Witness In The News

  • Peter Gabriel on VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live"

    November 11, 2011 - VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live"

    VH1 host Carrie Keagan interviews Peter about his new album "New Blood" and his work with WITNESS on hosting our seventh annual Focus For Change Benefit Dinner & Concert which featured a performance by David Crosy and Graham Nash.

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  • WITNESS Guest Post Featured on PBS' MediaShift Blog

    November 9, 2011 - Read the post»

    Sam Gregory blogs about some main ideas from our "Cameras Everywhere" initiative.

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  • Featured Guest Post on Beth Kanter's Blog

    October 26, 2011 - Read the blog»

    Sam Gregory guest blogs on Beth's blog about "The Promise and Peril of New Communications Technology" which we posted during the first annual Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference.
     

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  • Read and Watch: Our Workshop at the Mobility Shifts Conference

    October 16, 2011 - LVPOV Blog

    A participant at the Mobility Shifts Conference workshop where we introduced our new Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit, shares details about the workshop on her blog.

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  • WITNESS Ally, EngageMedia Launches New Video Guide

    October 13, 2011 - Engaged Media

    EngageMedia has realeased The Secure My Video Guide, which contributes "to best practice tactics ensuring the publication and access to social justice video is secure under volatile conditions." They link to our resources advancing safety and security for those using video and quote Sam Gregory in their blog post introducing the guide. 

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  • AlJazeera's "The Stream" Features WITNESS Partner Video on Forced Evictions

    October 11, 2011 - AlJazeera - The Stream

    AlJazeera's program "The Stream" features a lengthy conversation on forced evictions happening in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the lead up to the country hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. It features video clips from our partners in Rio.

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  • Ushahidi's Blog Spotlights Forced Evictions

    October 3, 2011 - Ushahidi Blog

    Ryan Schlief, our program manager co-leading our Forced Evictions campaign, guest blogs for Ushahidi on World Habitat Day - bringing attention to a Crowdmap tracking instances of forced evictions worldwide. 

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  • Issue of Child Soldiers Remains a Challenges, Says Bukeni Waruzi

    Bukeni Waruzi, our Program Manager for Africa and the Middle East, writes about the end of the Thomas Diyalo Lubanga trial at the International Criminal Court in the September issue of "Africa Update," a newsletter of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC). Bukeni recently wrote about the trial on our blog.

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  • Financial Times Covers Cameras Everywhere Report

    September 21, 2011 - Financial Times

    The article "Technology users of the world unite" asks whether access to the Internet is a human right and discusses some recommendations of our "Cameras Everywhere" Report. Please note that this article is available in full to FT subscribers only.

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  • On Trend Central: A Case of Hidden Identity

    September 16, 2011 - TrendCentral.com

    TrendCentral.com mentions our ObscuraCam Android application in "A flood of new sites and apps support online anonymity."

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2004 - 2008 Social Capitalist Award

 
Fast Company named WITNESS one of 45 recipients of a Social Capitalist Award for five straight years....

2007 National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Humanitarian Award

 
The National Television Academy awarded its first-ever Humanitarian Award to WITNESS for its use of...

2007 New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Award

 
The New York Times recognized WITNESS with its Excellence in Communication Award for its use of open...

2007 American Express Building Leadership Award

 
The American Express Building Leadership Award seeks non-profit organizations that place emphasis on...

2007 One World Media Award

 
The One World Broadcasting Trust recognized WITNESS with a New Media award for its work in launching...

2006 Webby Award Official Honoree

 
Established in 1997, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the...

2005 Schwab Social Entrepreneur

 
The Schwab Foundation searches for leading social entrepreneurs around the world. In 2005, Schwab named...

2004 - 2008 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

 
The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship supported WITNESS’s work in documenting human rights...

2003 Tech Museum Equality Award

 
The Tech Awards is an international awards program that honors people and organizations from around the...

2011 SIPA Global Leadership Award

 
SIPA’s Global Leadership Award recognizes WITNESS for its work of empowering citizens to...

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