Just a quick post to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I also wanted to let you know that the Global Voices initiative is now five years old. David Sasaki has written a great retrospective of Global Voices’ first five years that I really recommend you read if you get the chance.

The team over at Global Voices have done an amazing job over the past half-decade promoting and supporting bloggers and journalists across the world (including in Russia and every country of the Former Soviet Union), and they really deserve every plaudit they get.

Global Voices are funded partly by charitable donations, so if you were looking for someone to donate a little money to this Christmas, I think they’d really appreciate your help!