Cyrus Farivar

AP: Obama sealed his victory based on public declarations from delegates as well as from an additional 16 who have confirmed their intentions to the AP. The count also included 11 delegates Obama was guaranteed as long as he gained 30 percent of the vote in South Dakota and Montana later in the day. It takes 2,118 delegates to clinch the nomination. Clinton stood ready to concede that her rival had amassed the delegates needed to triumph, according to officials…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the rise in scooter sales nationwide will be on Morning Edition tomorrow (June 3). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 4 pm to 6:30 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 4 pm to 6 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pacific – KPCC…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on Motley Crue’s success on Rock Band will be on All Things Considered today (May 28)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 4 pm to 6:30 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 4 pm to 6 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pacific –…

LA Times: NEEDLES, CALIF. — Depending on their mood and whom you talk to, people in this parched railroad town clinging to the eastern edge of California call it the poor stepchild, the redheaded stepchild, the ugly stepchild of San Bernardino County. They grouse about not getting their roads paved, about being 220 miles from the county seat, about being a dumping ground for parolees and sex offenders — all the while gazing enviously across the Colorado River at boomtowns…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on small town newspapers’ battle with Craigslist will air on Morning Edition tomorrow (May 27)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 5 am to 10 am Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 2 am to 9 am Pacific – KPCC…

My buddy Daniel Zhu just got a job as a ranger/French interpreter at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Here’s how his first few weeks have gone: Alaska has been a blast so far! My first few weeks at Katmai National Park was been nothign less than an adventure. The weather has been unpredictable, with 70 mph winds and snow. There have been wild animal sightings everywhere. And I live in a tent frame cabin. My first two weeks at Brooks…

Big ups to my man Sarmad Ali, for this fascinating blog post about Iraqi communities in Michigan. WSJ: As we drove through Detroit’s suburbs, we passed movie theaters and subdivisions, large strip-malls and sleepy neighborhoods. We stopped at Ryan Palace, a restaurant named after the street it is on in the city of Warren. The entrance was painted light blue with glazed bulls and dragons to make it look like Babylon’s Ishtar Gate. Arabic tabloids were stacked near the door.…

Folks who know me will undoubtedly know that Senegal and Estonia are two of my favorite countries. (Heck, they comprise two of the four countries in my book.) So, you bet my interest was piqued when I read that Doudou Diène, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, just authored a study on racism in Estonia. I’m guessing that he just might be the only Senegalese person in recent memory to set…

Last week I went to Modesto for some reporting for NPR. Yesterday, I wrote a haiku about what I learned: Here in Modesto they used to take the train but now they steal cars.

Hamid Tehrani of Global Voices conducted an email interview with me about my forthcoming book, tentatively titled The Internet of Elsewhere. Cyrus Farivar is a USA-based blogger, journalist and writer. He is currently working on a book about the impact of the internet on society. Cyrus writes about internet impact on Iran, Senegal, South Korea and Senegal. He was recently in Iran and has taken several photos of Iranian carpets, food, buildings and nature too. Q: You visited Iran recently…