If you’ve been reading my blog regularly, you know that I wrote a number of entries about the appearance of Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Donald Eick and Ronald Moore (all of Battlestar Galactica) at the United Nations. I was impressed by the fact that an influential and important body as the UN would invite actors and writers/producers of a sci-fi show to speak about current political topics and human rights issues.
Edward James Olmos gives an emotional speech about the shortcomings of the distinction of “race”
Article about the (possible) influence …

… or: why you should not upset a tech-savvy person nowadays.
This is just a quick blurb (yes, blurb is my new favorite word, The Girl That Knows Everything About B5 knows why): During my final thesis and in the recent months I’ve given one issue more than just a casual thought – with the rising popularity of social networks and publishing platforms, e.g. YouTube, almost every person that knows how to sign up for those services can publish content.
While this often proves that many people do not think before they act …

I wish my first post after my return from vacation could be something other than mourning the death of a legend. But today Walter Cronkite, legendary US TV anchorman, passed away.
For me as a journalism graduate, Walter Cronkite was of course known and we studied his style of reporting, the influence it had and above all the influence he himself had on the world he covered in his news for decades. I know that in the US, most everybody knew who he was, even though he had retired from television …