HW 11: Applying Graff, Chapter 6 to "Making Global Voices Heard"

In an interview with Rebecca Mackinnon, “Making Global Voices Heard,” Rebecca talks about Ory Okolloh’s blog, the Kenyan Pundit blog. Ory attended Harvard Law School and is know for becoming the figure of the blogosphere in Kenyan Pundit. At http://www.kenyanpundit.com/, Ory tries to keep up with her blog daily. She resently updated today, September 25, 2007, after spending some time in Nairobi. Her post today included a link to jobs in Africa. In this blog, Ory writes about some political matters, the internet, and big brother (the show she just started watching). Ory also keeps you updated on her new daughter, by posting pictures of her and writing about her. The layout of Ory’s blog consists of a gray background on a white background with gray and red text. At the top of the page, there is a picture of a street that could be in Kenyan Pundit. Ory writes in a way that sounds like her normal speaking voice.

In Rebecca Mackinnon’s interview she says, “These young the-savvy professional Kenyans are using blogs to criticize the mainstream press…” This is not completely true now. In Ory’s blog she does criticize some political statements, but other things as well. For the most part Ory’s blog is up beat, not critical and not bias.

Of course, many will probably disagree with this assertion that Ory’s blog is not bias, but when I read through her blog it seemed that she was presenting conflicts with an open mind.