At yesterday's premiere of our Virtual Journalism documentary, journalist Wagner James Au who was hosting the panel during which the video was shown, interviewed Rita J. King and me in Second Life about the making of the documentary and the project. One of his questions was, "How were you able to assemble Egyptian bloggers critical of their government to participate in Second Life without fear of reprisals, as have hit other bloggers in that country?"
As if on cue, we received an email today from Miral Brinjy, one of the bloggers who participated in the virtual newsroom project. We blogged about Miral in our coverage of the Egypt Blogs America project. Miral also appears in the short clip and full length video archives of the January event on the AUC Virtual Newsroom page.
We are thrilled to have been part of this process. During our work with Miral she became a prominent voice in the Second Life troupe and ultimately was the spokesperson for the group during the press conference with James K. Glassman.
Her email follows:
As most of you may know, I blogged anonymously for almost three years. But since the 'Egypt Blogs America' project I have been getting encouraged gradually to blog under my real identity instead of hiding behind aliases and alter-egos, trying to veil what should be accentuated most about anyone's opinion - their voice.
As of recently I started a new blog and I named it "Miral Speaking..." for claiming ownership of my 'long known by no name' voice.
http://miralspeaking.blogspot.com
Welcome Miral!
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