• A New York Times blog referenced Radio Free Europe’s video on Aleksei Navalny’s return to Moscow.
• PBS Media Shift wrote an article on the effects of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012.
• AP quoted Radio Sawa’s interview with the PYD spokesperson in Syria.
• A Radio Free Asia interview with a Buddhist monk who was almost killed on Sunday was picked up by Reuters.

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In March of 2013, MBN launched the Syria Stories website at www.syriastories.com. The mission was simple: instead of focusing on ballooning death tolls or curating graphic video, we would focus on six — only six — individuals. We sought out people living inside and around Syria willing to share deeply personal, first person stories with us. With parallels to other wartime diaries throughout history, the project was designed to share lyrical, poignant moments of despair and hope in Arabic from six civilians in the crossfire in real time.

Read more on BBG’s innovation blog.

• The Washington Post quotes Voice of America on Syrians battling the winter amid conflict.
• AOL Government highlights how U.S. international media is using Google Currents to share its content.
• The American Security Project discusses Smith-Mundt.

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