· December, 2008

Stories about Announcements from December, 2008

Happy New Year Global Voices!

27 December 2008

Global Voices has undergone some exciting changes in the past year, and a recap of 2008 by our new Executive Director is in order.

Rising Voices Seeks Micro-grant Proposals for Citizen Media Outreach

23 December 2008

Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to discover and take advantage of tools like blogging, video-blogging, and podcasting on their own. Applications are due no later than Sunday, January 18, 2009. The five selected grantees will be announced in early February.

Welcome, Global Voices in Serbian

  23 December 2008

Today, I am honored to announce that Global Voices in Serbian has officially launched, alongside our many other proud Lingua websites. The key initiator of Global Voices in Serbian is Sinisa Boljanovic who is also a Global Voices author.

Keep the world talking—donate to Global Voices!

19 December 2008

Global Voices needs your financial support in order to remain independent, free and sustainable. Donate today, and declare your commitment to helping amplify stories, images and videos from ordinary people around the global who use the internet to communicate with their fellow world citizens!

Media Re:public report released

  18 December 2008

Media Re:public, a project of the The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, today released their long-awaited report on the state of networked digital media. The report, “Media Re:public, News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age,” analyzes the challenges and opportunities of networked digital media. While United States...

Subscribe to Global Voices

  17 December 2008

Global Voices now sends daily, weekly, and special announcement emails (in color) to readers who would like an easy and attractive way to keep up to speed with international events according to bloggers.