About Georgia Popplewell
I'm a writer, editor and media producer from Trinidad and Tobago, and host/producer of Caribbean Free Radio, the Caribbean's first podcast. I'm fluent in French, can get along in Spanish, and love books, photography, the visual arts and (useful) gadgets. I'm also the Managing Director of Global Voices.
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Stories
November 7th, 2009
Americas
The detention, beating and subsequent release of bloggers Yoaní Sánchez, Claudia Cadelo and Orlando Luis Pardo by Cuban state security on November 6, is receiving widespread coverage in both the mainstream media and the blogosphere and twittersphere. Yoaní has written (es) about the incident on Generación Y, her blog, and English-language blogs like Babalú Blog, Repeating Islands and Uncommon Sense are following the story. An audio interview (es) with Sánchez about the incident has been posted to YouTube.
Americas
On the evening of November 6, Babalú blog linked to a post by Penultimos Dias (es) reporting that a number of prominent Cuban bloggers, including Yoaní Sánchez and Global Voices contributor Claudia Cadelo, were detained by state security forces. An update from Penultimos Días reported that Sanchez and Orlando Luis Pardo were “verbally abused and severely beaten”.
September 2nd, 2009
Global Voices seeks co-director for Translation community
Global Voices (GV) is seeking to hire a part-time co-director for Lingua, our translation community.
July 30th, 2009
Global Voices develops alternative revenue streams
Like all other media organizations in times of economic crisis, Global Voices has to be creative and innovative when it comes to thinking of ways to sustain our organization.
April 2nd, 2009
Global Voices partners on G20Voice project
As part of the G20Voice project, 50 bloggers from around the world have gathered in London to act as our "eyes and ears" as world leaders convened today (April 2) in London for the G20 Summit. The bloggers come "from 22 different countries, and between them represent a global audience of over 14 ...
January 6th, 2009
A Global Voices New Year
Depending on your attitude toward the passing of time, 2009 is either already or only six days old. In which case the Global Voices holiday/new year presentation will strike you as either sadly belated, or, like a Christmas gift delivered long after the season, an unexpected delight. Either way, we hope you enjoy!
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