25 Sep Medium Chooses WITNESS in Story for Good Competition
Press | WITNESSWITNESS was one of five nonprofits chosen in Medium’s first ever Storytelling for Good competition.
Author: WITNESS
24 Sep WITNESS Joins People’s Climate March
News and Events | WITNESSSlideshow: WITNESS added its voice to the hundreds of thousands of people marching in New York City Sunday for the People’s Climate March.
12 Sep Peter Gabriel and WITNESS Invite You to NYC on October 16, 2014
News and Events | WITNESSPeter Gabriel and WITNESS Invite You to NYC to celebrate Stories of Courage at our 10th annual Focus for Change benefit in NYC on October 16, 2014.
28 Aug WITNESS Talks Archiving with Democracy Now
News and Events | WITNESSThe Revolution Needs an Archive: Senior Archivist Yvonne Ng talks about video archiving best practices for activists and citizen witnesses covering protests and human rights abuse.
18 Aug Understanding Video as Evidence
News and Events | WITNESSKelly Matheson facilitates an online conversation exploring how we can ensure video that activists sometimes risk their lives to capture can be admitted into a court of law.
07 Aug Society of American Archivists Selects WITNESS for Preservation Publication Award
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS is honored to receive the Society of American Archivists Preservation Publication Award for our Activists’ Guide to Archiving Video.
06 Aug Reynolds Journalism Institute Features WITNESS in its Futures Lab
Press | WITNESSHere’s a quick three minutes to take you through some important components of WITNESS’ work in the world of video.
01 Aug Bukeni’s Excellent Adventures
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS Bukeni Waruzi spent the month traveling the globe to train activists on how to interview survivors of gender-based violence.
30 Jul Center for Civil and Human Rights Opens, Features WITNESS in Permanent Collection
News and Events | WITNESSA new museum focusing on the American Civil Rights movement and its connection to global human rights activity features WITNESS. We’re honored.
18 Jul Boing Boing Highlights WITNESS’ Archive Guide
Press | WITNESSVideo activists need to safeguard their material for future justice and accountability procedures that could take years if not decades to come to fruition.