I've written a new About Global Voices page.
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I've written a new About Global Voices page.
If anything is not clear or if you have further questions, please post a comment there.
Global Voices is offering six bloggers based in Kenya the opportunity to attend the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Nairobi for free. ... More »
You can now vote for your favorite of CNN's audience submitted videos from 2011 at iReport in their annual iReport Awards. Alongside the community vote, a panel of judges, including Global Voices managing editor Solana Larsen, will select winners in six categories.
Global Voices in Bulgarian was lauded by the Bulgarian section of the Association of European Journalists as the April 2012 winners of “Excellence in Citizen Journalism” for bringing unheard international news to Bulgaria, and proving that citizen journalism also exists at a highly professional level. The announcement (in Bulgarian) was made on World Press Freedom Day, on May 3.
Enough is Enough(EIE) together with other partners wish to expound on the rising profile of new media and governance in Nigeria in a conference slated for 14-15 May, 2012 in Abuja, Nigeria. “New Media and Governance: Tools and Trends”. The aim of this intellectual gathering of “government policy makers, civil society, academic institutions, private sector and youth” is to analyse “the use of new media for improved governance, accountability and civic engagement.”
The Global Voices Podcast produced by Jamillah Knowles in London was named the United Kingdom winner in the non-profit category of the 2011 European Podcast Awards. Hundreds of podcasts from 11 countries in four categories were nominated.
Thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers, Global Voices special coverage of “Europe in Crisis” has been named a national winner for the European Charlemagne Youth Prize. The final winners for all of Europe will be announced in Aachen, Germany in May 2012. The award aims to encourage a European consciousness among young people.
Since its infancy, the Internet has benefited from a lightweight and decentralized approach to governance—a combination of targeted govern... More »
Global Voices is how I know about important events in countries that are never mentioned in the news.
Thank you for weighing in Muza, your blog was an inspiration for this post. ...
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Oops, somehow the software listed the author of this post as Ethan – it was actually written by me. Don’t know what happened!!
This site’s looking good, btw. We should have more bust shots of featured voices… it would be nice to have more deep cross-linking b/t the blog and the wiki. Note that you can permalink to an old revision of a wiki page, if you’re worried about how it’s changed in the interim.
SJ