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 [...]

On the Seesmic rooftop with Loic Le Meur…

A brief dispatch from San Francisco, where yesterday I spent some quality time with Loic Le Meur, Cathy Brookes and VinVin at Seesmic. As well as a quickfire exchange with users on Seesmic - some of whom are already on the Hub - Loic and I had a quick chat on Seesmic’s rooftop:

More soon [...]

Collaborative editing tools and cool collages

A quick note here on some online tools I’ve recently come across:
Kaltura - a collaborative video making tool that another colleague brought to our attention (thanks Sam). I realize this is not new to bloggers and videophiles in the know - but its relatively new to us here and we’re considering ways to use it [...]

Making Our Media Matter

A few weeks ago I attended the Making Your Media Matter conference put on by the stupendous folks at the Center for Social Media at American University. A report is now available produced by the conference rapporteur here which is a useful round up of major themes and ideas discussed, broken down into the various [...]

Kenya in crisis: a search for citizen cameras…

The crisis in Kenya may ultimately stem from a democratic failure, corruption and tribalism, or poverty and inequality, but either way, evidence of brutal violence continues to emerge, both in terms of killings and of violence against women and girls, and there’s news of an impending health crisis. For a quick tour d’horizon, including [...]