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The WITNESS Guide to Cheap Digital Cameras for Activists
A review of six cameras (and suggested accessories) for under US $300 for video activists on a budget.
WITNESS
November 18, 2013
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Why Time is Running Out For Your Videotapes
How can individuals and organizations with limited resources deal with preserving all the videos recorded on tapes years ago?
Yvonne Ng
October 30, 2013
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Atención, Activistas de Derechos Humanos: Aprende a archivar tu video con nuestra nueva guía!
Activists Guide to Archiving Video now available in Spanish!
Yvonne Ng
August 19, 2013
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انتباه لكل ناشطي حقوق الإنسان: تعلم كيفية أرشفة الفيديوهات الخاصة بك مع دليلنا الجديد!
Our Activists' Guide to Archiving Video is now available in Arabic
Yvonne Ng
August 6, 2013
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Attention Human Rights Activists: Learn How to Archive Your Video with our New Guide
Our new how-to guide for managing, storing, sharing and preserving digital video.
Yvonne Ng
July 23, 2013
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How To Make a Trustworthy Video
Video activists risk everything to film human rights violations. But unverified footage can't stand in newsrooms or courtrooms, so their efforts may be in vain. How can activists prevent that? Archivist Yvonne Ng explains a few simple steps they can take.
Yvonne Ng
January 30, 2013
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20 Powerful Moments in Human Rights Video
Every year on December 10th, human rights organizations mark International Human Rights Day. To highlight our 20th anniversary and Human Rights Day, we're sharing 20 significant human rights video moments. Compiled by the entire WITNESS team and presented in chronological order, the list reflects instances where video (or film) made a difference: as evidence in a court or tribunal, galvanized mass mobilization or outrage, marked a turning point, a new use of technology for human rights, and more.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
December 10, 2012
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Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Early Days of Music Video Activism
This video of ‘My Country Tis of Thee You’re Dying’ is from an episode of Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest, is demonstrates an early blending of video, song, and human rights advocacy.
WITNESS
November 24, 2012
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Is it Authentic? When Citizens and Soldiers Document War
On November 1, a particular video caught not only our attention at the Human Rights Channel, but also that of international observers, news outlets, and criminal prosecutors. It’s the type of video whose images have altered the discussion of the Syrian conflict, and may also revolutionize the role of citizen video in times of war.
WITNESS
November 20, 2012
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Oral History as Storytelling: Sharing the Fabric of American Life
WITNESS and StoryCorps both recognize the value of personal stories in tackling larger issues. People are at the heart of each organization, anchoring the abstract in the human experience.
WITNESS
August 9, 2012
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Tips for Activists Using the YouTube Face Blur Tool
Recently, YouTube launched a feature that allows blurring on videos uploaded to their site. It's a step we've pushed for from the commercial video-sharing platforms and social networks - as a way to enable easy, faster, more accessible options for preserving and enabling visual anonymity in a networked, visual age.
WITNESS
August 7, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: Sharing and Uploading Human Rights Videos
Regardless if you are uploading unedited or edited footage, it is essential to provide the following information so your footage can be found and coordinated with other footage.
WITNESS
April 10, 2012
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A Few Reasons Activsts Shouldn’t be Banned from the Internet
Last month on Human Rights Day (December 10th) I wrote an opinion piece for the HuffingtonPost about the increasingly important role technology companies and platforms are playing in the human rights landscape.
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
January 23, 2012
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١٠ نصائح لتصوير المظاهرات والإعتقالات والإشتباكات
هذه المدونة هي الأولى في سلسلة من المدونات في اللغة العربية تهدف إلى تبادل ما لدينا من المواد التدريبية مع الجمهور المتحدث باللغة العربية (انظر إلى المدونة الأساسية في أهم ١٠ نصائح في التصوير و الذي كتبه زميلي كريس مايكل).ل
Raja Althaibani
December 28, 2011
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7 Tips to Ensure Your Video Is Usable in the Long Term
n the past year, we have witnessed an unprecedented amount of media created by activists, citizen journalists, oral historians, and others who are documenting contemporary protest movements worldwide. As the volume of material continues to grow, questions about how to find, identify, verify, organize, and maintain this media for use as evidence and as historical documentation have become more pressing than ever.
Yvonne Ng
December 8, 2011