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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 DigitalThis 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 OrganizationThough 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 ShiftInformaCam 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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Human Trafficking Awareness Day: WITNESS Voice Calls for Justice
January 11, 2013 - Women's News Network"I asked myself, if I am raped should I be imprisoned to protect me from my rapist?" Kelly Matheson asks this question for victims of human trafficking worldwide.
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WITNESS Video Screened...Over the Radio
January 7, 2013 - Açık RadyoA Turkish public radio program promoted and 'screened' 'People Before Profit,' WITNESS' recent advocacy video. How did they do they screen a video on the radio? They played People Before Profit and had a voice-over speak the written text. A links to the video was shared on their website.
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WITNESS Featured Among 'Social Influencers Changing The World Through Twitter'
December 21, 2012 - Fast CompanyPat Mitchell, president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media, is an expert on innovative media. When asked for an example of an organization that uses social media to raise awareness and lead advocacy--she picked WITNESS.
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Human Rights Channel Helps Expand YouTube's News Coverage
December 19, 2012 - MashableMore viewers turned to YouTube for news in 2012, as illustrated in this infographic, and they tuned in to everything from the WITNESS Human Rights Channel to the Felix Baumgartner space jump.
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Inaugural meeting of the Open Internet Tools Project
December 18, 2012 - NY Convergence BlogBryan Nunez, our Technology Manager, represented WITNESS at this first gathering of New York-based activists and hactivists interested in preventing online censorship.
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ObscuraCam included in Security-in-a-Box
December 18, 2012 - Security-In-A-BoxSecurity-in-a-Box, a project that offers tools and tips on digital security, recently included a how-to on ObscuraCam, the face blurring app made in partnership by the Guardian Project and WITNESS. The guide walks users through installing and using ObscuraCam. Security-in-a-Box is a partnership between the Tactical Technology Cooperative and Frontline Defenders.
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