Mirth and Matter Challenge

You look at the front page every day and it's hard to get through everything. A lot of articles you just gloss over. Maybe it's the sensationalist media not sensationalizing something enough. Maybe it's the concept that whatever the headline concerns doesn't really affect your life that much. Either way, I have an interesting challenge for all of the Mirth and Matter contributors.

For the next week I want you to scan your news sites. Keep tabs on what goes on, what the news-worthy trends are, and try to take notice of breaking news. If the story is something that you wouldn't normally read I want you to set it aside and really get into it. Try to get some background information about the topic, see what unfolds as the weeks progress. After awhile write a blog about it. Our society has such a saturation of information that it's really difficult to be an expert on something when you're just getting the Cliff's Notes version of the news. Perhaps this way we can not only become miniature experts, but we can bring readers up to speed on how deep some of these issues go. Feel free to respond to this entry with things you find that you'd like to look into.