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Solana Larsen

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Managing Editor

I am a Danish-Puerto Rican journalist and activist, currently living in both New York and Berlin. I am the Managing Editor of Global Voices (this website). Previously I worked with openDemocracy.net. On Twitter, I am @solanasaurus, and once upon a time I blogged at Solanasaurus.com.

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26 April 2013

5 Mobile Games for Cultural Understanding

Ibn Battuta

Screen shot from the game Ibn Battuta that teaches facts about Muslim culture.

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16 April 2013

Apply for World Summit Youth Award

Apply now for the World Summit Youth Award if you produce digital content related to the UN Millennium Development Goals and are under 30 years old.

8 April 2013

Tactical Tech's Info-Activism Camp: Apply!

Tactical Tech Info-Activism Camp

Tactical Tech's 2013 Info Activism Camp in northern Italy (23-30 June) will explore how digital technologies, data and visuals can be used to influence society. Only 80 spots available, apply before April 15.

27 March 2013

Global Voices at OECD Global Forum on Development

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Global Voices bloggers have been commissioned to liveblog the OECD Global Forum on Development in Paris on April 4-5, 2013. Leading up to the meeting, our team is submitting posts that help serve as weekly online discussion topics.

20 March 2013

30 Films That Inspire Activism

Social Impact Media Awards

Social Impact Media Awards 2013

30 documentary films from around the world have been nominated for the Social Impact Media Awards.

13 March 2013

Survey: Sexuality Rights on the Internet

The Association for Progressive Communications is calling on sexuality rights activists to complete a survey describing how internet regulation affects them.

10 March 2013

A Hackathon at the White House

Catherine D'Ignazio attends the first hackathon ever held at the White House and writes about it on MIT Center for Civic Media.

8 March 2013

Global Voices is Awesomely Gender-Balanced

The Guardian Data Blog shares research by J. Nathan Matias, Irene Ros and Adam Hyland for their Open Gender Tracker that shows Global Voices women have written half of all stories, almost no matter how you slice the data.

Tips On Writing About Demographics

How many people? Demographics Revealed, a new blog of the Population Reference Bureau and the Population Association of America offers advice on how to write about demographics.

4 March 2013

Media Tips for Covering Migration

Employ more migrants as journalists, is one of several new practical recommendations (pdf) on how to better cover migration by the Global Editor's Network and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.

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