Ali Ferzat, a Syrian cartoonist, and the Weekly Eleven News have received the 2011 Press Freedom Award from Reporters Without Borders, for being "two symbols of courage".

Ben Smith of Politico has been hired by BuzzFeed to head a new initiative to introduce original reporting to the site.

Here's a great tutorial on how journalists can use GeoCommons to create interactive maps to display data.

Two men held for five days in China for 'spreading rumours' on the Internet by posting a video supposedly showing a police convey guarding a wedding.

Is censorship easing in Burma? Journalists talk about their optimism and their uncertainty, living in a political climate where freedom of expression is becoming increasingly accepted.

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Sources: Censorship In America, Guardian, NYT Blogs: Media Decoder, Le Monde, Poynter