Solana Larsen · February, 2013

Latest posts by Solana Larsen from February, 2013

Summer Course: Internet Advocacy

  17 February 2013

The Central European University in Budapest, Hungary is offering an intensive course in Internet Governance, Civil Society and Public Policy Advocacy on July 8-19, 2013 in partnership with the Annenberg School of Communication and Center for Democracy and Technology. Apply online before March 15.

Crowd-Source Subtitles for YouTube Videos

  15 February 2013

Anyone on YouTube can now sync their account directly to the global subtitling service Amara and invite volunteers to translate videos. Subtitles are created on Amara's platform, but are synced automatically to YouTube.

Apply Today: Journalism Fellowship, Immigrant Women

  12 February 2013

Today (February 12) is the last day to apply for New America Media's fellowship for journalists writing about immigrant women in the United States. Ten fellowships are available, and bloggers and online journalists in the U.S. can apply too.

“Firsthand” Reporting on Huffington Post

  4 February 2013

Firsthand is a new distributed reporting project from The Huffington Post that calls on U.S. readers every month to submit text, photos and videos describing how an issue like immigration or the housing crisis affects them.