NYT columnist Nicholas Kristoff on how China's authoritarian regime is undercutting itself by allowing broadband Internet access. He also talks about the efforts of one determined citizen journalist.

Amnesty International found much to complain about in terms of the world's human rights situation in 2004. It saved some special criticism for the United States.

A long-winded story about why my lunch today was much less appetizing than it could have been.

People from the entertaiment side of Viacom are getting input into high-level talks involving the coming restructuring of the CBS Evening News, the NYT reports.

The government of Venezuela is behind the launch of Telesur, intended as a counterweight to CNN.

The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias writes about the case of Canadian Richard Gizbert, who was let go by ABC News after refusing a "voluntary" assignment to Iraq.