Immigration, Vigilantes and Robots
Working closely with the WorldChanging team is having an effect on my blogging style: I’m finding it harder to post stories that seem purely like… Read More »Immigration, Vigilantes and Robots
The pastel floral revolution
Compared to the telegenic, orderly and easily understood “orange” revolution in Ukraine, the ongoing revolution in Kyrgyzstan is pretty baffling. For one thing, no one… Read More »The pastel floral revolution
The pastel floral revolution
Compared to the telegenic, orderly and easily understood “orange” revolution in Ukraine, the ongoing revolution in Kyrgyzstan is pretty baffling. For one thing, no one… Read More »The pastel floral revolution
Journalism, transparency and triangulation
A week back, at the Madrid Democracy summit, I had a dinner conversation with friends that centered on the complications of professional journalists maintaining blogs.… Read More »Journalism, transparency and triangulation
The Asian Tsunami and Media Attention
Mark Jones of AlertNet has an excellent visualization of media attention imbalance as concerns the December 26th tsunami and other major international crises. Using data… Read More »The Asian Tsunami and Media Attention
Ghostly rodents and journalistic detention
When President Mutharika moved out of his absurd, 300-room palace in Lilongwe because he – reportedly – was troubled by ghostly rodents crawling over his… Read More »Ghostly rodents and journalistic detention