Moeed's Blog My thoughts on media, tech and politics. 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z https://moeed.com Moeed Ahmad email@moeed.com TEDxYYC - Covering The Spring 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z https://moeed.com/blog/tedxyyc-covering-the-spring/ TEDx just posted the talk I gave in Calgary back in May on YouTube. 40% of the Story - When the Liveblog Became the Homepage 2011-06-04T00:00:00Z https://moeed.com/blog/liveblog-became-the-homepage/ By early 2011, the energy in our Doha newsrooms was electric. The Arab Spring wasn't just a regional political transformation; it was ... Tehran’s Summer of (Unverified) Discontent - The Reality of the "Twitter Revolution" 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z https://moeed.com/blog/terhran-twitter-revolution/ The summer of 2009 brought the world’s attention to the streets of Tehran. In the West, the narrative was ... Micro-reporting on Twitter during Operation Cast Lead 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z https://moeed.com/blog/twitter-micro-reporting-operation-cast-lead/ During Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in December 2008 to January of 2009, we realized that the traditional broadcast cycle was too slow for the speed of the conflict and as a result started 'Micro Reporting.' War 2.0 Operation Cast Lead and the Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z https://moeed.com/blog/war-2-0-operation-cast-lead/ The Gaza War of early 2009, known as Operation Cast Lead, was a watershed moment for our digital team. While Western media outlets were largely restricted from entering the strip ...