Galvanize 1. b: to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock -(merriam-webster) News out of Canada today still lacks in-depth information and examination, but so far what is coming out is that a same sex couple who got married back in 2005, while trying to get a divorce, were told by...
Thomas Wiegold was there in Somalia even before the German military arrived back in 1993. And he has been there ever since, reporting on what is a unique situation for both a country and its military. As the decades have passed, as an independent journalist Thomas has continued to...
The headlines coming out of Chilé this week echo throughout the world, "government shift in policy regarding learning about Pinochet era in school," from now on to be described as a "regime", and not a "dictatorship". Which is immediately met with anger and disapproval, criticized as an attempt to...
Personal media empires aren't a new concept, but with every year that goes by and every advancement that helps individuals produce original content- they rise. Media commentators used to predict a media revolution or the collapse of traditional media institutions, but recent history shows us that it won't exactly...
"If my grandmother knows Kosovo is a country… everyone knows Kosovo is a country" Flekitza repeats in an attempt to help me understand what is going on in the Serbian community of Kosovo. In her home city in Kosovo, public school teachers get pay checks from the Serbian government,...
