When people discover news

My 31 year old brother discovered news for the first time this weekend.

It may sound odd, but the news and happenings of the world had not seemed important to him and he would do anything to avoid watching or reading the news.

As we know Friday morning brought the massive earthquake and following tsunami to Japan - for the first time, through no choice of his own, my brother saw the tsunami hit with images taken in real time! From that point forward he has quoted facts, figures and unfortunate incidents.

He has been able to follow every step of the disaster through the 24 hour business which is broadcast journalism - I just feel lucky he's not on twitter at this stage or we may know personal stories as well.

I wonder whether this will mean he will now follow what's happening outside his bubble or is this just a one time thing?

We have also found every local newspaper trying to find a link to it's readers - not able to just report devastation they are ensuring that it is part of everyone's lives - Hopefully meaning that more people will try to help with aid - Evening Gazette Middlesbrough