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Human Rights Channel Supports Syrian Video Jounalists
April 24, 2013 - US NewsYouTube introduced the new face-blurring tool permitting users to protect the identities of subjects. While staffers explain they simply cannot keep track of every video uploaded, they count on the viewers to direct them to any inappropriate content.
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iMatter mini-doc features the voice of the children involved in climate change activism.
April 2, 2013 - Cronkite NewsCo-director Kelly Matheson from WITNESS shares how youth activism to save the environment is both unprecedented and innovative.
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Angelina Jolie Watches 'Our Voices Matter' in the DRC
March 26, 2013 - the FriskyAngelina Jolie recently watched 'Our Voices Matter' during a trip to a camp for survivors of gender-based violence in the DR Congo. The film was co-produced by WITNESS and the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice.
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InformaCam highlighted among cutting-edge news innovations.
March 18, 2013 - Editor & PublisherSam Gregory and Brian Nuñez explain how InformaCam will help journalists and editors resolve the problem of tracing the origin and verifying the authenticity of user-generated digital media.
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6 youths sue Alaska to preserve natural resources.
March 14, 2013 - nprNelson Kanuk's house will soon be disappearing if the state of Alaska doesn't quickly consider the atmosphere as a public trust and exercise its duty to protect it.
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InformaCam among the best visual media verification tools
March 12, 2013 - pbsWith the rise of news visuals, it has become essential to verify the origins of the content delivered to the audience. The mobile application InformaCam is a new technological tool helping trace the source of the information.
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Madeleine Bair presents the Human Rights Channel project on WBEZ's Worldview
March 5, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5The proliferation of citizen videos documenting human rights abuse can easily get lost in our digital world and never make it to the mainstream media. Madeleine Blair explains how The Human Rights Channel has made the space for those testimonies to be seen and contextualized.
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Footage of Neighborhood in Brazil being demolished for the World Cup
March 4, 2013 - ELITES TVWITNESS partnered with Rio People's World Cup and Olympics Committee to document how the World Cup is resulting in the forced evictions of entire communities. Citizens are still fighting to get a fair compensation after their neighborhood was bulldozed without warning.
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Youth to sue the government to save the environment
March 4, 2013 - The Register-GuardIn the final keynote at the 31st annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of Oregon, several of the TRUST campaign plaintiff spoke about their motivations in suing state and federal government to protect natural resources.
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“Trust Colorado” shows a critical piece of the climate change picture
March 3, 2013 - eNewsChannels12 years old Xiuh Martinez becomes the youth leading voice in protecting the environment. His documentary explains that steps can be taken to reverse the disastrous effects of climate change.
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