I listen on and off throughout most nights to the BBC news on my radio --from Zimbabwe, Haiti, the Gaza Strip, Burma -- bemusing the groggy dog on the floor at the end of the bed.
I listen because I have today, or perhaps will meet tomorrow, a client from that very country, sitting in detention waiting to discuss the latest developments from home. Perhaps he or she has had personal experience with the same situation discussed in the night; perhaps this news will impact their case.
I listen because I know I will find someone for whom this news is real, and whose life experience will add to my understanding of it.
I listen, because absorbing global news is a most special intersection of the intellect and the heart, and one of the reasons my work is so satisfying.
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