Witness In The News

Harvard's Nieman Lab Profiles WITNESS's InformaCam

January 22, 2013 - Nieman Journalism Lab

Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab profiled the InformaCam app, focusing on its ability to validate videos for journalistic use, and to avoid cases where fake videos catch the world's attention and are later discredited. The article also notes that InformaCam recently won the prestigous Knight News Challenge.
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A Journalist’s Best Friend? New App To Verify Authenticity Of Photos, Videos And Audio In Development

January 22, 2013 - Mediaite

Mediaite profiled WITNESS's work on InformaCam, noting that WITNESS "encourages citizens to document human rights abuses around the world [and] is developing an app which will not only make it easier for them to do so, but may also save a lot of journalists a lot of headache."
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WITNESS Ranked #52 of Top 100 NGOs

January 22, 2013 - The Global Journal

WITNESS shot up 31 spots to #52 on the Global Journal ranking. Organizations were considered based on three key criteria: impact, innovation, and sustainability.
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UN Dispatch Highlights WITNESS Blog on Mali

January 18, 2013 - United Nations Dispatch

The United Nations Dispatch, a 'UN Commentary and Global News Forum' recently distributed a WITNESS blog, written by guest blogger Christoph Koettl of Amnesty USA, on its daily newsletter. The blog discusses the difficulties in finding citizen video coming out of societies with lesser technological penetration.
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A New Class of Knight News Challenge Winners Focuses on Mobile in the Developing World

January 17, 2013 - Nieman Lab

WITNESS is showcased along other 2013 winners of the Knight News Challenge. The article points out that Knight seems to be moving away from focusing on innovation in in traditional Western media and toward the developing world.
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Knight News Challenge Funds Videography App with Built-in Verification Data

January 17, 2013 - Poynter

The author quotes Knight Foundation Director of Journalism and Media Innovation John Bracken as saying, “Clearly the spread of citizen-generated, amateur-driven content is here to stay. But we still have not developed the mechanisms and tools for understanding that content, verifying that content, feeling comfortable about using that content."
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The Reverse McAfee: Why Witness won $320k from the Knight Foundation

January 17, 2013 - Pando Daily

"When oppressive forces are only too willing to manipulate digital data and photographs for their own nefarious ends, the value of verification becomes ever more crucial." Daily Pando interviews Bryan Nunez on InformaCam, and how it could help citizen journalists and mainstream journalists.
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Meet the Mobile Media Projects That Just Won $2.4 Million

January 17, 2013 - All Things Digital

This sibling publication of the Wall Street Journal profiles the winners of the Knight News Challenge, and explains how mobile technology was the theme uniting them.
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InformaCam Splashes in the Photography World

January 17, 2013 - World Photography Organization

Though WITNESS focuses on video, the World Photography Origanization recently discussed the InformaCam project, noting it as a collaboration between "mobile security specialists at The Guardian Project and human rights advocates at WITNESS." They also note the recent surge in citizen journalism, and point out the veracity problems that InformaCam will address.
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MediaShift Notes InformaCam as Part of a Rethinking of Mobile News

January 17, 2013 - Media Shift

InformaCam was noted to be part of a trend of re-thinking how mobile news works, among other winners of the prestigious Knight News Challenge. Media Shift noted that the "way in which people consume news is undoubtedly shifting, as more people flock to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. That, too, has transformed how media organizations need to think about mobile content."
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