Ship's log: Slow Journalism in a fast world

The world moves fast and journalism races to keep pace–but should it?

The Ship’s Log is a new series of reflections and short diary entries about journalism and the Pirate Wire Services crew’s news beats. It’s for paying subscribers only, so if you like what you read, do encourage others to take a paid sub! 

A few years ago, I broke my knee hiking in Nepal and stranded myself in a remote Himalayan village of a few hundred …