Writers share videos from the Hub at PEN World Voices Festival

We’re very pleased to be a part of 3 events at this year’s PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, held annually in New York City. I’ll be moderating the first event on Apr 30 and is for high school students (details here) and includes authors Uzodinma Iweala, Amanda Michalopoulou, Patricia McCormick, Kashmira Sheth, and [...]

Guest blog: Brian Fitzgerald - Greenpeace International

Brian Fitzgerald is Communications Manager for Greenpeace International - below he shares his reflections on the power of video to prod power and mobilise action. Naturally, his views do not represent the views of WITNESS (but we think they’re pretty interesting).
I remember the first time I saw video of whales being hunted. It [...]

Two new posts about video advocacy

Two of my fine colleagues have been interviewed on other blogs recently about WITNESS’ model of video advocacy.
The first is an interview withProgram Director, Sam Gregory, conducted by Henry Jenkins the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program on his personal blog after meeting Sam at the recent DIY Video Summit hosted at the [...]