Comments on: 40 years of global news

40 years of global news

mr.marx — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:38:44 -0800

Inter Press Service (IPS) was set up in 1964 as a non-profit international cooperative of journalists. Its founders were Roberto Savio, an Italian freelance journalist, and Pablo Piacentini, an Argentinean political scientist who was then a student in Rome.
In its early days, the primary objective of IPS was to fill the information gap between Europe and Latin America after the political turbulence following the Cuban revolution of 1959. The agency's network grew steadily and expanded to include Asia and Africa. The objectives broadened – to cover news from the "Third World", give a voice to the voiceless, promote information on development issues, and help create a better balance and flow of international news.

By: philcliff

philcliff — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:27:39 -0800

this is a good post

By: Happydaz

Happydaz — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:20:12 -0800

Interesting. But ... so what? All you've linked to is the group's Web site. They sound neat ... but is there a particular reason they're being mentioned now? What have they done? I see the coverage of Venzuela elections. Is their coverage worthy of a FPP? (It might be, I'm just sayin', more links would be cool.)

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:47:45 -0800

No particular reason. They haven't been linked before, and I think they are an excellent source for international news you probably won't hear about on CNN or see on Google News. YMMV, of course.

By: Happydaz

Happydaz — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:26:49 -0800

cool :-)

By: arse_hat

arse_hat — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:09:18 -0800

More links and background would have been cool but this is still a good post and cool resource. Thanks.