I had the opportunity to visit the Newseum (www.Newseum.com), in Washington, DC, a 250,000-square-foot museum of news that offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. As a self-professed ‘news junkie’, I spent hours wandering through exhibits, learning how the business of gathering news has moved pen and paper to online blogs and live video feeds. We live in a society of “instant news” – a story that used to take days to write now takes just a few hours. And as newsrooms shrink, reporters are covering multiple assignments, often struggling to make a deadline.

Way to go Congress! From WebCPA.........The devastating earthquake in Haiti last week is spurring relief efforts from countries around the world, but the U.S. is playing a key role in providing both help and security, along with much-needed funds. U.S. taxpayers have been stepping forward to provide money to charities like the American Red Cross and Unicef, raising tens of millions of dollars through text messages alone. Now Congress is considering legislation that would allow U.S.