GlobalVoicesOnline: 270 proposals for citizen media projects – the five best
March 12th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Citizen journalism, Press freedom and ethics, Social media and blogging
In January Rising Voices, part of GlobalVoices, received over 270 proposals from activists, bloggers, and NGOs: ‘all wanting to use citizen media tools to bring new communities – long ignored by both traditional and new media – to the conversational web,’ writes David Sasaki.
“It was, by far, the highest number of proposals Rising Voices has ever received in its two-year history of supporting citizen media training projects.”
Five were chosen as ‘most representative of the innovation, purpose and goodwill that Rising Voices aims to support’: Abidjan Blog Camps; Ceasefire Liberia; Real Experience of the Digital Era (China); Nomad Green (Mongolia); Empowerment of Women Activists in Media Techniques (Yemen).
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