Go and find something out

I realise that everyone's trying to get hold of the books that we need for our essay, and have therefore been reserving books from the library. The two books that have been recalled of mine are not going to be taken back until a couple of weeks after our essay has been completed. So sorry to whoever wanted them...

While surfing the web today, my sister came across this article about the

refugee crisis in Pakistan.

This is the piece about the Madrid bombings that I discussed at conference. This is a picture from the scene with the body part clearly visible. 

Reuters/El Pais 

Interesting piece by Paul Boutin in Wired, the Web Magazine.  Apparently the future is multimedia.

Geneva Overholser at the Online Journalism Review wonders whether the traditional business model for journalism - i.e publishing companies run for profit - has distorted the social responsibilities of journalists. She quotes former investment banker Adlai Wertman, who claims that profit-seeking companies "quickly go from no social mission to no social responsibility" - resulting in a distorted notion of "what the public wants" when it comes to journalism, and a terribly inadequate news diet for a self-governing people.