Esperanto in the news / Ku bindi vyose bisigaye / Inama

Junesun
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Junesun (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 31 Mukakaro 2009 15:49:29

Within 7 days, there have been 9 long positive articles about Esperanto in the media, mostly from big players like the BBC, the German public TV, Deutsche Welle, the Times Online... This is a round-up of the articles and of course the underlying questions: why Esperanto? Why now?

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ceigered
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ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 31 Mukakaro 2009 17:00:24

Very funny article title, it made my laugh

The article itself was a good show of the coverage EO has been getting, cheers for the link Junesun!

(and the xinhua attempt of a story was pure gold

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/26/con...)

Vilinilo
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Vilinilo (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 31 Mukakaro 2009 17:59:32

Well, I think the reason for that mediatic attention is obvious: this year marks 150 years of the birth of Zamenhof. The press loves those jubilees.

By the way, the main Brazilian weekly news magazine, Veja, has published a favorable article on Esperanto this week too, but only in its online version: in Portuguese.

Oŝo-Jabe
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Oŝo-Jabe (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Nyandagaro 2009 01:14:10

ceigered:(and the xinhua attempt of a story was pure gold

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/26/con...)

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Junesun
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Junesun (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Nyandagaro 2009 21:40:47

Thank you very much for the link, Vilinilo! I just added it to the article.

I think the jubilee can't be the main reason for the attention though, because most articles don't mention it.

Rogir
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Rogir (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 2 Nyandagaro 2009 15:35:12

The reason why they appear now is because the UK and many other congresses are taking place. They are very visible and the organisation usually tries to get some media attention too. And of course, journalist copy each other all the time.