As the war in Afghanistan enters its final chapter, Sean Smith's brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood
Perhaps it is the sunshine, or the abnormal atmosphere of peace and contemplation currently pervading the Centre, but I was greatly cheered by this post on the Poynter Institute website. A few people in a handful of places in one advanced nation seem to be waking up to the idea that democracy needs journalism like a bird needs feathers. Let's hope the idea can cross the Atlantic in the opposite direction to the Mayflower, and ideally a little faster.
