- Set your phone to ProofMode Why Proof? You see a wide pink sky and bushes in a relatively nondescript landscape. You hear an explosion in the background. The camera shakes as a man repeats, strangely calm, “Allahu akhbar.” A few seconds later, an explosion rocks the ground in front of the person filming, and the camera falls, sideways, to the […]
- #RecordingInProgress: Media, Tech and Social Justice This podcast brings together experts from Justice League NYC, Global Citizen, Race Forward, the Undisclosed podcast and WITNESS to discuss the role of social media and tech in the fight for social justice.
- Maziar Bahari on Solitary Confinement, Freedom of Expression, and the Future of (Citizen) Journalism Maziar Bahari speaks to WITNESS about the new film "Rosewater" which tells the story of his solitary confinement and torture in an Iranian prison.
- Live From Ferguson: Videos, Detentions & Attempts at Defining the Press Citizens and professional reporters have been thrown in jail while documenting protests and the police response, raising the question once again--Who IS a reporter anyways?
- Effective Collaboration Between Journalists and Citizens When Using Citizen Video Human Rights Channel Curator Madeleine Bair authors a two-part blog series on ways in which citizens and journalists can work together to capture and curate user-generated content.
- WITNESS Weekly Picks – August 8 Edition This week we feature articles on new innovations and practices in citizen journalism, data mapping and the protection of human rights.
- Human Rights Videos from Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Stories from Syrian Migrants Tamil women’s groups express outrage about the rape of children by Sri Lanka’s military, Syrians face dramatic challenges migrating to Europe, and Nigerians report on the threat of Boko Haram’s attacks.
- Real-time Reports of Sri Lanka’s Sectarian Violence Recently, the city of Aluthgama in Sri Lanka erupted in the worst sectarian violence the country has seen in years. We review the videos and other citizen reports that provided critical documentation of the story.
- Consent, Privacy, and A Video of Sexual Assault In Part 2 of our series on the Ethics of Curating Citizen Video, we discuss a video documenting sexual assault in Egypt.
- What We’re Reading, May 16, 2014 From Afghanistan to Brazil, from trends in journalism to digital security and privacy, see what WITNESS staff are reading about this week.
- The Ethics of Curating Citizen Video When professionals are not the ones behind the cameras, how can we apply ethical standards to using video documenting human rights abuse? Our Human Rights Channel Curator weighs in on the current debate on the ethics of utilizing citizen media.
- What We’re Reading, May 2 Edition From YouTube clampdowns to a new verification app to human rights in Western Sahara and Algeria, here's what we're reading.
- Human Rights Video Weekly: Video Testimonies from North Korea, Bloggers Arrested in Vietnam Citizen footage quickly became one weapon in the political crossfire in Venezuela. In addition to the protests in Venezuela, we've got our eyes on Kiev, Sudan, Vietnam, and much more.
- A Sahrawi Woman Dragged & Beaten by Moroccan Authorities Moroccan security forces crack down on Sahwari independence protesters in Western Sahara, including a human rights activist, Leila Lili.
- Verifying Citizen Video: A Case Study from Aleppo – Part 3, Geo-Locating a Video In the final part of three-part series, we discuss how to use tools like Google Maps to corroborate location in videos through geo-location mapping, verifying critical facts of time and place.
