Nick Petrie

AS a student growing up in the world of the free/tabloid newspaper, I find myself lamenting a different type of journal- ism. I wonder what happened to the articles full of integrity, to journalists with a desire for the truth to be brought to light, to stories being published because the public has the right to ‘know’, not to sell papers.

Week by week, we descend further into the tabloid world of celebrity. The front pages of many papers show pictures of actors or singers leaving a club, with a sensationalist headline. If celebrity scandal isn’t your cup of tea, you can pick up one of the many free papers that are full of weak, bubblegum news.

IN the developed world technology is having a greater impact on our daily lives than ever before. The networks that exist and the devices that utilise them are helping to encourage change all over the world.

Twenty years ago, the citizens of Burma staged a series of protests beginning in September 1987. These went largely unnoticed by the western world until March 1988, when approximately one hundred civilians were brutally killed during a demonstration when the Burmese military opened fire. This was later followed on 8th August by the massacre of an estimated 3,000 Burmese citizens, although some think it could be as high as 10,000. The victims included Burma’s Buddhist monks who were marching in support of the general population.