
Journalist, translator
@AfghanCorner - Bashir Ahmad Gwakh,
freelance journalist
@Orzala - Human rights and civil society activist,
Kabul
Internationale Quellen z.Zt. in Afhanistan
@alextomo - Alex Thomson, Channel 4 News, UK
@W7VOA – Steven Herman, Voice of America
@nickschifrin – ABC Reporter,
based in Islamabad and Kabul
@j_trainer - Lisa Schnellinger, Journalism
Trainer in Kabul
@strickvl - Frontline blogger Alex Strick van Linschoten.
@felixkuehn - Felix Kuehn - Kandahar City
@tomafg - Researcher/aid worker Tom Shaw.
@camomillan - Camilla Fuhr Journalist and blogger.
@AtiaAbawi - Atia Abawi CNN Correspondent.
@ruthowen - Ruth Owen in Kabul
@AfghanOldBlue - US Army Afghan veteran
@michael_yon - Front line blogging journalist
@jeromestarkey - journalist and photographer
@waterflows - Jennifer McCarthy,
PhD researcher
@Peettv - Peter ter Velde, war correspondent, NOS Dutch
TV
@hamishreporter - Hamish Mcdonald, Aljazeera
Nachrichten über Afghanistan
Alive in Afghanistan - What ist happening right
now
At War – NYT blog from
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict
@AfPakChannel – News from the New America
Foundation
@SmallWorldNews from the Alive in Afghanistan project
@2dayAfghanistan - Updates from Thomas Willard.
@BaghdadBrian - Brian Conley - Running the project Alive in Afghanistan
@Anon_Cow - Security consultant in
@Kabulistan Jan Dimog
Militär-Quellen
@ISAFmedia - International Security Assistance Force (NATO)
@usfora - US Forces in Afghanistan
@afghanistanwar - US Department of Defense, confirmed casualties
@gregjulian - Public Affairs Officer for US forces in Afghanistan
@odonnellm – Martin O’Donnel, NATO Media Operations Officer
@mediaops - Major Paul Smyth - British Forces, PJHQ in Northwood, UK
@afghanistanlast - Sgt Rex
Temple with a blog about his last tour
Fotos und Videos aus Afghanistan
flickr-Stream der Uno Hilfsmission in Kabul
Pajhwok Foto Service - Afghanische Nachrichtenagentur
youtube - alle Videos zu Afghanistan
demotix - Fotoblog (@demotix)
picfog - Fotos aus Afghanistan via Twitter
Thanks for a lot of input from @dan_10v11 (Daniel Bennet, Frontline)
Pakistan
@AfPakChannel – News from the New America Foundation in partnership with Foreign
Policy.
@Anon_Cow - Security consultant in Pakistan
@nickschifrin – ABC Reporter,
based in Islamabad
At War – NYT blog from
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict
Asien
@AsiaSociety - Educating
Americans about the culture and history of
China
@eosnos - Evan
Osnos, The New Yorker, former
Beijing bureau chief Chicago Tribune
@kaiserkuo - Kaiser
Kuo, American-raised blogger, dot-com entrepreneur and guitarist
@shanghaiist – a blog on
all things in Shanghai
Vietnam
@mattsteinglass
- Matt Steinglass, freelance reporter based in
Africa
@allafrica - aggregator
of news from across
@dambisamoyo - Dambisa
Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of “Dead Aid”
Kenia
@Kenyanpundit - Ory
Okolloh blogs on KenyanPundit.com
International Organisationen
@united_nations
- everything about the U.N.
@secgen - Unofficial
feed showing UN-Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s daily agenda.
@undispatch -
Commentary on the UN from @MarkLGoldberg,
@peterdaou and others
@unic - United
Nations Information Centers
@Refugees – UNHCR, United
Nations’ refugee agency
@UNEPandYou – UNEP, United
Nations’ environmental program.
@IMFNews - The
International Monetary Fund, 186-country organization that monitors global
trade and promotes sustainable economic growth
@iaeaorg – IAEA, nuclear weapons monitoring agency.
@OSCE -
Organization for Security and Cooperation in
NGO
@davos - World
Economic Forum
@amnesty – Amnesty
International, worldwide campaign for global human rights
@Oxfam - Coalition
of 13 NGOs devoted to combating global poverty
Think Tanks
@BrookingsFP - Brookings
Institution, the world’s most-cited think tank.
@CNASdc) - Center
for a New American Security, security think tank in
@CFR_org Council on Foreign Relations
@CarnegieEndow
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
@gatesfoundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder’s philanthropic
organization.
@elliottschoolgw
- Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University
@NewAmerica - New
America Foundation, non-partisan think tank in
@FAScientists
- Federation of American Scientists, analysis on international security
@Kennedy_School
- Harvard’s elite program on public policy and international affairs.
@AtlanticCouncil
- Encourages relations between the
@CrisisGroup -
International Crisis Group, poviding information on conflicts around the world
@USIP – US
Institute of Peace, Congressionally founded organization promoting conflict
resolution
@HLStimson -
International
News and blogs:
@ForeignAffairs
-the international policy journal
@bbcworld - BBC World
@RealClearWorld
- a continuous stream of global political commentary
@AJEnglish - Al
Jazeera, the Arabic network’s English-language channel
@TheEconomist
- British news weekly
@STRATFOR - purveyor
of “global intelligence” on economic, political, and military issues.
@guardiannews
– Guardian,
@CNNInternatDesk
- U.S. cable network’s international service
@dispatches_mag
- long-form reporting on international issues
@harpers - monthly
magazine focusing on politics, literature, and culture
@NewYorkerDotCom
- flagship weekly magazine, archives dating to 1925
@haaretzopinion
- Haaretz Opinion, from the Israeli daily
@GlobalPost - freelance
reporting from around the globe
@wpreview - in-depth
analysis of contemporary global politics
@smallwars - online
clearinghouse for the latest thinking on counterinsurgency.
@dangerroom - Wired
magazine’s acclaimed military blog.
@dotearth – NYT climate change and environmental blog
@ftenergysource
- FT Energy Source, Energy and the environment
