Helen Clark was prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008. She subsequently led the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2009 to 2017. Ms Clark is a member of The Elders, a group of former global leaders.
Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.