Category: Newsy.com

It’s only gotten weirder in the last 24 hours. The Zimbabwean government has blamed the cholera outbreak in their country on the British, claiming the U.K. dropped some sort of “biological chemical weapon” on the African country. [Cholera, I should note, is caused by consuming food or water that’s been contaminated with feces.] The country is building mass graves for the bodies of those killed by the nation’s army. The country also introduced a 500 million Zimbabwean dollar today, even though a 100m and 200m note were introduced in the last week (but hyperinflation made those bills irrelevant within hours of distribution).

On Tuesday, Newsy.com took a closer look at the initial chaos brewing in Robert Mugabe’s country:

More than 100 countries — including 18 of our NATO allies — signed a new ban on cluster bombs today. The United States was not among those agreeing to the treaty. But in a last-minute move, Afghanistan decided to sign the ban. I produced a story for Newsy.com today about the controversy:

Here’s the Newsy.com clip I put together this week about the capture of the leader of Spanish terrorist group ETA. Click here to watch.

Last Tuesday — just as Americans were tuned into the Presidential election, a Learjet crashed into a neighborhood in downtown Mexico City. Onboard was Juan Camilo Mourino — the Mexican government’s Interior Secretary, with a similar cabinet role to U.S. Vice President — and Jose Luis Santiago Vasconelos. Both men have led the country’s war on drugs. Vasconelos has survived assassination attempts from drug lords. Now, the real question: did that Learjet crash by accident, or was it taken down by those who wanted to see Mourino and Vasconelos killed? I produced a piece at at Newsy.com that takes a closer look.

Click here to watch.

You wouldn’t guess it, but for a town of 100,000 people, Columbia, Mo., has a surprisingly high number of news organizations. (Yes, having a massive school of journalism here has something to do with it). Add to the list one new place for news that opened up just this week: Newsy.com, a video aggregator of sorts.

I’ve been doing some work for Newsy for one of my classes. Yesterday, I put together a wrap-up of what the pundits were saying the day after the election. Nothing quite like Olbermann saying that O’Reilly doesn’t matter, and O’Reilly responding by saying that he’s more important than ever.