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Insights on the Use of Memes for Social Justice Campaigns
A guest post by The Civic Beat's Ben Valentine about social change memes in global contexts.
WITNESS
May 29, 2014
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An Interview with Yemeni Blogger and Women’s Rights Advocate Noon Arabia
An interview covering how she got started as a blogger, the issues that are most important to her, and a new crop Yemeni women bloggers.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
May 28, 2014
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How Video For Change is Being Used in the Middle East and North Africa
Reflections from WITNESS’ Raja Althaibani on the use of media for social change in the Middle East and North Africa following an UnConference at the University of Birmingham, England.
WITNESS
May 28, 2014
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How Video Metadata Can Help Rhinos, Not Poachers
Information like geotags, a form of metadata, can help poachers find animals to hunt down, or allow the NSA to find out a lot about a potential target's movements. But should that prevent us from using social media entirely?
Morgan Hargrave
May 22, 2014
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Anatomy of a Google Hangout On Air
A list of tools, tips, and roles on host a successful Google Hangout On Air from a WITNESS digital producer.
WITNESS
May 21, 2014
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Video Exposes Police Abuse in Venezuela (Or is it Mexico? Or Colombia?)
One video's journey across Latin American protest movements underscores the challenge of monitoring activism online.
WITNESS
February 25, 2014
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Documentary Films I’d Bet On To Get An Oscar Nomination
Based on social buzz, colleagues’ input, reviews, watching the shortlist films, and media/PR coverage below are my picks to get an Oscar nod (views are my own, not WITNESS').
WITNESS
January 15, 2014
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It’s That Time of Year for Predictions
As the social media manager at the nonprofit, WITNESS, here are my comments on some of the social media predictions for 2014.
WITNESS
January 9, 2014
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L6g49CARAAhP660rO9DCn4W3L: Email and Chat Encryption Basics for Activists
Activists everywhere face the violations of their right to privacy especially in their online communications. We share basics of encryption that may help keep you, your networks and your communications safer.
Sarah Stein Kerr
October 16, 2013
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Syria Untold: Refocusing on the Civil Society Movement Inside Syria
This new project aims to frame information on Syria within its historical, political and social context, and to focus on Syrian civil society's ongoing actions to keep its calls for reform alive.
WITNESS
September 18, 2013
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Being Social on Social Media
Two interns with WITNESS' social media team learned not only how to effectively share information with our followers, but how to create a strategy for engagement.
WITNESS
August 13, 2013
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10 Tips for Filming Protests – Turkish Version Now Featuring Images
An image-based version of our "10 Tips for Filming Protests" in Turkish
WITNESS
June 13, 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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Kony 2012: Juggling Advocacy, Audience and Agency When Using #Video4Change
"Kony 2012" is now the most rapidly disseminated human rights video ever. In six days it reached an aggregate 100 million views – faster than other pop culture phenomena like Susan Boyle (9 days), Rebecca Black (45 days) and ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ (445 days).
Sam Gregory
March 17, 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
