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Digitizing WITNESS Videotapes Through a Community Partnership
Digitizing videotape collections can be a lot of work, but it can be made more manageable by selecting and prioritizing, doing what you can in-house, and collaborating and sharing resources within a community.
Yvonne Ng
March 30, 2016
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Getting the Truth Out: Restorative Justice for Victims of Police Violence in the United States
March 24th is the international day for ‘The Right to The Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and For The Dignity of Victims,’ a day to remember victims of systemic human rights violations and stress the importance of the right to truth and justice. To mark this day we corresponded with Dave Ragland, Co-founder and […]
Jackie Zammuto
March 24, 2016
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How to Use YouTube’s New Blurring Feature to Protect Identities
YouTube's blurring function allows users to blur select items such as faces or identifying information. In this post we will show you how to use the tool.
Morgan Hargrave
February 25, 2016
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New Interactive Documentary, “The Deeper They Bury Me” Explores the Human Impact of Solitary Confinement
Activist and prisoner Herman Wallace spent 41 years in solitary confinement. Now a new doc takes viewers on an interactive journey into Wallace's world.
WITNESS
December 18, 2015
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Ethical Wednesdays: Archives and Our Ethical Guidelines for Using Eyewitness Videos
As archives start to collect, provide access to, and present social media collections, many ethical issues arise that need to be addressed.
Yvonne Ng
November 18, 2015
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Borrowing a Wedding Photographer’s Camera To Document War Crimes
WITNESS Executive Director Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm reflects on the power of video to support UN Sustainable Development Goal # 16: Peace and Justice.
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
September 24, 2015
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Community-Based Approaches to Archives From the Black Lives Matter Movement
Archivist Yvonne Ng discusses new initiatives out of Ferguson, Baltimore and Cleveland to collect and preserve records of police abuse and protest movements.
Yvonne Ng
September 2, 2015
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Filming Police Abuse:
A compilation of training resources and guidance to support anyone filming interactions with police or incidents of police abuse in the U.S.
Jackie Zammuto
August 5, 2015
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Video as Evidence: Basic Practices
Basic Practices is the newest section in our Video as Evidence Field Guide. This chapter provides principles and guidelines for individuals interested in using video for human rights documentation. The chapter covers getting ready to film, filming, safeguarding your footage and sharing your video.
WITNESS
February 16, 2015
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Do We Need a Dedicated Repository for Human Rights Media?
A dedicated online video-sharing site or database could show the breadth and scale of human rights violations worldwide, and enable coordinated action.
Sam Gregory
January 30, 2015
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The WITNESS Blog: A Look Back at 2014 and Look Ahead to 2015
In 2014 we contextualized dozens of citizen videos on human rights; shared resources for using video for change, archiving video and interviewing survivors of sexual violence; interviewed filmmakers, activists and journalists; advocated for better use of technology to aid those using video for change; celebrated stories of courage, and much more.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
January 5, 2015
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Can Video Help End Police Brutality?
Does more video actually lead to justice for victims of police brutality? Will the presence of more cameras lead to less police brutality in the future?
WITNESS
November 11, 2014
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The Ties That Bind Us In the Fight to Expose Human Rights Abuse
In her monthly message, WITNESS' executive director looks back on human rights stories from October and reflects on how our work resonates as more and more of us fight to expose human rights abuses.
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
November 7, 2014
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What is Video Metadata? Our New Video Explains
A new video from WITNESS explains the basics -- how video metadata is created, why it’s valuable, and what risks and benefits activists might need to balance.
Yvonne Ng
October 27, 2014
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Format, Frame Size and More: Digital Video Basics for Activists
We're launching a new video in our series for activists on video archiving and preservation, which covers digital video basics including file formats, encoding, and more.
Yvonne Ng
October 15, 2014