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Blogger

A blogger is a person who keeps a Web log or 'blog' or publishes an online diary.

This personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog has been growing in popularity since the end of the 1990s. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author, but these platforms also encourage interaction and discussion with others. Bloggers cover most areas from fashion and beauty to politics. Since 2004 Deutsche Welle with its "BoB Award" has honored bloggers who creatively and courageously stand up for freedom of opinion and equality. This is an automatic compilation of DW content pertaining to "blogger".

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Hambacher Forst nach Tod eines Journalisten

Stillness and shock in Hambach Forest after journalist dies 20.09.2018

Hambach Forest is silent with grief. After a video blogger fell to his death, the regional government has suspended evictions of activists protesting a coal mine expansion. Our DW journalist reports from on-site.
Mia Marjanovic fashion blogger

Can Instagram fashionistas help save the planet? 17.09.2018

Fast fashion churns environmental destruction as fast as seasonal trends. So how does sustainability become trendy? As anything does in 2018: on Instagram, one fashion blogger tells DW.

Pakistanerin sammelt Altkleidung

The eco crisis lurking in your wardrobe 17.09.2018

Sustainable fashion is becoming more mainstream thanks to eco-friendly fashion bloggers and industry heavyweights doing their bit. But the turbo consumerism of the fast fashion phenomenon remains a serious problem.
Deutschland, Chemnitz: Konzert gegen Rassismus

Anti-Nazi hashtag campaign tries to correct eastern Germany's far-right image 14.09.2018

A social media campaign is aiming to redress the perception that eastern Germany has fallen for far-right populism. The blogger Stefan Krabbes has started "the other East" hashtag, taken up enthusiastically on Twitter.
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From blogger to entrepreneur – an interview with Sabrina Spielberger 10.09.2018

The founder of digidip is one of Germany's most successful female digital entrepreneurs. She spoke to DW's Manuel Kasper-Claridge about her company and how she got to where she is today.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained outside his Moscow home, according to his spokeswoman. The 42-year-old blogger spent June in jail after organizing protests against President Vladimir Putin.
Symbolbild Schwangerschaftsabbruch

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Abortion can sometimes carry major health risks. The lack of availability of either condoms or contraceptive pills means that many Cuban women undergo several abortions in their lives, the blogger Yoani Sánchez writes.
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Prominent Egyptian journalist Wael Abbas has been removed blindfolded from his Cairo home. No reason has been stated by authorities. His presumed arrest follows recent detentions of two other bloggers.
Kuba Flugzeugabsturz

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Cuba's government will come under pressure to be transparent about the circumstances of last week's plane crash. However, transparency is by no means certain, the Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez writes.
Bangladesch - die Stunde der Islamisten

Bangladesh: the limits of art in a climate of fear 21.04.2018

Since 2013, Islamist assailants wielding machetes and knives have killed more than 30 people in Bangladesh. The targeted attacks on liberal bloggers, freethinkers and atheists have created a climate of repression.

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Bangladesh blogger: the wrath of a father demanding justice for his son's murder 20.04.2018

For three years Ajoy Roy has been waiting for answers in the murder case of his son Avijit. Well-known blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death by radical Islamists in Dhaka in 2015. To date, no lawsuit has been concluded.
Dahlia Rahaimy

Saudi blogger Dahlia Rahaimy: 'I write what needs to be said' 19.04.2018

For the first time in 35 years, Saudis can go to the movies again in their country, part of a drive to modernize the arch-conservative desert kingdom. Saudi blogger Dahlia Rahaimy told DW how important the reforms are.
Shokjang, Schriftsteller Tibet

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Tibetan blogger and writer Shokjang, detained for three years for "inciting separatism," has been released. Advocacy group PEN International has said he remains under strict control from the authorities.

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