links for 2007-01-11

• Smith Reintroduces the Global Online Freedom Act
  "U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced yesterday that he has reintroduced legislation which aims to promote free expression and a free flow of information on the Internet by preventing U.S. companies from aiding regimes who restrict access to the Interne
  (tags: GOFA internet freespeech censorship humanrights law)
• Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Tom Stites: Who Needs Excellence in Journalism
  "we need not only all the journalistic excellence we can get but, more fundamentally, a steady stream of high quality, serious journalism that patrols a journalistic landscape broader than news organizations have ever explored."
  (tags: journalism news)
• MediaShift . Digging Deeper::Google Search Snafu Can Have Huge Impact on Niche Blogs | PBS
  "bloggers or site publishers will do well to track their Google-referred traffic and work as a community to publicize glitches and keep Google staffers in the loop."
  (tags: google search blogs blogging)