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Robert Fisk has attacked coverage of events in Syria, saying 'There's something faintly colonialist about all this'. He claims:

- That the "heroic myth" of the war correspondent has pervaded the public's consciousness to such an extent that journalists sent to cover conflicts now regard themselves as more important than the people on whom they are reporting.

Remember that guy we all laughed at in school - you know, he thought giraffes had long necks cuz their ancestors stretched to reach the high-up leaves? How could he fail to realise that it's random mutations that cause evolution, which are then reinforced through 'survival of the fittest' style environmental pressures? I mean, duh!

I forgot in the end, but intended to (story of my life). Anyone get a compy for posterity (Alan, I know you did via Facebook status)?

Recent graduates on their experiences at the University of Kent's Centre for Journalism

Didn't post this sooner as I've got no internet at home, had a bit of shameless exploitation of my private life published today in the Independent.

PS: If I look tired in that photo, it's because I'm being propped up by tiny elves from the top of the garden. *zzz...*

I've made an A4 version of our Spring term print newsday 'paper, but it's too big to upload to the site (and looks awful compressed further). I'll bring it on Weds on a USB if anyone wants a copy.

"Is this a landmark moment for free speech online, with Twitter handing over confidential details of a user for the first time?" asks Rory Cellan-Jones, after Twitter's release of user information in a Californian court to lawyers acting for South Tyneside Council.

Another coup for the social network.

The singularity - not the origin of the universe, but the rupture with human history as we know it, when artificial intelligence surpasses the sum of all human intelligence.

By its nature, we cannot imagine what will happen after such a point (if it happens, that is), because if we could, it wouldn't surpass our intelligence.

Conference starts at 8.30 tomorrow, in the smaller newsroom. See you there!