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Women’s Video Journalism–More Than Just Reporting
WorldPulse's Citizen Journalism Program trains women to report about deeper social issues, and through reporting, to change them.
WITNESS
March 30, 2013
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Progress for Kenya through the Lens of a Camera
Having kept peace throughout the 2013 presidential elections, Kenyans look forward. Bukeni Waruzi explains the current situation, and how incorporating video can help to resolve remaining tensions.
WITNESS
March 25, 2013
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Not a Story About Him, but His Story
Filmmakers Madeleine Bair and Betty Bastidas did not want to produce another film about an at-risk teen. The only way to capture his life struggles was to involve the subject in the storytelling.
WITNESS
March 19, 2013
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Citizen Video for Journalists: How to Build a Newsroom on Twitter, with Andy Carvin
Twitter can be a rumor mill—or a newsroom. NPR's Andy Carvin shares ideas for developing an informative and reliable online community for news gathering.
WITNESS
March 18, 2013
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International Women’s Day Sees Sparse Progress in Ending Impunity
On March 8th, the world celebrates International Women's Day. It's a somber celebration, though: despite progress in some areas, more must be done to end impunity for perpetrators of gender-based violence.
WITNESS
March 8, 2013
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Behind the Scenes of UN Peacekeeping’s “Women and Peacekeeping” Video
As part of UN Peacekeeping’s campaign for International Women’s Day and the Commission on the Status of Women, I wanted to make an innovative video. But I faced a basic challenge: I had never done one before.
WITNESS
March 8, 2013
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One Million Men. One Million Promises. One Million Videos.
Men are joining the movement against violence against women like never before. The One Million Men. One Million Promises campaign is unifying their voices, and using video to amplify them.
WITNESS
March 8, 2013
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All Eyes on Kenya–and Cameras, too.
As polling stations close their doors today after huge voter turnout in, everyone is wondering: will this election remain peaceful, or will it follow in the path of the turbulent 2007 election? Kenyan citizen journalists, trained by WITNESS, weigh in.
WITNESS
March 4, 2013
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The Journey from ‘My Voice’ to ‘Our Voices’
I went to South Africa to teach filmmaking to youth, but what I really wanted was to foster critical consciousness—the ability to question authority and turn a lens on society, literally and figuratively. I soon realized that these youth were more than willing to question—and they started with me.
WITNESS
March 1, 2013
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Self-Preservation through Personal Digital Archiving
‘Personal digital archiving’ is a movement that helps individuals take control of their digital files. A WITNESS Archivist shares her insights from a national conference, outlining gaps and solutions for human rights defenders.
WITNESS
February 27, 2013
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Citizen Video for Journalists: Verification
Citizen video is becoming a powerful new reporting tool. But faked footage threatens to break the trust that's so critical to newsrooms and audiences. Storyful reporter Della Kilroy demystifies the verification process, sharing important lessons for reporters and human rights researchers alike.
WITNESS
February 25, 2013
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Can Cell Phones Save Kenya’s Elections?
Across the country, pockets of Kenyans are determined to use video to protect their democracy during the March 4th elections. Bukeni Waruzi just returned from training these activists and citizen journalists, and here's what he taught.
WITNESS
February 23, 2013
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Marshaling Social Media to Tell Stories of Death Row Innocence
Too many cooks spoil the broth? Not anymore, says One for Ten producer Laura Shacham. She's hitting the social media superhighway to bring hundreds of voices to the stories of death row exonerees.
WITNESS
February 22, 2013
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Key for a Key: Unlocking a Video Advocacy Training in Brazil
What's it like to be in a WITNESS video training? This post brings you inside the classroom in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where two dozen activists are working to save their communities from forced evictions.
Jackie Zammuto
February 16, 2013
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Securing Archives in Insecure Situations: Lessons from Mali
“Centuries of Invaluable Manuscripts Lost to Extremists” could have been the headline. But it wasn’t, because Timbuktu archivists made plans to preserve them. Keeping digital archives can be easier, but no less critical. Here’s what you can do.
Yvonne Ng
February 15, 2013