Exiled journalists circumvent censors by text messaging

Journalists writing about Zimbabwe's repressive government have found a new way to circumvent their censors: sending text messages via cell phone. News.com reports.

"A radio station hounded out of the country by Zimbabwean strongman President Robert Mugabe has found its e-mails are monitored and shortwave broadcasts are blocked by Chinese-built jamming devices.

But, said SW Radio Africa founder Gerry Jackson, the censors haven't caught on yet to text messaging. It's a challenge to compress "the complexity of Zimbabwe's news into 160 characters including spaces," Jackson said. "That's what I do every day."

emily | 10:18 AM | SMS and Politics |
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