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

story links happy holidays from rocketboom zadi diaz, chuck olsen, milt lee, graham walker, steve garfield, bre pettis, stefan m. seydel/sms ;-), andy carvin | music: away in a manger by m. ajero, deck the halls/we wish you a merry xmas by doug Boldt

story links: podcast and portable media expo, cali lewis, jim kirks, zadi diaz, liberated syndication, podcast pickle, tim bourquin, rudy jahchan, tiffany young, dina kaplan, chris brogan, jason van orden, bre pettis, jake ludington, kent nichols, leesa barnes, robert walch, daniel mcvicar, paul colligan, david slusher, andrew baron, jason lee miller, matt harris, casey mckinnon, jason calacanis (and wife), robert scoble, mike hudack, dina kaplan, steve woolf, chris brogan, zadi diaz, rudy jahchan

story links: von conference music video with rb field correspondent steve garfield (jeff pulver, jeremy allaire, caroline little, bram cohen, jeff jarvis), dinka music video with rb field correspondent ruud elmendorp, soda pop shop with rb field correspondent zadi diaz

story links: rb field correspondent zadi diaz covers comic-con 2006, chuck d., rich koslowski, kyle baker, adam wallenta, steve rude | related: exclusive chuck d interview on jetsetshow.com, zadi covers comic-con 2005

story links: lobster arcade vending machine (via), japanese vending machines, zadi diaz [katrina mashup video with greenday, nytimes article, nytimes link generator, bugmenot ], the big pink bunny, warner brother loonitics contemporary cartoons, blue rice, (via), knife and fork kitchen combo gadget, the men of the internet (via), apple classic ii

story links: bob denver from gilligan’s island dies at age 70, abe and preston from alien loves predator get stuck at starbucks, another apple ipod model, apple itunes phone, get fireant rss media aggregator, minneapolis field correspondent chuck olsen covers katrina from the minnesota state fair [extended interview], los angeles field correspondent zadi diaz covers katrina from beverly hills [extended interview], minnesota stories