Week 13 - global voices online

What an interesting blog, the Globalvoicesonline.org one is.

For anyone out there who is passionate about blogging or citizen journalism, this site boasts all that and more.

There are so many events and issues that constitute news around the world however, many of the stories on this site are not picked up by mainstream media.

The sites aim is to 'shine a light on places and people other media often ignore'.

By continuing to focus on stories that affect real people or issues that readers are genuinely interested in, the global voices online site will always have an audience.

I find it amazing that during the US Presidential Election campaign, the major headlines that make the news are quite trivial - at least to me.

Thank heavens for sites like GlobalVoicesOnline.org, which posts articles that actually mean something.

An example of this is a story about John McCain that might affect some Americans' decision to vote.

An interesting post about McCain meeting with a known Chilean dictator a few years ago might strike a chord with some undecided voters.

It appears that he has recently criticised those who would meet with any dictator without pre-conditions, when in fact he himself did exactly that a few years ago as a US Congressman.

This information actually relates to the campaign and is worth reading.

Whereas certain sections of the media waste time discussing Sarah Palin's pregnant, teenage daughter or her designer clothes, the focus is not on the real life issues that are affecting people today.

When you want to know what is really happening around our world, take a look at globalvoicesonline.org.