links for 2007-11-21

• Teaching Online Journalism » The slow crawl of journalism education
  "The skills ought to be taught in every single class, in every single course, right now. There’s no denying that. It’s just that getting it done takes a heck of a lot longer than “getting it.”"
  (tags: journalism education internet newmedia)
• Rumor: Facebook to Acquire Chinese Social Networking Site for $85 Million | Epicenter from Wired.com
  "Ultimately, if the rumor has legs it will prove whether Facebook is looking to invest in China's social networking growth, or merely influence it."
  (tags: facebook socialnetworking internet china zhanzuo censorship freespeech)
• Global Voices Online » Hong Kong: Pan Democrats’ Dark Day
  "The immediate comment from the mainstream critics is that the pan democrats are not performing well enough in their district service. However, many bloggers disagree."
  (tags: hongkong districtcouncil elections politics democracy)
• Taipei Times - Editorial: A wake-up call for HK democrats
  "Beijing's equally pragmatic response, in balance, has not been bloody crackdowns but, ironically, investment in the democratic process on the ground, particularly in the DAB's skilled party workers, who delivered handsomely in working class areas this ti
  (tags: hongkong districtcouncil democracy politics elections)
• SCMP.com - Will DAB win speed up democracy momentum?
  "It has been suggested that Beijing would not allow Hong Kong to choose the chief executive and all legislators by universal suffrage until the pro-Beijing camp could command comfortable majorities in popular elections."
  (tags: hongkong elections districtcouncil politics democracy)
• The Standard - DAB swings back from 2003 defeat
  "Tam said he believed the party's solid district work over the years has won them a better grasp of the public pulse and their desire for a more stable and harmonious society. ..."
  (tags: hongkong politics districtcouncil elections democracy)
• The Standard - Thrashed pan-democrat leaders tender resignations
  "The Democratic Party was yesterday licking its wounds following its biggest election setback in 10 years."
  (tags: hongkong politics districtcouncil elections democracy)
• The Standard - Street smarts prove pivotal as pragmatism rules day
  "Politicians will have to be more pragmatic and less political in the next elections."
  (tags: hongkong politics districtcouncil elections democracy)