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This is the fourth and concluding part of the interview with BBC technology columnist, Mr. Bill Thompson. part 1, part 2, part 3An epidemiological study of how knowledge has traditionally spread in the world would probably show that at any one time, only a small amount of knowledge is available

Bill Thompson is a technology commentator for the BBC. Mr. Thompson was born in 1960 and grew up before there were computers around. "Indeed, I never touched one at school.” It was not until his third year at Cambridge University, when he was running experiments in Psychology, that he

Part 5 of a 5-part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award-winning journalist Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. Let’s talk a little more about the challenges of foreign reporting. I feel

Part 4 of a 5-part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology?. Since we have just broached the Middle East, what are the special challenges

On February 5th, 2007, Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut, was arrested on the charge of attempted kidnapping. Nowak had driven 900 miles, from Houston to Orlando, to confront and kidnap her ex-boyfriend’s new love interest. Three days later, when I met Mr. Frankel for the interview, the story was

Part 3 of a 5 part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glenn Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. People can be fairly clever in coming up with justifications for why

Part 2 of a 5-part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. How was it working for a small newspaper? How did you learn the

Part 1 of a 5-part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. Where were you born? What were some of the early influences that shaped