Afghan journalist Tahir Ludin explains how he and NYT reporter David Rohde escaped from the clutches of the Taliban in North Waziristan, Pakistan. The stuff of movies, I tell you.

Judy Sims of TorStar posted the following to her blog: The new economics of media and thestar.com.

It's worth reviewing.

From CTV.ca:

A Canadian journalist has been detained in Iran, as authorities extended their crackdown on those protesting last week's disputed election to include those covering the demonstrations.

Media company strategist Steve Yelvington has a great post on his blog entitled Death to the 'death of journalism' meme.

If you're interested in media issues, it's short, sweet, insightful and well worth a read.

And check out the new beat they have planned for him.