Video for Change Archives - Page 49 of 53

Forced evictions in Guatemala: whose land is it anyway? [via GV/WITNESS] [Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online – this post was written by Gavin Simpson] Land ownership and occupation are complex and highly contentious issues in many parts of Latin America, and the tropical, resource-rich plains of northeastern Guatemala are no exception. On the one hand, legal title to land […] WITNESS March 4, 2007
Beyond Broadcast 2 I agree with Bryan’s comments that this year’s BB wasn’t as good as last year. Why? Well I felt like I wasn’t hearing anything new. Everything was a continuation of last year. Although the resounding message seemed to be ‘we are still figuring it out’ I guess in the last 8 months, we all didn’t […] WITNESS March 1, 2007
What I did at Beyond Broadcast I was thinking that rather than write up an internal report about Beyond Broadcast and a separate blog entry, I’d kill two birds with one stone and just post the whole thing here. So if my tone sounds a little more official, that’s because it is. Last weekend Tina and I drove up to MIT […] WITNESS March 1, 2007
Good Reference Page on Online Video Sites Thanks to Lost Remote for point to this article from Read/Write Web. It’s a pretty good overview of the various online video companies competing in the YouTube space, as well as the various technologies used to deliver the videos. WITNESS February 16, 2007
Ishmael Beah on Jon Stewart Not really Hub related but I wanted to see what Comedy Central’s embedded video player looked like. Ishmael spoke at our Gala in 2005. WITNESS February 16, 2007
Mobile Advocacy: Still Bleeding Edge for Most Non-Profits… … good thing we’re not squeamish. Katrin Verclas of NTEN and MobileActive fame writes on the NTEN blog: • Mobile phones should be used as part of an integrated campaign. As sexy as mobile marketing and campaigning is, it can’t yet stand by itself. • Texting campaigns, especially with short codes on a professionally run […] WITNESS February 14, 2007
Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV [via GV/WITNESS] [Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online] It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let’s get straight into it… Bandh of brothers… [via Neha] [YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRLmupsVts] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle, of United We Blog!, shows motorcycle riders being turned backed by members […] WITNESS February 14, 2007
Social Media – the Tipping Point for Mobile Video? Here are the figures from TVWeek: The potential for social networking on phones is huge. MySpace, the biggest social networking site on the Web, now commands nearly 5 percent of all Internet visits. Audience measurement firm Hitwise reports that one of every 17 Internet visits is to a social networking site, with MySpace commanding 81 […] WITNESS February 14, 2007
Veoh Relaunched Veoh, one of the video sharing sites we looked at early on, has relaunch with a new slicker interface as well as some cool transcoding and syndication features, including automatic cross-posting to YouTube, Google, and MySpace. Here are a couple of reviews from TechCrunch and LostRemote. WITNESS February 13, 2007
More on Jailed Video Blogger Josh Wolf It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything about the Josh Wolf situation. He now has the distinction of being longest incarcerated journalist in US history for contempt of court, 170 days. An article from Slashdot links to an interview with Wolf on Democracy now. Video blogger and independent journalist Josh Wolf has been in a […] WITNESS February 13, 2007
MySpace’s Video Filtering Technology While researching possible options for video filtering technology for the Hub, we came across some stuff about Audible Magic, a company that was developing a way to filter for copyrighted material. It appears that MySpace is going to use this technology for their videos. It will be interesting to see how well it works. In […] WITNESS February 12, 2007
Tutorials on Lighting for Interviews etc… The folks at unmediated highlight efplighting.com, a site with some good tutorials on how to light subjects for interviews among other things. It could be useful for some of the educational modules for the Hub, although we are still on the lookout for a good tutorial on best practices for shooting cellphone video. WITNESS February 12, 2007
BBC’s Hot Mobile Trends The 3GSM World Congress is happening in Barcelona this week, and the BBC is covering it. They’ve also put together a list of some companies to keep track of in the coming year. Not surprisingly, there are a number of companies offering services for user generate content producers. UK based, YoSpace has created See Me […] WITNESS February 12, 2007
Social Network Fatigue There are so many social networks out there already, are people beginning to tire of them? Will this have an affect on participation on the Hub? How many LinkedIn requests have you gotten this week? This article from unmediated goes into further detail. WITNESS February 8, 2007
Davos, Blogging, and SecondLife While catching up on my podcasts from The Economist, I came across an article about whether or not Bosses should Blog. It was pretty funny, especially the part about SecondLife. Guess I’m not the only one who has doubts about it. If blogging doesn’t appeal, WEF offers the suggestible chief executive another way to make […] WITNESS February 7, 2007