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For Their Movement, Turks Turn to Twitter & YouTube
As the Prime Minister and the press dismiss their movement, Turkish protesters raise their cameras and their voices.
WITNESS
June 3, 2013
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The Ethics of Syrian War & the Techniques of Video Advocacy
In a controversial media campaign that aims to teach the Geneva Code to Syrian rebel fighters, the most overlooked aspect might be the emotions.
WITNESS
May 31, 2013
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The Ceasefire that Never Happened
The Burma government denied airstrikes against civilians in a regional capital—until citizen video helped force their confession. This is how it happened.
WITNESS
May 19, 2013
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Giving Your Work a Life of Its Own with Creative Commons
CC licenses don't replace copyright; they make it easier for you to say which rights you want to keep. And they may be the best way to give your work a life of its own.
WITNESS
May 13, 2013
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Sending Videos Safely through the Wild, Wild, Web
From YouTube to FTP, and Dropbox to Google Drive, online services have very different ways of transferring files. Which ones are safest for your videos?
Yvonne Ng
May 9, 2013
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Policing the Police with Citizen Video
In one week, eyewitness’ videos exposed police brutality in four different countries: South Africa, Brazil, Australia, and Fiji. One month later, we check in to see how those videos made a difference.
WITNESS
April 22, 2013
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Angelina Jolie Agrees, Their Voices Matter
What did Angelina Jolie notice in Our Voices Matter? Hint: It's why WITNESS is releasing a guide on ethical interviews with survivors of sexual violence.
WITNESS
April 19, 2013
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Telling the Story at the Heart of the News
The beating heart of every news event is a story about people. Community video helps those affected to bring the issue to life. The result is accurate, authentic, and powerful—and here’s how to do it.
WITNESS
April 8, 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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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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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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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
