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All right. So I know the politics of a country thousands of miles away might not be so interesting as this week’s Euro tantrum or Jeremy Clarkson’s most recent politically incorrect statement, but as journalists we should know a little bit about everywhere. So here go my two cents about the current state of digital media in Mexico. But first a little bit of history.

In 2010, Facebook introduced the ‘Like’ button and the little blue thumbs up has since become a familiar sight on most websites. Whether you are reading an article, doing a bit of shopping or searching for somewhere to go on holiday, the thumb is there asking you to ‘Like’ whatever you are looking at, automatically sharing the link on your Facebook friends’ newsfeeds.

A selection of pictures from our recent graduation ceremony (thanks to Gerardo) are now available on the CfJ's all-new Facebook page. It's still a work in progress, but it would be helpful if all you Facebookers out there could 'like' the page. I need 25 'likes' for the page to be able to give the page a proper name. Once you've 'liked' the page, you should also be able to post your own pics from the graduation ceremony to the page - so please feel free. We'd love to see more.

The media is undergoing a revolution in which people will no longer look to newspapers for news, according to Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow.

Delivering the third Bob Friend Memorial Lecture at the University of Kent on Friday night, Snow said events in the Middle East demonstrate the benefits of social media websites but also that newspapers are becoming dated very quickly. Leaders in Tunisia and Egypt have been forced from power after mass protests driven by services like Twitter and Facebook.

Snow said: "I don't think people will look to newspapers for news. I don't think people are patient enough to read news in that way."

Before his lecture, titled ‘From film to Twitter – the media revolution: is the golden age of journalism come or gone?’, Snow presented this year’s winner of the Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship, Tania Steere, with her award.

... this is worrying.

Ian Collins, who presents the late show on talkSPORT and managed to get the creator of the Raoul Moat tribute group on Facebook to take part in an interview live on air. (Scroll down slightly for the media player)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

You know, after I moved to Medway (about the 6th week of term - long story), I didn’t have the internet for two weeks. I know, pretty scary right? I mean, what did I do whenever I had  30 seconds to spare, imagine checking my e-mails? Fantasize about scrolling through endless twitter feeds for the last funny thing Stephen Fry said (which was about 1995, by my estimate ;) )?

Okay, slight exaggeration – but it did help with my assessment this week and I figured first years haven’t yet had to put up with my Twitter ramblings. 
Not that I was at all guilty of leaving my video project to the last minute, but I was, on Wednesday night, madly searching for some more information on my chosen story.