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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Voices from / about Iraq

Over the months (or is it years, now?) I've linked to lots of blogs from Iraqis, from soldiers, from people all over the world who care what's happening there. I've also linked to places to find these blogs and other sites, like The Future of Iraq Portal. But, aside from that site, it's often hard to find a good listing of all the places you might find information. Two librarians from Western Washington University have helped remedy that with this article in Searcher magazine, available on the Website of publisher Information Today: Blogs of War. From the article:

" By their very nature, blogs that graphically deal with a wartime situation are raw. They often contain political opinion, profanity, brutal images (both textual and photographic), and can ramble on "unprofessionally." However, the war blogs often reflect "street truth" - undiluted, uncensored, unfiltered words and images. By nature, many of the soldier blogs are volatile with their Web presence dictated by troop movement, job placement, governmental lenience, and, tragically, injury or death. We have attempted to select those sites that appear to be the most stable and of the highest quality."

For anyone seeking out what's really going on, finding and reading the words of the people living it can be a good thing. This article is a great start to help in finding those voices, as it explains why each site is important and what its agenda may be.

posted by liz at 5:15 PM

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Elisabeth Donovan

Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to the field.

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