What [and who] killed Arafat?

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8 years ago died Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader, and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The cause of dead remains unknown while an international investigation is announced.

A few moths ago, an Al Jazeera documentary attempted to unveil What killed Arafat?

the real reinvention of the newspaper?

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This is not about gadgets, apps or another useless social network. It is about transforming the very concept of newspapers, as in, literally, news + paper, in an interactive way.

Interactive newsprint is developing, as they describe it, an interactive paper, a type of "smart" paper:

It is responsive to a human touch – the images or text printed on it can change, or play a sound once a certain area on the surface is pressed. This means that sheets of paper can turn into interactive displays.

Photo: by InteractiveNewsPrint

Furthermore, this project is researching and focusing its development based on community interests' platforms, as an alternative to the technology companies orientation.

A fantastic way of exploring the reinvention of the newspaper, an alternative bringing new ideas to the world of news and Media.

Let's see what comes up out of it.

Power and the BBC international agenda

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Gerry Power, Head of research at BBC World Service Trust, has kicked-off the cycle of Visiting Speakers programme foresees to this Semester at Kingston University.

Supported by a meticulous methodology as well as a broad knowledge of the BBC World Trust, their principles, strategies and goals, he exposed a variety of projects, initiatives and findings obtained throughout their work in 43 countries around the developing world.

Following Power’s presentation, their ultimate goal is generate advances in the fight against poverty, utilising mass media and communications methods and resources as tools for empowering excluded communities –emphasising in rural areas (i.e. Public service advertising to promote condom use in India, or Ethiopia's first radio soap opera recorded on location - designed to stimulate debate about rural livelihoods). Furthermore, their particular areas of interest are Health, Governance & Human Rights, Education, Emergency Response, Livelihoods and environment.