The Listening Post - Afghanistan's media war-07 Aug09-Pt2

In part two the Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi caught up with the key players of the new documentary on Myanmar.

It has been nearly two years since the monks of Myanmar led the pro-democracy uprisings that rocked the country and caught the world's attention. For the international media, reporting events on the ground was near impossible because of the clampdown by the military authorities. Despite the government orchestrated media paralysis, the demonstrations in Myanmar eventually became one of the most covered news events of the year.

The driving forces behind the coverage were amateur video journalists who were out on the streets filming events as they happened. But now - even with the trial of the high profile pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - news from the country has again disappeared from the media despite hosting a generation of technology-savvy and inspired citizen journalists willing to risk their lives to get us the pictures.

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