How bloggers can help people understand public service

One of the advances that the long tail of the blogosphere has brought us is that some social work gets reported properly. Not the way that newspapers often report them, in their need for sensationalism. And, of course, they do it all for nothing.

One of the bloggers that does more to educate people about the realities of public service needs a new MacBook. Surely there's a grant somewhere?

Take Random Acts of Reality, for instance. The latest post is worth a look, but look around the site if you can? Some of them are quite literally eye-watering.

Try this post from a while ago for size. Brings a lump to the throat doesn’t it?

Now, it seems, Tom’s blogging has been curtailed because his laptop has packed in. I don’t know if any of this blog’s readers have access to charitable funds that are designed to promote better policymaking and democratic understanding through use of teh Internetz, but if you do, you could to worse than direct a few hundred quid towards Tom to pay for that MacBook that he’s coveting in his most recent post?

If you are an elected representative of any kind, you really must book mark this site or stick it into your RSS reader.

Here’s an interview with the blog’s author, Tom Reynolds.

Oh, and a declaration of my interest here: I’ve never met Tom, or spoken to him. I’ve just read his blog and if I had a grand to spare, I’d think of chipping into his laptop fund. But I don’t at the moment….