Most people probably think of media freedom group Reporters Sans Frontières as the sort of sober NGO that spends its time putting out rather dry reports which don't get the publicity they deserve, writes David Fickling.
So its latest offering - which comes over like a cross between a motivational business guide and the internet's answer to the Anarchist Cookbook - is a bit of a surprise.
The Blogger's Handbook carries instructions on everything from how to choose a blogging platform to how to get yourself to the top picks on search engines.
More seriously, there's advice on how to blog from the frontlines without getting caught. It ranges from the obvious - such as not revealing your identity online - to the technical, such as using proxy servers to disguise your IP address when posting.
In many parts of the world, the freedom of expression offered by the internet has cracked open decades of media censorship.
Iran is ranked as one of the world's 10 most repressive countries for journalists, but its 75,000 bloggers get away with more than the country's mainstream media ever could.
And China, home to the vast majority of the world's imprisoned cyberjournalists, such as Yang Zili, has an incredibly active blogging scene.
Nevertheless, there are precious few blogs to be found from the other countries at the bottom of RSF's press freedom index. We can't find any from North Korea, Cuba or Burma, although one brave soul is posting from Turkmenistan.
The positive way to look at the issue is to note that a thousand flowers have bloomed as a result of new internet freedoms - but the cynic might see things differently.
Cyberjournalists are rapidly catching up with their mainstream colleagues in terms of the numbers being imprisoned worldwide, with 70 of them having been jailed since 1999.
Worse still, unlike mainstream journalists who are paid for their work and have employers who are often ready to kick up a fuss, bloggers normally have no one looking out for them.
Last month, the blogiverse gained the tragic distinction of having its first online journalist killed in action. He is unlikely to be the last.
