Witness In The News

  • Alan Cumming Talks About the Power of Video

    October 12, 2012 - Page 6, The New York Post

    The host of our eighth annual gala spoke to The New York Post from the red carpet.

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  • Music Legend Peter Gabriel Celebrates 20 Years as a Witness

    October 12, 2012 - Tonic

    Our friends at Tonic profile the organization and Peter Gabriel's original vision and long-standing support. 

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  • WITNESS Celebrates 20 Years of Using Video For Human Rights

    October 12, 2012 - CNBC
  • Peter Gabriel Raised Awareness For His Own Cause WITNESS

    October 12, 2012 - WITNESS

    Peter Gabriel gathered his celebrity friends to raise awareness for his own cause called Witness.The musician started the organization to encourage people everywhere to video record human rights abuse. Lesley is off to find out more as Witness celebrates it's 20th anniversary.

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  • "People Before Profit" What Do Forced Evictions Look Like?

    October 2, 2012 - The Global Urbanist

    The Global Urbanist features the new video released by WITNESS on World Habitat Day (Oct 1, 2012) and discusses the global nature of forced evictions.

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  • "Kony 2012" Through a Prism of Video Advocacy Practices and Trends

    September 27, 2012 - Journal of Human Rights Practice

    Program Director Sam Gregory has written a piece on the viral video on human rights abuses in northern Uganda in the Journal of Human Rights Practice.

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  • Peter Gabriel, Feist and More Set for Focus For Change Benefit

    September 27, 2012 - Broadway World
  • Google Profiles WITNESS' use of its Nonprofit Tools

    September 25, 2012 - Google For Nonprofits

    A short case study of how we harness the Google tools like gmail, docs, YouTube and more.

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  • WITNESS at the World Urban Forum

    September 18, 2012 - The Global Urbanist

    A report from an event we organized at the Forum discussing the progress being made to create enforcement mechanisms for the human right to adequate housing.

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  • Interview with ECPAT USA Executive Director on WebTalkRadio

    September 16, 2012 - WebTalkRadio's The Global Child

    Our partner ECPAT USA's Carol Smolenski on WebTalkRadio's The Global Child discusses "What I Have Been Through Is Not Who I Am", a video co-produced with WITNESS.

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Awards

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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