This globetechnology.com story tells me that  video blogs (vblogs) are the next big thing.

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said his country's agent had told authorities in Iraq he was bringing out a just-released journalist hostage.

The U.S. is (surprise, surprise) denying this.

If you're looking for one-stop shopping on everything that ills the world, check out AlertNet.org, which was started by the Reuters Foundation.

Here's a sample article: Media shortsightedness is truly staggering, by Gareth Evans of the Belgium-based International Crisis Group:

Online Journalism Review has set up some tutorials on creating great online content for non-professional writers, bloggers and Web users who want to raise the level of their online contributions.

The NYT's Paul Krugman on recent Republican/Bush administration moves to lessen the protections U.S. society has provided to individuals against risk:

Some U.S. evangelical Christian leaders are working to fight global warming.

NYT television writer Alessandra Stanley looks at ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather's love of both news and the camera, and the bitter footnote that the memo scandal will leave on his 42-year career.

I've thrown some other stuff down below too.