From 2005: then Rocketboom field correspondent Zadi Diaz interviewed Current TV journalist Laura Ling. This past weekend, Laura Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee were sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean hard labor camp for attempting to report on Korean refugees along the North Korea-China border. More coverage: American reporters get “very severe” 12-year sentences designed to scare all foreign journalists, US ‘concern’ for jailed reporters, Laura Ling, Euna Lee, US Journalists, Sentenced To 12 Years In North Korea, Twitter search for Laura Ling, Twitter search for Euna Lee

Rocketboom spotlight: Iran: A nation of bloggers by Aaron Chiesa, Toru Kageyama, Hendy Sukarya, and Lisa Temes, students the Vancouver Film School.

Joanne interviews Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist about activism, politics and accountability in government.

Joanne interviews Jay Sullivan, who distributes socio-political documentaries free of charge at the Union Square Subway Station in New York City.